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The Only Thing Riskier Than Telling an Abortion Joke

For the comedian Alison Leiby, talking about her choice to be child-free is more polarizing to audiences than anything else.

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The Only Thing Riskier Than Telling an Abortion Joke

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Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It.

Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?

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Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It.

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Romance Novels Filled With Dazzling Fireworks

Our columnist on three of the year’s most anticipated books.

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Romance Novels Filled With Dazzling Fireworks

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Is This Really the End of Reading?

It’s not the children who stopped reading. It’s their grandparents.

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Is This Really the End of Reading?

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Book Review: ‘I Want You to Be Happy,’ by Jem Calder

Jem Calder’s novel, “I Want You to Be Happy,” follows the flailing situationship between two aspiring writers with a 12-year age gap.

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Book Review: ‘I Want You to Be Happy,’ by Jem Calder

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Book Review: ‘Journey to Nowhere,’ by Shiva Naipaul

In “Journey to Nowhere,” Shiva Naipaul reports on the aftermath of a cult’s disastrous turn away from idealism.

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Book Review: ‘Journey to Nowhere,’ by Shiva Naipaul