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New in Paperback: ‘Girlhood’ and ‘The World Without Us’
GIRLSHIP: Essays† by Melissa Febos. (Bloomsbury, 336 pp., $18.) Febos' eight essays on growing up in a female body -...
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In Hong Kong, the quest for a single identity
In this alternate tale of Hong Kong, free from the straitjacket of state-sponsored history, Lim places recent protests in the...
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Who was George Floyd?
Shy, contemplative and good-natured, George grew into a stout high school student, six feet tall. His dreams of becoming an...
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A Family of Geniuses and Their Quest for Transcendence
THE ABSOLUTEBy Daniel GuebelTranslated by Jessica SequeiraDaniel Guebel's novel—his 15th, though the first to appear in English—is a quixotic venture...
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The challenge of making art in a culture that makes it cheaper
In the background of this slow surrender looms the election of Donald Trump – "our mad leader," Fields calls him....
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When you’re so hated, everyone’s a suspect
Jane Stanford was 39 when she gave birth to the couple's only child, Leland Stanford Jr. Devoted to the education...
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A story of well-meaning visitors reflects a colonial legacy
THE COLONYBy Audrey MageeA middle-aged English artist arrives in the summer of 1979 on an island off the west coast...
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Jhumpa Lahiri leaves her comfort zone
For the children of immigrants who speak a different language, this process is inevitably more fraught than for the children...
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How does a man become an island?
AN ISLAND, by Karen JenningsIt may not be certain, but it's a good guess: if you're writing a fictional work...
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A medical history of transplant surgery that’s not for the squeamish
SPARE PARTSThe story of medicine through the history of transplant surgeryBy Paul CraddockPaul Craddock's "Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine...
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