George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. By A.O ...

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In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

It’s been a blisteringly cold winter for millions across the country, which means audiences could probably use a little of that signature sunshine and heat radiating from Doctor Odyssey right ...

Homer’s Odyssey tracks Odysseus and his travels across the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to return home to Ithaca after the decade-long Trojan War. Odysseus angers Poseidon, and is then ...

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It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

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In his latest book Dr Rangan Chatterjee teaches you how to smash the bad habits steering you straight towards burnout. This is the scariest book I have ever read in my entire life - because it is ...

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