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‘The Hidden History of Burma’ Traces the Vanishing of Hope
Thant Myint-U’s new book offers a deeper understanding of the country’s history and of the trajectory of its de facto political leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Thant Myint-U’s new book offers a deeper understanding of the country’s history and of the trajectory of its de facto political leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The digital age ushered in new ways of reading — and revived old ones (the scroll and the ideogram). Could it also explain the rise of autofiction? Charles Finch considers.
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Season 3 has finally arrived. Brush up on the House of Windsor with these titles.
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The latest novel by the nihilistic French writer follows an exhausted man in late middle age on a series of visits to old lovers.
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Andy Ward succeeds Susan Kamil, who died in September, and will be replaced in his previous role by Robin Desser, who edited Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Cheryl Strayed at Knopf.
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James Kaplan’s “Irving Berlin” traces a celebrated life that extended over 100 years.
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Nicholas Buccola talks about “The Fire Is Upon Us,” and Saeed Jones discusses “How We Fight for Our Lives.”
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Kerri K. Greenidge tells the story of William Monroe Trotter, born in 1872, an outspoken and indefatigable figure who both inspired and antagonized his contemporaries.
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In “Parisian Lives,” the award-winning biographer Deirdre Bair recounts her early career and the obstacles she faced as an ambitious woman.
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“Think, Write, Speak” collects Vladimir Nabokov’s interviews and incidental prose. “The Bad Side of Books” collects D.H. Lawrence’s most memorable essays.
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The same official who wrote an Opinion essay in 2018 argues in a new book that the president’s contract shouldn’t be renewed.
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In “Essays One,” compiling work from the 1970s forward, Davis proves herself a consummate observer of other writers and the world at large.
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