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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

The writer and activist on how political change happens and taking the long view.

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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

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Book Review: ‘Stories,’ by Helen Garner

A newly released collection of the Australian master’s short fiction shows her sympathy, her virtuosity and her ear.

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Book Review: ‘Stories,’ by Helen Garner

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Jeremy Larner, Who Wrote ‘The Candidate,’ a Political Film Classic, Dies at 88

His Oscar-winning 1972 screenplay starred Robert Redford as an idealistic public interest lawyer making a run for the Senate.

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Jeremy Larner, Who Wrote ‘The Candidate,’ a Political Film Classic, Dies at 88

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From 2014: Maya Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86

Her landmark book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was among the first 20th-century autobiographies of a Black woman to reach a wide readership.

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From 2014: Maya Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86

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The Avett Brothers’ Bassist on Writing a John Quincy Adams Book

Bob Crawford discusses the leap from stage to page and why his new book, “America’s Founding Son,” feels so relevant.

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The Avett Brothers’ Bassist on Writing a John Quincy Adams Book

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From 2019: Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88

Ms. Morrison, who wrote “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon,” was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel in literature.

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From 2019: Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88