What do we want from the books we take with us when we travel? They can be a destination, a guide — or the tether that restores us to ourselves.
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An online essay in which the writer Jumi Bello explained copying others’ work for her novel was itself removed after further plagiarism was found.
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Maia Kobabe’s book “Gender Queer,” about coming out as nonbinary, landed the author at the center of a battle over which books belong in schools, and who gets to make that decision.
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In Sara Baume’s poetic novel “Seven Steeples,” Bell and Sigh’s world is reduced to each other, their dogs and the looming mountain they never climb.
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In her memoir, “Out of the Corner,” the “Dirty Dancing” star opens up about rhinoplasty gone wrong, the implosion of her career and why she’s telling her story now.
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Her essay collection was removed from contention in the category of best lesbian memoir after she went on Twitter to defend a forthcoming Sandra Newman novel from charges that it was transphobic.
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This fall, Knopf will publish two interlinked books that are a thematic and stylistic departure for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.
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Brandon Sanderson set out to raise $1 million on Kickstarter in 30 days to fund four new books. He blew past it in about 35 minutes.
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In her memoir, “In Love,” the veteran novelist writes about her marriage, her husband’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and his decision to end his life.
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In articles, in best sellers and as a talk show regular he was a voice from the right skewering whatever in government or culture he thought needed it.
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In “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas,” Jennifer Raff combines archaeology, genetics, linguistics and more to argue against a longstanding theory.
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Dillon Helbig, a second-grader from Idaho, wrote an 81-page book about his “Crismis” adventures. Now other children want to write stories.
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Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are.
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Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked in publishing, was charged with wire fraud and identity theft for a scheme that prosecutors said affected hundreds of people over five or more years.
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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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In “The Story Paradox,” Jonathan Gottschall explores how narrative shapes reality and our own actions.
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She established a distinctive voice in American fiction before turning to political reporting and screenplay writing. But it was California, her native state, that provided her with her richest material.
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