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Book Review: ‘The Danger to Be Sane,’ by Rosa Montero

In “The Danger to Be Sane,” the journalist Rosa Montero delves into the connections between psychic turbulence and creative work — including her own.

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Book Review: ‘The Danger to Be Sane,’ by Rosa Montero

NYT Books and Literature

Mac Barnett Faces Blowback for His Criticism of Children’s Books

Mac Barnett, the national ambassador for young people’s literature, published a manifesto aimed at adults. Then came the blowback.

7 hours ago

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Mac Barnett Faces Blowback for His Criticism of Children’s Books

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Submit Your Summer Reading Bucket List

Tell us what you read this summer, and enter the drawing for this year’s prize.

23 hours ago

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Submit Your Summer Reading Bucket List

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Book Review: ‘Dekonstructing the Kardashians,’ by MJ Corey

In “Dekonstructing the Kardashians,” MJ Corey takes America’s most famous TV clan seriously.

1 day ago

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Book Review: ‘Dekonstructing the Kardashians,’ by MJ Corey

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New Picture Book Biographies of Marcel Marceau, Pablo Casals and John Cage

As these biographies show, Marcel Marceau, Pablo Casals and John Cage all used silence to great effect.

1 day ago

NYT Books and Literature

New Picture Book Biographies of Marcel Marceau, Pablo Casals and John Cage

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Land and Its People,’ by David Sedaris

In David Sedaris’s wry new collection, being alive is as weird, atrocious, contradictory, unfair and funny as ever.

1 day ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Land and Its People,’ by David Sedaris