Uncovering The Secrets Of A Fallen Ruler In 'Empress Of Salt And Fortune'
Nghi Vo's new novel is poised at the end of one empire and the beginning of another, as a cleric and their talking-bird assistant set about uncovering the dangerous secrets of a forgotten palace.
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How a College Final Became a Lesson in Survival
When Covid-19 struck, Stanford closed its classrooms. The novelist Daniel Mason turned his students’ last assignment into an exercise for staying well.
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From the Archives: Colson Whitehead and Jeffrey Toobin
Whitehead discusses “The Underground Railroad,” and Toobin talks about “American Heiress.”
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11 of Our Best Weekend Reads
Courage inside a Brooklyn hospital. A husband’s illness. Learning to swim. The survivors of Thalidomide. C.E.O.s are just like us — logged on from the laundry room. And more.
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A 12-Year-Old Gymnast Heals After a Coach’s Sexual Abuse
Helped by a raft of strong women, the heroine of Kate Messner’s “Chirp” reclaims the parts of her childhood she’s not ready to leave behind.
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In This Moment of Solitude, Books Can Be Our Passports
Faced with the cancellation of her book tour, a writer turns to books that evoke a sense of place — and recommends 8 books that might take you somewhere, too.
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In Protest or Celebration, Four Poets Evoke a Sense of Endings
The end of relationships, the end of life, the end of civilization: Collections from Major Jackson, Carolyn Forché, Victoria Chang and Danez Smith imagine the worst.
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New in Paperback: ‘Savage Feast’ and ‘The Bird King’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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Considering Kurt Vonnegut and Who Survives
This week, Lorrie Moore discusses her life as a reader in By the Book. In 1985, Moore wrote for the Book Review about “Galápagos,” Kurt Vonnegut’s novel about a group of survivors stranded on the Galápagos Islands because of an apocalypse.
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