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Books and IdeasApril 21, 2022
The New York Times Book Review at a Crossroads
What does the future hold for one of United States’ oldest literary institutions?
Kyle Paoletta
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SustainabilityApril 11, 2022
Shrinking the Economy to Save the World
The degrowth movement argues that the only way toward an ecologically sustainable world is to redirect economies away from market imperatives.
Kyle Paoletta
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FictionJuly 20, 2021
Beatriz Bracher’s Family Histories
In Antonio, the novelist shows how the story of one family can help tell the larger story of inequality and violence in Brazilian life.
Kyle Paoletta
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Autobiography and MemoirDecember 7, 2020
Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul
In his memoir Unforgetting, he shows how reportage that is rooted in personal biography and inner turmoil can unveil a more powerful kind of truth.
Kyle Paoletta
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CultureApril 30, 2020
A Hilarious Critique of Cosmopolitanism, Conceptual Art, and All Things Bourgeois
In María Sonia Cristoff’s Include Me Out, a member of the global elite leaves behind her life for small town anonymity.
Kyle Paoletta
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Books and IdeasMay 13, 2019
There Are Rasputins Everywhere You Look
A new book looks at a wide-ranging set of manipulative Rasputin-like figures in culture, sports, and politics to understand who chases power and why.
Kyle Paoletta
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Books and IdeasFebruary 11, 2019
A Style Guide for the 1 Percent
The new grammar and usage handbook by Benjamin Dreyer, Twitter’s premier grammarian, reinforces an elitist view of writing and language.
Kyle Paoletta
