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Radio Times A Book That Honors a Complicated Figure
A recent work by the late critic Clive James about his literary idol, Philip Larkin, artfully examines the complex poet’s canon.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Diving Into Pop Music’s Hidden Depths
A new book, from the hosts of the Switched on Pop podcast, approaches the genre with laserlike focus and palpable enthusiasm.
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Jane Bown / Camera Press / Redux The Conundrum of Lucian Freud’s Portraits
How to assess an artist who was ruthless—and revealing—in work and life
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Dave Pickoff / AP / Bettmann / Getty ... The Famous Baldwin-Buckley Debate Still Matters Today
In 1965, two American titans faced off on the subject of the country’s racial divides. Nearly 55 years later, the event has lost none of its relevance, as a recent book attests.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Why Everyone Should Sleep Alone
On the virtues of splitting up for the night
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Everett Collection Why Singin’ in the Rain Is an Almost Perfect Musical
The 1952 film exemplifies the key elements of a beloved Hollywood genre.
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Celina Pereira Jefferson’s Doomed Educational Experiment
The University of Virginia was supposed to transform a slave-owning generation, but it failed.
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Photography Tristan Brazier / Getty The Ongoing Horror of #MeToo
She Said, Catch and Kill, and other new books tell stories of monsters brought to account. But their defining mood is not exultation—it’s terror.
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Celeste Sloman / The New York Times / ... Debbie Harry Stares Back
The Blondie singer’s memoir, Face It, wryly recounts making the most of being ogled.
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Adam Shemper / skye studios / Unsplash / ... How to Write the Book No One Wants You to Write
Sarah M. Broom’s The Yellow House is a feat—a memoir and historical narrative created amid governmental bureaucracy and resistance from some of her subjects.
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AP / Andrew Harnik Nature Writing That Sees Possibility in Climate Change
A pair of authors tries to maintain optimism about the world’s changing landscapes—but at what cost?
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters How Brett Kavanaugh Got the Last Laugh
Far beyond the news it breaks, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh is a grim reminder: Many Americans still doubt the seriousness of sexual-misconduct allegations.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Plan to Make Harvey Weinstein a Hero
She Said, the behind-the-scenes telling of one of #MeToo’s most consequential journalistic stories, treats villainy as a systemic proposition.
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Jason LeCras / Katie Martin / The Atlantic ‘For So Long, Women Have Been Marginalized by Medicine’
Dr. Jen Gunter is debunking junk science about the female body with her aptly titled new book, The Vagina Bible.
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Ollyy / Shutterstock Internet Slang Is More Sophisticated Than It Seems
A new book argues that informal online communication is sometimes more advanced than even the most elegant prose.
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Doug McLean The Problem With ‘Good’ Taste
Chuck Klosterman, the author of Raised in Captivity, believes that art criticism often has very little to do with the work itself.
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Lucy Jones Tracing the Internal Queer Revolution
Riots and parades have made LGBTQ people visible. But a new anthology of writings from before, during, and after Stonewall shows the inward changes as more essential.
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Annie Otzen / Getty The End of the Age of Paternity Secrets
A historian of fatherhood wonders whether the rapid embrace of consumer DNA testing will be seen as a positive development in the future.
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Hokyoung Kim What Lies Beneath
Burrow far below the planet’s surface, and even there, humanity has left its imprint.
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Matt Marton / AP R. Kelly Wants Power, Not ‘Help’
Soulless, a new book from the journalist Jim DeRogatis about the singer’s alleged sex crimes, further challenges the facade of Kelly’s despondence.
