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A Poet for Everyone, Even Those Who Don’t Read Poetry

The film “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World” works best when it illuminates her work, whose fans include Stephen Colbert and Oprah Winfrey.

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NYT Books and Literature

A Poet for Everyone, Even Those Who Don’t Read Poetry

NYT Books and Literature

John Byrne, an ‘X-Men’ Artist, Returns to Rewrite the Story His Way

After creative differences led him to step away from the characters that made him famous decades ago, John Byrne calls “Elsewhen” his swan song. He’s not going quietly.

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NYT Books and Literature

John Byrne, an ‘X-Men’ Artist, Returns to Rewrite the Story His Way

NYT Books and Literature

Children’s Picture Books on America at 250

New works by Christy Mihaly, Carole Boston Weatherford, Howard W. Reeves and Derrick Barnes show that there is still much to celebrate, rebel against and amend.

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Children’s Picture Books on America at 250

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Books Our Editors Loved This Week

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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Books Our Editors Loved This Week

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In These Thrillers, Vacations Go Very, Very Wrong

The best-selling author Gillian McAllister recommends novels that blend escapist settings with pulse-pounding intrigue and bloody murder.

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NYT Books and Literature

In These Thrillers, Vacations Go Very, Very Wrong

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Gerontocracy in America,’ by Samuel Moyn

A new book by Samuel Moyn argues that the country has become an “oldigarchy,” in which wealth and power are hoarded by the elderly.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Gerontocracy in America,’ by Samuel Moyn