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‘Home,’ a Novel by Toni Morrison
In Toni Morrison’s novel, a traumatized soldier returns from the Korean War to his segregated hometown in Georgia.
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By The Book: Hugh Dancy
Hugh Dancy, currently on Broadway in “Venus in Fur” and in the film “Hysteria,” wishes David Mitchell would match Philip Roth’s output.
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‘This Will Be Difficult to Explain,’ by Johanna Skibsrud
Whether in Paris or the Great Plains, failures to communicate fray the relationships in these tales.
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‘The Lower River,’ a Novel by Paul Theroux
In Paul Theroux’s novel, an American seeks a fresh start in Africa after a 40-year absence.
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‘The Cause,’ by Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson
Eric Alterman’s history of liberalism from the New Deal to the present concentrates on the men and women who have defined it.
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‘The Tyranny of Clichés,’ by Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg accuses liberals of lazy thinking and worse.
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‘Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms,’ by Richard Fortey
The paleontologist Richard Fortey searches out species that have endured hundreds of millions of years of planetary turmoil.
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‘Wichita,’ a Novel by Thad Ziolkowski
Fleeing the pressures of academia, Thad Ziolkowski’s Midwestern hero is sucked into his family’s schemes and strife.
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‘Farther Away,’ Essays by Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen’s essays express his love of birds and of writers, especially his friend David Foster Wallace.
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‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,’ by Ben Fountain
A firefight with Iraqi insurgents is caught on tape and turns a band of soldiers into media heroes in Ben Fountain’s satire.
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‘Chasing Venus,’ by Andrea Wulf
With a Venusian transit imminent, 18th-century astronomers risked their lives for a chance to measure the solar system.
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‘Oblivion,’ a Memoir by Héctor Abad
Héctor Abad creates a sociopolitical portrait of Colombia through the telling of his family’s story.
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Poems and Stories by Lucia Perillo
Lucia Perillo’s two collections, poems and stories, draw upon her experiences in a world that often hurts her.
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Up Front
Phillip Lopate on the transitional moment for essays.
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Inside the List
Toni Morrison, whose novel “Home” enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 9 this week, remembers being confronted by a stark image of race relations as a freshman at Howard University.
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Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.
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Letters: ‘The Passage of Power’
Readers respond to Bill Clinton’s recent review of Robert Caro’s latest book about Lyndon Johnson.
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Letter: Anne Tyler’s Cosmos
A reader responds to a recent review of Anne Tyler’s “The Beginner’s Goodbye.”
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Letters: ‘Turing’s Cathedral’
Readers respond to a recent review of George Dyson’s “Turing’s Cathedral.”
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