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Bob Kelley, Who Made the Kelley Blue Book an Authority on Cars, Dies at 96
He knew all the data that went into determining a vehicle’s price, but he insisted that it was as much…
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Terry Robards, 84, Dies; Lifted Fine Wines in America as a Times Critic
In columns and notably “The New York Times Book of Wine,” he introduced Americans to European and premium domestic varieties…
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I Reread a Book That Changed My Life, but I’d Changed, Too
On the day of the eclipse back in April, walking through Boston Commons on a fine spring afternoon as every…
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Inside Reese Witherspoon’s Literary Empire
“You’d be shocked by how many books have women chained in basements,” Reese Witherspoon said. “I know it happens in…
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Kara Walker’s Favorite Literary Villain Is Scarlett O’Hara
What books are on your night stand? “A Scanner Darkly,” Philip K. Dick; “Trust,” Hernan Diaz. Describe your ideal reading…
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Black Satire Is Having Its Hollywood Moment, but Something Is Missing
Recent releases like “American Fiction” and “The American Society of Magical Negroes” have used absurdist humor to examine race. But…
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Neil Gaiman Has a Hero Out of Step in a Book Out of Time
In an era of endlessly safe comic universes, “Miracleman: The Silver Age” goes another way with the return of a…
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From a Dead Dog to a Made-Up Meeting: Takeaways From Kristi Noem’s Book
After a rough start to the rollout of her memoir, the South Dakota governor has continued to defend shooting her…
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Robert Kagan Takes the Long View on Trumpism
Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). Midnight, at the kitchen table, with a bowl of cornflakes. How…
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His Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fighting For It Shaped His Life.
“The Chocolate War,” published 50 years ago, became one of the country’s most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent…