Book Review: ‘Missionaries,’ by Phil Klay
Phil Klay’s “Missionaries” follows the lives of four characters involved in the violent, decades-long conflict.
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When Witches Run in the Family
In this prequel to “Practical Magic,” Alice Hoffman revisits the lives of women who refuse to do as they’re told.
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‘Dear Child,’ by Romy Hausmann: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Dear Child,” by Romy Hausmann
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America’s Refusal to Address the Roots of Violence
Elliott Currie’s “A Peculiar Indifference” traces the history of violence in Black communities and the reasons for it.
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After Chasing Threats Abroad, Former CIA Chief John Brennan Says The Risk Is At Home
The former spy chief has dealt with almost all of the country's major security challenges over the past two decades. In his memoir Undaunted, he directs his ire at President Trump.
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John Banville’s New Murder Mystery Starts Like a Game of Clue
“Snow” is a classic policier like the novels written under Banville’s pen name, Benjamin Black. But it is a superbly rich and sophisticated one.
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Comics That Dismantle the White Cowboy Myth
In “Black Heroes of the Wild West,” James Otis Smith introduces a new audience to Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves and Bob Lemmons.
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From Sharecropping to the Voting Booth in 3 Generations
In “Loretta Little Looks Back,” a novel in monologues, Andrea Davis Pinkney invites young readers to “go tell it” by reciting along with the characters.
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It's Not Quite Dark Enough In 'The Midnight Library'
Critic Jason Sheehan says the new novel from Matt Haig — about a mystical library that lets people sample all the ways their lives might have gone — is a little too gentle and straightforward.
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Revisiting George Smiley and the British Secret Service
In 1974, Richard Locke reviewed “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” John le Carré’s novel following a spymaster’s pursuit to uncover a Soviet mole in the British secret service, for the Book Review.
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