Twitter Tries to Curb Cazzie David
Larry David’s daughter’s memoir is bad, but not all bad
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NON-FICTION
Target Pulls Anti-Trans Book from Shelves
Supporters of author Abigail Shrier decry the store’s censorship
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Their Malcolm X Biography, Our Problem
An incomplete new biography of the polarizing civil-rights leader
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Time to Change
In ‘The Happily Ever After’ and ‘Uncanny Valley,’ writers escape from the dowdy world of literary publishing
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You Better Work
‘Can’t Even’ offers a history of U.S. labor, and defends burnt-out millennials
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Follow the Science
A grab-bag of fascinating books to discuss at your next Zoom cocktail party
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Magical Misery Tour
A new book chronicles the adventures of Shaq, Kobe, and the Lakers’ three-peat
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Welcome to ‘Reaganland’
Rick Perlstein’s epic history of “The Age of Malaise”
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‘The Secret Life of Groceries’
Benjamin Lorr’s excellent new book on the creation of the modern grocery store
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John Lewis and the Power of Hope
‘His Truth is Marching On’ affirms the promise of peaceful activism over violence
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Please Stop Microwaving Your Library Books
A COVID-era public service announcement
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I Went to a Book Fair During the Pandemic…In Lisbon
Portugal’s annual literary event, Feira do Livro, carries on as others fold
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‘Ching Ling Foo: America’s First Chinese Superstar’
A magician more famous (and better-compensated) than Harry Houdini
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Mark Lanegan’s Beautifully Sad Memoir of Drugs and Despair
Screaming Trees vocalist sings a powerful story
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Powell’s Books Takes a Stand
Portland indie giant will no longer sell on Amazon
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