Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’
In “The Fire Agent,” the musician David Baerwald bases his debut novel on the shadowy life of his German-Jewish grandfather: an aristocrat, a soldier, a Buddhist and a spy.
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Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’
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Carley Fortune Keeps Writing Hit Romance Novels
Carley Fortune left a hard-won journalism job to give fiction a shot. Five best-sellers later, a series based on her debut is about to stream.
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Carley Fortune Keeps Writing Hit Romance Novels
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Book Review: ‘The Traveler,’ by Andrea Wulf
As presented in Andrea Wulf’s new biography, “The Traveler,” George Forster was an impressively curious, open-minded 17-year-old naturalist and polymath.
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Book Review: ‘The Traveler,’ by Andrea Wulf
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How Poets Went From Describing Art to Personally Admiring It
The form known as ekphrasis — or poetry about art — has taken a turn toward the individual. Our columnist asks what it means.
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How Poets Went From Describing Art to Personally Admiring It
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Book Review: ‘The Wreck of the Mentor,’ by Eric Jay Dolin
In “The Wreck of the Mentor,” the maritime historian Eric Jay Dolin brings to life a dramatic episode from the golden age of whaling.
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Book Review: ‘The Wreck of the Mentor,’ by Eric Jay Dolin
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The Best Audiobooks of 2026 (So Far)
The year is nearly halfway over. Here’s what we’ve been listening to.