3 works in translation tell tales of standing up to right wrongs
Itamar Vieira Junior's Crooked Plow, Miroslav Krleža's On the Edge of Reason, and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over all emerge from acts of rebellion.
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6 Great Y.A. Mystery Novels
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the author of The Inheritance Games trilogy and other young adult novels, recommends some of her favorite Y.A. mysteries.
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Book Review: ‘Birth Control,’ by Allison Yarrow
In “Birth Control,” Allison Yarrow argues that this country’s male-dominated medical industry prioritizes control instead of the autonomy — and safety — of pregnant patients.
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Book Review: ‘The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race,’ by Farah Karim-Cooper
In “The Great White Bard,” Farah Karim-Cooper maintains that close attention to race, and racism, will only deepen engagement with the playwright’s canon.
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Amor Towles Sees Dead People
The novelist discusses his career and his recent essay about cadavers in crime fiction, and the actor Richard E. Grant talks about his memoir and his love of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
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Isabel Cañas' 'Vampires of El Norte' elegantly navigates a multiplicity of genres
In many ways — setting, historical elements, the mix of romance and horror, the use of Spanish — Vampires of El Norte is the spiritual sister of The Hacienda, and a perfect example of genre mixing.
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Audiobook Review: ‘The Ghost Club,’ by Kate Winkler Dawson
Kate Winkler Dawson’s audiobook original reveals the origins of a society of occult-obsessed supernaturalists that included Dickens, Doyle, Yeats and more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Review: “This Boy: The Early Lives of John Lennon & Paul McCartney,” by Ilene Cooper
Ilene Cooper’s “This Boy” shows how the grayness of John’s and Paul’s childhoods fed into the explosion that was just around the corner.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
To Hear Michael Oher’s Side of ‘The Blind Side’ Story, Read His Memoirs
The former N.F.L. player and inspiration for “The Blind Side” just launched a legal battle with the family he once considered his own. Two memoirs tell Oher’s side of the story.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Paul Brodeur, Reporter Who Exposed the Hazards of Asbestos, Dies at 92
In his long career at The New Yorker, he specialized in writing about this and other threats to people’s health, including chlorofluorocarbons.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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