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Why Do We Keep Imagining a New Civil War?

Art doesn’t predict the future, but it can be an early warning system.

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Why Do We Keep Imagining a New Civil War?

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Book Review: ‘The Breakup,’ by Kurt Andersen

In Kurt Andersen’s new novel, “The Breakup,” a family navigates a nation ruptured by civil war.

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Book Review: ‘The Breakup,’ by Kurt Andersen

NYT Books and Literature

The Loudest ‘Seagull’ Is Almost Entirely Silent

Performed in Flemish Sign Language, “[seagull]” revisits Anton Chekhov’s play with a cast of hearing and deaf actors. Our chief theater critic, Helen Shaw, met with the play’s director and lead actress at the Edinburgh International Festival.

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NYT Books and Literature

The Loudest ‘Seagull’ Is Almost Entirely Silent

NYT Books and Literature

Why We Can’t Resist a Great Bookstore

We visit a local New York City bookstore, dive into The Times’s new bookstore crawl series and recommend some of our favorite books about bookstores and booksellers.

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NYT Books and Literature

Why We Can’t Resist a Great Bookstore

NYT Books and Literature

Back-to-School Picture Books by Amy Schwartz, Sophie Blackall, Oliver Jeffers and Chris Priestley

Works by Amy Schwartz, Sophie Blackall, Oliver Jeffers and Chris Priestley show little ones what they might miss if they stay home.

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NYT Books and Literature

Back-to-School Picture Books by Amy Schwartz, Sophie Blackall, Oliver Jeffers and Chris Priestley

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Life of M,’ by Rachel Cusk

Though full of details that echo the life and career of Natalie Portman, “Life of M” remains chilly and abstract.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Life of M,’ by Rachel Cusk