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Weeding, or culling old, damaged or outdated books, is standard practice in libraries. But in some cases it is being used to ...

In Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel, “Our Evenings,” a Burmese English actor grapples with race and ambition, sexuality and love ...

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As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the pantheon, our critic asks: Is greatness overrated?

In his new biography, David Greenberg tells the full story of the civil rights hero who became a long-serving U.S.

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In a comprehensive biography, the historian Dan Jones tries to reconcile the hero of legend with the complicated young ...