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Sylvia Plachy
Sheila Heti: How I Write
Why does Sheila Heti put books she doesn’t like on her bottom shelf? Why shouldn’t young writers listen to advice?...
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The Gpistolary Novel
Gchat as dialogue, endless drugs, misused words—welcome to the genius of Tao Lin’s 'Taipei.' By Emily Witt.
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Roland Scarpa/Random House
Janet Evanovich’s Summer Reads
The author of the Stephanie Plum series picks five books she’d like to read this summer, from Carl Hiaasen’s new novel to a Mark Twain classic.
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Penguin Press/AP
Stilly Crying for Freedom
Twenty-five years after he published one of the bestselling histories of the Civil War, James McPherson talks to Marc Wortman about the war.
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John Scorza/U.S. Navy
The Anguish of a SEAL’s Mother
A new novel captures the anguish and emotional turmoil of a mother’s relationship with her Navy SEAL son.
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Brendan Maloney/AP
The Science of Sports Addiction
Not a Heat or Spurs fan? Then you’ve lost. Kevin Fixler on a new book that looks at why we go back for more when the odds are so low.
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My Father’s Greatest Role
Writer Seth Lerer’s dad loved the theater and acted in many small productions....
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Lies of the Father
When he was 14, Scott Johnson’s father revealed he was a CIA operative, and so began a life-long...
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Asian
Planes with bowling alleys and cash stuffed under the mattress—just some of what inspired author...
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The Original Lady of the Camellias
Julie Kavanagh tracks the legend of courtesan Marie Duplessis, muse to mid-19th-century Paris’s...
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Want to be My Friend?
Writer Karl Taro Greenfeld found himself in his mid-thirties happily married with two daughters but...
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The House of Mourning and Other Stories
A reclusive writer returns with a short story collection of lost loves and opportunities.
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On the Floor
Longlisted for the Orange Prize, a novel inspired by the author’s work on the floor of the London Stock Exchange.
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Electrico W
A French journalist tries to keep his photographer away from a woman he loves.
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America’s Obsessives
Some of our nation’s trailblazers had obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
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Turtle Diary
Two people yearning for company set out to free turtles from captivity in the London Zoo.
Writers Celebrate Father's Day
Featuring Avery Corman, Patricia Bosworth, Michael Chabon, Jean Halberstam, and others. From Open Road Integrated Media.
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Too Soon
Vice Pulls Offensive Suicide Spread
Magazine apologizes for depicting female writers' deaths.More
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WRITE ON
Women Take Over Vice Issue
Magazine features all-female lineup of fiction writers.More
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Big Brother
Sales of Orwell's ‘1984’ Spike
Thanks to NSA surveillance scandal.More
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Bright Lights Tonight
Unstoppable McInerney
Working on sequel to “Brightness Falls” and “The Good Life.”More
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Top Secret
Long-Lost Nazi Diary Found
Near Buffalo, of all places.More
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Happy Birthday
Google Doodle Honors Sendak
With animation of his books.More
