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Book Review: ‘The Brightness,’ by Chad Harbach

Chad Harbach’s “The Brightness” explores the fraught politics of college life and the precarious years that come after it.

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Book Review: ‘The Brightness,’ by Chad Harbach

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Winnie-the-Pooh Is Staying in New York

The teddy bear lives in the New York Public Library. Though a trip to Britain has been discussed, he doesn’t seem to be moving back home.

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Winnie-the-Pooh Is Staying in New York

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Dead Batteries,’ by Kate Maupin

In “Dead Batteries,” a woman must raise her neurodivergent child while surviving in a deadly postapocalyptic world.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Dead Batteries,’ by Kate Maupin

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She Secretly Returned to Drinking — and to Church

Meghan O’Gieblyn’s new memoir, “Will and Attention,” is about the limits of willpower. But it’s also about grace.

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She Secretly Returned to Drinking — and to Church

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘D: Heavy Water,’ by Neal Stephenson

In Neal Stephenson’s new novel, a foppish reporter stumbles into a plot to secure materials crucial to building nuclear weapons.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘D: Heavy Water,’ by Neal Stephenson

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Crusading to Restore the Reputation of His Favorite Filmmaker

Sam Wasson venerates Frank Capra, who directed a clutch of Hollywood classics. His new biography aims to challenge an earlier, unflattering portrait.

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NYT Books and Literature

Crusading to Restore the Reputation of His Favorite Filmmaker