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To Sell the ‘Odyssey,’ Publishers, Like Its Hero, Get Wily

The market for Homer’s epic poem is as crowded as a certain Ithacan palace, and publishers have had to get crafty to attract readers to their editions.

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NYT Books and Literature

To Sell the ‘Odyssey,’ Publishers, Like Its Hero, Get Wily

NYT Books and Literature

Texas Book List: See What Students Will Be Required to Read

What is essential reading? Texas has an answer: Classics, including the Bible.

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Texas Book List: See What Students Will Be Required to Read

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Book Review: ‘The Lost Founder,’ by Jesse Wegman

In “The Lost Founder,” the journalist Jesse Wegman looks back at a largely forgotten and singular voice that helped make the United States what it is today.

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Book Review: ‘The Lost Founder,’ by Jesse Wegman

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The Scariest Place in New Jersey Set the Stage for Her Novel

Caitlin Mullen drew on eerie expeditions to the Pine Barrens for her new mystery novel, “Heather.”

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The Scariest Place in New Jersey Set the Stage for Her Novel

NYT Books and Literature

Walt Odets, Who Delved Into the Minds of Gay Men, Dies at 79

A psychologist, he wrote during the AIDS crisis about survivor’s guilt and depression in his H.I.V.-negative patients.

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NYT Books and Literature

Walt Odets, Who Delved Into the Minds of Gay Men, Dies at 79

NYT Books and Literature

An Eye-Opening Visit to the ‘Little House’ of My Childhood

Laura Ingalls Wilder and the myth of the American West revisited.

2 days ago

NYT Books and Literature

An Eye-Opening Visit to the ‘Little House’ of My Childhood