Book Review: ‘The Instability of Truth,’ by Rebecca Lemov; ‘Blazing Eye Sees All,’ by Leah Sottile
Two new books use divergent styles to look at mind control, brainwashing and the outer limits of influence.
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Book Review: ‘Bad Nature,’ by Ariel Courage
In Ariel Courage’s novel, “Bad Nature,” a powerful career woman sets out on a road trip intending to kill her father.
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Poetry Review: ‘Ecstasy,’ by Alex Dimitrov
Alex Dimitrov’s fifth collection, “Ecstasy,” offers a rollicking paean to pleasure.
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Book Review: ‘Sad Tiger,’ by Neige Sinno
In “Sad Tiger,” the French author Neige Sinno analyzes her memories of being abused as a child, alongside literature about incest and pedophilia.
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Book Review: ‘The Usual Desire to Kill,’ by Camilla Barnes
In “The Usual Desire to Kill,” Camilla Barnes finds the humor in a daughter’s aggravating visits to her aging parents at their run-down home in rural France.
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Military Histories About Spies and Intelligence Services
As Americans scrutinize the accidental leak of a high-level U.S. group chat, several books detail other mishaps in the annals of global conflict.
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Liz Moore on ‘Long Bright River’ and the Slow Burn of Success
Suddenly Liz Moore blazed, comet-like, onto small screens and best-seller lists. But her writing career has been a slow burn.
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Book Review: ‘The Ideological Brain,’ by Leor Zmigrod
A new book by the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the connections between brain biology and political beliefs.
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20 New Books to Read in April: Joan Didion, Emily Henry, Tina Knowles and more
A posthumous Joan Didion book, Emily Henry’s latest romance novel, Tina Knowles’s memoir and more.
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Linda Williams, Who Introduced Pornography to Academia, Dies at 78
One of the first to write seriously about a fraught subject, she also played a major role in developing the field of film studies and feminist film theory.
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