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- Nancy Milford, Zelda Fitzgerald biographer, dies at 84
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 11:01 PMHer biographies of the Jazz Age figure and of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay were best sellers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sara Suleri Goodyear, acclaimed Pakistani memoirist, dies at 68
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 06:48 PMShe helped establish the study of postcolonial literature and made her own entry to the genre with the memoir "Meatless Days."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Richard Howard, Pulitzer-winning poet and translator, dies at 92
Saturday - 04/02/2022 - 06:47 PMRichard Howard, Pulitzer-winning poet and translator, dies at 92
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The best-reviewed books in March
Saturday - 04/02/2022 - 06:00 AMLast month, our reviewers fell for emotional memoirs, deeply researched historical fiction and a new Maisie Dobbs installment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A plea to preserve the megaforests that keep the Earth alive
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 08:00 AMLarge forests are the planet's life-support system as well as places of rich diversity, John W. Reid and Thomas E. Lovejoy write.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Civil War’s financial battles
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 08:00 AMThe North's modern economy and wartime financial innovations all but guaranteed victory, Roger Lowenstein argues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Bridgerton’ strays from the books, but readers won’t be disappointed
Thursday - 03/31/2022 - 06:00 AM"Bridgerton" is an adaptation done right.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Bridgerton’ strays from the books, but readers won’t be disappointed
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 12:47 AM"Bridgerton" is an adaptation done right.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 10 noteworthy books for April
Tuesday - 03/29/2022 - 06:00 AMRomance, mystery and horror share shelf space with a moving memoir, a crime caper and an appealing Young Adult book for all ages.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 10 noteworthy books for April
Tuesday - 03/29/2022 - 08:47 AMRomance, mystery and horror share shelf space with a moving memoir, a crime caper and an appealing Young Adult book for all ages.
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- In Ukraine, humor has become a weapon of war
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 01:14 PMSatire may not win wars but it can boost morale.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Richard Howard, Pulitzer-winning poet and translator, dies at 92
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 08:36 PMA renowned translator of French literature, he introduced many English-language readers to works by Baudelaire and Stendhal, as well as the philosophers and essayists Roland Barthes and Emil Cioran.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judd Apatow gets comedians to dish in ‘Sicker in the Head’
Sunday - 04/03/2022 - 04:47 AMIn Judd Apatow's "Sicker in the Head," the filmmaker asks other creative types to delve into their process.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83
Thursday - 03/31/2022 - 09:49 PMHe wrote under the pseudonym Richard Stevenson and also reviewed crime fiction for The Post.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - When a family tree is rooted in racism
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 08:00 AMAs Maud Newton uncovers her ancestors' disturbing past, she also looks for ways to heal the damage.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Ukraine, humor has become a weapon of war
Saturday - 04/02/2022 - 12:47 PMSatire may not win wars but it can boost morale.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - I like unusual books. Here’s what I’d read — if I had time.
Wednesday - 03/30/2022 - 12:51 PMIf I could, I’d delve into undeservedly forgotten novels, works of intellectual history and biography -- and so much more
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - I like unusual books. Here’s what I’d read — if I had time.
Wednesday - 03/30/2022 - 10:47 PMIf I could, I’d delve into undeservedly forgotten novels, works of intellectual history and biography -- and so much more
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jennifer Egan’s ‘The Candy House’ revisits the goon squad
Tuesday - 03/29/2022 - 07:52 AM“The Candy House” is a sequel to Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “A Visit From the Good Squad.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet the P.I. who helped unlock key testimony in a sexual assault case
Tuesday - 03/29/2022 - 10:47 AMIn the masterful "Tell Me Everything," Erika Krouse explores her uncanny ability to elicit candor, even from perfect strangers.
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- Judd Apatow gets comedians to dish in ‘Sicker in the Head’
Saturday - 04/02/2022 - 06:00 AMIn Judd Apatow's "Sicker in the Head," the filmmaker asks other creative types to delve into their process.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Let’s talk about Hollywood as inspiration for great fantasy novels
Saturday - 04/02/2022 - 08:00 AMTinsel Town has influenced books from "The Princess Bride" to "Moving Pictures" and "Only the Dead Know Burbank."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nancy Milford, Zelda Fitzgerald biographer, dies at 84
Saturday - 04/02/2022 - 08:47 PMHer biographies of the Jazz Age icon and of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay were best sellers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inside the Fed’s frantic efforts to save the economy from the pandemic
Saturday - 04/02/2022 - 02:47 AMJournalist Nick Timiraos recounts Jerome Powell's successes, as well as the decisions that helped boost inflation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The unconventional life and radical vision of Maria Montessori
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 08:00 AMWith her new approach to learning, the Italian educator sought to help the underprivileged, Cristina De Stefano writes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sara Suleri Goodyear, acclaimed Pakistani memoirist, dies at 68
Saturday - 04/02/2022 - 04:47 PMShe helped establish the study of postcolonial literature and made her own entry to the genre with the memoir "Meatless Days."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83
Friday - 04/01/2022 - 02:47 PMHe wrote under the pseudonym Richard Stevenson and also reviewed crime fiction for The Post.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Washington Post hardcover bestsellers
Tuesday - 03/29/2022 - 03:24 PMA snapshot of popular books.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet the P.I. who helped unlock key testimony in a sexual assault case
Tuesday - 03/29/2022 - 07:00 AMIn the masterful "Tell Me Everything," Erika Krouse explores her uncanny ability to elicit candor, even from perfect strangers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jennifer Egan’s ‘The Candy House’ revisits the goon squad
Tuesday - 03/29/2022 - 12:47 PM“The Candy House” is a sequel to Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “A Visit From the Good Squad.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share