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Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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NYT Books and Literature

Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

NYT Books and Literature

That Daily Brain Rot Break Is Taking Us Back to the Dark Ages

Welcome to the postliterate era.

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NYT Books and Literature

That Daily Brain Rot Break Is Taking Us Back to the Dark Ages

NYT Books and Literature

New to Anne Carson’s Books? Start Here.

The Canadian poet won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. If you’ve never read any of her work, here’s where to start.

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NYT Books and Literature

New to Anne Carson’s Books? Start Here.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Names of the New World,’ by Kawai Strong Washburn

In the Minneapolis of Kawai Strong Washburn’s climate dystopia, three characters form unlikely bonds to take on the nation’s greediest oil behemoths.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Names of the New World,’ by Kawai Strong Washburn

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Fair Ones,’ by Lydia Millet

In Lydia Millet’s dialogue-driven novel, a random act of violence leaves two New York women at loose ends (though not for long).

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Fair Ones,’ by Lydia Millet

NYT Books and Literature

Dark Retellings of Classic Books Like ‘Jane Eyre,’ ‘Frankenstein’ and More

The best-selling author Kat Dunn recommends some of her favorite modern retellings, of “Jane Eyre,” “Frankenstein” and more.

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NYT Books and Literature

Dark Retellings of Classic Books Like ‘Jane Eyre,’ ‘Frankenstein’ and More