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A Print Maestro With a Birdwatcher’s Eye and a Socialist Soul

At the Whitney, Mabel Dwight’s caricatures from the 1930s, some gentle and some acidic, show her mastery of lithography and the democratic gesture.

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A Print Maestro With a Birdwatcher’s Eye and a Socialist Soul

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Book Review: ‘Hannah Arendt,’ by Thomas Meyer

An ungainly new biography by the German philosopher Thomas Meyer purports to situate Arendt in the context of her own era.

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Book Review: ‘Hannah Arendt,’ by Thomas Meyer

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In These Novels, Rich People Behave Badly. Very Badly.

The best-selling author Hannah Whitten recommends thrillers, horror, fantasy novels and more about the misdeeds of the ultrawealthy (and their comeuppance).

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In These Novels, Rich People Behave Badly. Very Badly.

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Richard Lingeman, Cultural Historian and Biographer, Dies at 95

He spent decades as a magazine editor and wrote an acclaimed history of small-town America, as well as biographies of the novelists Theodore Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis.

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Richard Lingeman, Cultural Historian and Biographer, Dies at 95

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Book Review: ‘A Tender Age,’ by Chang-rae Lee

In his new book, Chang-rae Lee follows a 10-year-old into the social powder kegs of schoolyards and summer camps.

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Book Review: ‘A Tender Age,’ by Chang-rae Lee

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Book Review: ‘Sunrise,’ by Téa Obreht

In “Sunrise,” Téa Obreht mashes up Western gothic, murder mystery and survival saga.

2 days ago

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Book Review: ‘Sunrise,’ by Téa Obreht