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Book Review: ‘American Men,’ by Jordan Ritter Conn; ‘Who Needs Friends,’ by Andrew McCarthy

“American Men,” by Jordan Ritter Conn, and “Who Needs Friends,” by Andrew McCarthy, report from the front lines of the epidemic of male loneliness.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘American Men,’ by Jordan Ritter Conn; ‘Who Needs Friends,’ by Andrew McCarthy

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘A Treacherous Secret Agent,’ by Marjorie Garber

In a new book, the Harvard scholar Marjorie Garber suggests how Americans targeted during the Red Scare used literature to confound their interrogators.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘A Treacherous Secret Agent,’ by Marjorie Garber

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Book Review: ‘Open Space,’ by David Ariosto

“Open Space,” by David Ariosto, suggests there are few limits on human ingenuity that could prevent us from colonizing the cosmos.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Open Space,’ by David Ariosto

NYT Books and Literature

Brian Doherty, 57, Dies; Chronicled Libertarians and Other Outsiders

Fascinated by the fringes, he wrote a definitive history of libertarianism and books about underground comics and the Burning Man festival.

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NYT Books and Literature

Brian Doherty, 57, Dies; Chronicled Libertarians and Other Outsiders

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Almost Life,’ by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

In Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s novel “Almost Life,” a passionate love affair between two college women gives way to a lifetime of what-ifs.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Almost Life,’ by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

NYT Books and Literature

What’s It Like to Be Back in Print After 20 Years? A Bit Odd.

Nancy Lemann published her first novel at 28. Then came “the doom.” Now she’s back in the spotlight, and not exactly comfortable with it.

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NYT Books and Literature

What’s It Like to Be Back in Print After 20 Years? A Bit Odd.

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