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| Books of The Times: Richard Brautigan Biography, ?Jubilee Hitchhiker? |
This book about the short life of the novelist and poet Richard Brautigan distills San Francisco and Montana in the 1960s and ?70s and the wild lives of the subject and his friends.
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| Books of The Times: ?Canada,? a Novel by Richard Ford |
In Richard Ford?s new novel, a 15-year-old boy watches his family fall apart, and flees north to something even worse.
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| ?Fifty Shades of Grey,? by E. L. James, in Demand at Libraries |
The enthusiasm for the trilogy has forced library officials to dust off their policies ? if they have them ? on erotica.
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| Books of The Times: ?The Chemistry of Tears,? a Novel by Peter Carey |
Technology, metaphysics and the art and science of putting together a broken heart and a nonfunctioning machine are central to Peter Carey?s novel ?The Chemistry of Tears.?
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| Herta Müller?s Literature, Born of Isolation |
Herta Müller, the Nobel Prize-winning author, grew up German in Romania, always under surveillance. Her newest work is a collaboration with a writer whose background was similar, but whose life was shockingly different.
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| NY Writers Coalition Offers an Opportunity on a Subway Car |
Aspiring writers, encouraged by the NY Writers Coalition, put pen to paper during a 75-minute ride on the No. 7 train.
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| Books Of the Times: ?David Hockney: A Rake?s Progress? by Christopher Simon Sykes |
A new biography of David Hockney traces his early life and work in England and Los Angeles up to 1975, including fascinating accounts of how some well-known paintings evolved.
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| Books of The Times: Edward Klein?s Invective-Laden Obama Book |
Janet Maslin asks, Who is the real amateur in this pairing: the subject, President Obama, or the author, Edward Klein?
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| Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Novelist, Dies at 83 |
Mr. Fuentes was Mexico?s elegant public intellectual and grand man of letters whose panoramic novels captured the complicated essence of his country?s history.
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| Jean Craighead George, Children?s Author, Dies at 92 |
Ms. George?s home held a menagerie, as did her books, most of them written for children and young adults.
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| ArtsBeat: Amateur Hour: Jack Hitt Talks About an American Tradition |
The author of "Bunch of Amateurs" on the rebellious spirit of American innovators.
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| Books of The Times: ?I Am Forbidden,? a Novel by Anouk Markovits |
Two Hasidic girls, united as a result of Nazi persecution, pursue opposite paths in this novel by Anouk Markovits.
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| Mike McGrady, Known for a Literary Hoax, Dies at 78 |
As a Newsday journalist, Mr. McGrady led his colleagues in the creation of ?Naked Came the Stranger,? a steamy parody novel.
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| Books of The Times: ?Father?s Day? Is Buzz Bissinger?s Memoir About His Son |
The author of ?Friday Night Lights? goes on the road with his young-adult son, a savant with serious intellectual deficits, and writes an unflinchingly honest memoir.
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| Maurice Sendak, Children?s Author, Dies at 83 |
Mr. Sendak, known in particular for ?Where the Wild Things Are,? was widely considered the most important children?s book artist of the 20th century.
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| An Appraisal: Maurice Sendak Wanted Children to Grow Up a Bit |
Maurice Sendak, like Max, his celebrated character, was the king of all wild things.
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| ?Home,? a Novel by Toni Morrison |
In Toni Morrison?s novel, a traumatized soldier returns from the Korean War to his segregated hometown in Georgia.
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| By The Book: Hugh Dancy |
Hugh Dancy, currently on Broadway in ?Venus in Fur? and in the film ?Hysteria,? wishes David Mitchell would match Philip Roth?s output.
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| ?This Will Be Difficult to Explain,? by Johanna Skibsrud |
Whether in Paris or the Great Plains, failures to communicate fray the relationships in these tales.
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| ?The Lower River,? a Novel by Paul Theroux |
In Paul Theroux?s novel, an American seeks a fresh start in Africa after a 40-year absence.
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