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A Desperate Writer Steals ‘The Plot’

Friday, May 28, 2021 - 2:37pm
Jean Hanff Korelitz discusses her new novel, and Elizabeth Hinton talks about “America on Fire.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


There Is So Much You Don’t Know About Being a Fly

Friday, May 28, 2021 - 11:43am
By Rebecca Giggs
In “Super Fly” Jonathan Balcombe explores the world of the most annoying creature, moving beyond the buzz and drone.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Was the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Designed to Protect Slavery?

Friday, May 28, 2021 - 5:00am
By Randall Kennedy
In her provocative new book, “The Second,” the historian Carol Anderson examines America’s history of racist legal decisions around gun rights, arguing that the Second Amendment was intended to guarantee white slaveholders a fighting force to suppress slave insurrections.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New in Paperback: ‘Love in the Blitz’ and ‘Sunny Days’

Friday, May 28, 2021 - 5:00am
By Jennifer Krauss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


What Contributed to American Culture After World War II? And Other Letters to the Editor

Friday, May 28, 2021 - 5:00am
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Behind the Jim Crow Curtain

Friday, May 28, 2021 - 12:24am
By Brent Staples
“Opal’s Greenwood Oasis” and “Unspeakable” restore the often-elided history of a prosperous, close-knit Black community on the eve of its destruction.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


10 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 3:48pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


'King Richard' Brings The Watergate Cast Back In Its Own Words-On-Tape

Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 11:22am
By Ron Elving

Michael Dobbs writes of a time when a bipartisan group in Congress could command respect as investigators, and when even leaders of the president's party were prepared to acknowledge his wrongdoing.

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Source: NPR Book Reviews


Game On! Great New Sports Books

Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 10:10am
By John Swansburg
Just in time for summer, these titles offer a variety of surprises — like the members of the 1986 Boston Red Sox discussing their famous collapse and Kevin Garnett offering his prescriptions for success.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New Books About Music to Read This Summer

Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 10:09am
By Alan Light
Books about everything from Tupac Shakur to Latin music and memoirs by Sinead O’Connor and Rickie Lee Jones offer an answer.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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