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To Find Happiness, I Stopped Talking. It Helped.

I had no idea what would help with my problems, but I knew what wouldn’t: talking about them. Which is why a silent retreat turned out to be exactly what I needed.

4 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

To Find Happiness, I Stopped Talking. It Helped.

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Plant Lady,’ by Minyoung Kang

“Plant Lady,” by the Korean novelist Minyoung Kang, imagines an urban haven for women who need an escape from dangerous men.

6 hours ago

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Book Review: ‘Plant Lady,’ by Minyoung Kang

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Book Review: ‘The Unknown,’ by Riley Sager

In Riley Sager’s “The Unknown,” actresses on a research trip stumble into a paranormal mystery.

6 hours ago

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Book Review: ‘The Unknown,’ by Riley Sager

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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author of Books for Black Children, Dies at 103

Teaching kindergarten in South Central Los Angeles in the 1950s and ’60s, she realized that her students were not represented in the books they read. So she wrote her own.

16 hours ago

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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author of Books for Black Children, Dies at 103

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John Esposito, Who Challenged Negative Views of Muslims, Dies at 86

Starting out in the 1970s as a rare American expert on political Islam, he became a prolific scholar and a prominent public intellectual.

21 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

John Esposito, Who Challenged Negative Views of Muslims, Dies at 86

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Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘John of John’

Douglas Stuart’s latest novel follows a profoundly isolated father and son, each grappling with long-held secrets.

22 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘John of John’