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How Americans Learned to Love Thomas Paine

His “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of the radical founder’s strange and winding story.

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How Americans Learned to Love Thomas Paine

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Jerome Lowenstein, 92, Dies; Teaching Doctor With a Literary Sideline

When not guiding students in a compassionate approach to patient care, he led a tiny publishing imprint that put out a much-rejected debut novel that won a surprise Pulitzer Prize.

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Jerome Lowenstein, 92, Dies; Teaching Doctor With a Literary Sideline

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‘The Correspondent’ Author Virginia Evans Talks About Her Breakout Novel

Evans’s epistolary tale, about a retired lawyer who spends her days writing to a series of pen pals, became one of last year’s sleeper hits.

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‘The Correspondent’ Author Virginia Evans Talks About Her Breakout Novel

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Boualem Sansal: "Ich dachte, ich kriege Alzheimer"

Im algerischen Gefängnis gingen dem Schriftsteller Boualem Sansal die Worte aus. Hier spricht er über Deutschlands Rolle bei der Freilassung und warnt vor dem Islamismus.

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Boualem Sansal: "Ich dachte, ich kriege Alzheimer"

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Photographers Who Make Picture Books, From Edward Steichen and Tana Hoban to William Wegman

Pioneered by Edward Steichen, Lewis W. Hine and Tana Hoban, photographically illustrated “concept” books have never had a more potentially receptive audience.

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Photographers Who Make Picture Books, From Edward Steichen and Tana Hoban to William Wegman

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Book Review: ‘Three Stories of Forgetting,’ by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida

In a trilogy of novellas, a writer explores lives haunted by colonialism and slavery.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Three Stories of Forgetting,’ by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida

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Read These 3 Books Before Watching the Movie

Jennifer Harlan, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends three books to read before their film adaptation releases this year.

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Read These 3 Books Before Watching the Movie

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Venezuela: "Das ganze Land ist in Angst"

Die venezolanische Autorin Karina Sainz Borgo verfolgt die Geschehnisse in ihrer Heimat von Spanien aus. Hier spricht sie darüber, was sie nun erwartet – und befürchtet.

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Venezuela: "Das ganze Land ist in Angst"