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Tyranny of the happy ending
Has our pep-talk-prone culture led readers to shun tragic literary classics?
Has our pep-talk-prone culture led readers to shun tragic literary classics?
In "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," a reluctant hero examines the hypocrisy and tragedy of the Iraq War
Ten illustrated tales of love, war, crime, politics and sex, not to mention ghosts and mermaids SLIDE SHOW
A master memoirist on the human-beast connection, from pampered pets and hated pests to girls and their horses
Author Victor LaValle brings the voice of Queens to this tale of a demon stalking a mental ward
Contrary to reports, the U.S. literary prize ceremony isn't "glamorous" but it is poised to engage more readers
Biographers agree that Broadwell wronged her readers -- and not just by sleeping with her subject
A cheating widow inherits a mansion full of taxidermy animals and secrets in Lydia Millet's new novel
Stephen Colbert's satire of right-wing petulance dazzled on election night — but will it soon be irrelevant? VIDEO
The sequel to Justin Cronin's post-apocalyptic "The Passage" makes ideal listening in the aftermath of Sandy
Oliver Sacks explores the strange world of hallucinations, and says they're far more common than we realize
Fake photographs circulated during Sandy illustrate the unreal real world we now occupy during disasters
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