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Tolkien’s Unfinished Epic
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Laid aside for decades, Tolkien’s abandoned poem about King Arthur is finally released....
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Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize
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Following past winners Ismail Kadaré, Chinua Achebe, Alice Munro, and Philip Roth.
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An Unforgiving America
Writer George Packer mostly succeeds in describing the dissolution of our civic culture, says Michael Tomasky. MORE
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Lawrence Wright: How I Write
The ‘Going Clear’ author talks about the latest threats from the Church of Scientology and the wild story of how he got hired by The New Yorker. MORE
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The Pointless Great War
Was World War I a necessary fight against German militarism, or was it completely avoidable? Michael Bishop on a new history. MORE
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Historian Kills Himself at Notre Dame
After anti–gay marriage rant. MORE
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Animal Planet
Why do we use enormous resources to save some species and let others die? Melissa Holbrook Pierson on the strange ways of humans. MORE
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Khaled Hosseini’s Book Bag
The author of ‘The Kite Runner’ picks his favorite short-story collections. His new book is ‘And the Mountains Echoed.’ MORE
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Dear Abby For Down Under
A new book traces the remarkable life and retro advice—including how to stay happily married—of a 96-year-old Tasmanian domestic diva. MORE
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Gatsby in Chengdu
What can F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel tell us about present-day China? Matt Lombardi teaches the American classic in the city of Chengdu. MORE
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Reviewing the Reviewers
Ben Greenman critiques the practice of criticism—and admits to having written reviews about books he didn’t care about. MORE
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Fact-Checking ‘Inferno’
Noah Charney finds 10 mistakes and oversimplifications in Dan Brown’s new book ‘Inferno.’ MORE
