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Book Review: ‘On Morrison,’ by Namwali Serpell

A new study by the novelist and scholar Namwali Serpell subjects the Nobel laureate’s work to rigorous inspection — with thrilling results.

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Book Review: ‘On Morrison,’ by Namwali Serpell

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Color,’ by Mark Haddon

In “Leaving Home,” the writer and illustrator Mark Haddon recasts a painful childhood in kaleidoscopic color.

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Book Review: ‘Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Color,’ by Mark Haddon

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‘Wuthering Heights’ Is the Greatest Love Story, Because It Is the Strangest

After 180 years, “Wuthering Heights” retains its ability to shock because it tells the truth about how deeply strange love can be.

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‘Wuthering Heights’ Is the Greatest Love Story, Because It Is the Strangest

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‘A Hymn to Life’ Review: Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Is a Powerfully Written Feminist Manifesto

With matter-of-fact precision, “A Hymn to Life” powerfully chronicles the shock of discovering her husband’s sex crimes, and the rallying cry that followed.

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NYT Books and Literature

‘A Hymn to Life’ Review: Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Is a Powerfully Written Feminist Manifesto

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Evil Genius,’ by Claire Oshetsky

A young telephone company operator finds herself in the dark underbelly of the Me Decade in Claire Oshetsky’s “Evil Genius.”

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Evil Genius,’ by Claire Oshetsky

NYT Books and Literature

Roy Medvedev, Soviet Era Historian and Dissident, Is Dead at 100

His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia.

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NYT Books and Literature

Roy Medvedev, Soviet Era Historian and Dissident, Is Dead at 100