Compiled from interviews he gave to a close friend, “The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man” sheds light on the self-doubt of the seemingly imperturbable Hollywood star.
Tag: Books and Literature
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Can Black Literature Escape the Representation Trap?
A crop of recent novels strains against the expectations of a publishing industry attempting to embrace diversity.
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Sex, Death, Family: Sharon Olds Is Still Shockingly Intimate
“No one should read more than one poem at a time from this book.”
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George Saunders on ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
The writer, celebrated for his short stories, discusses his 2017 debut novel, and the journalist Patrick Radden Keefe talks about “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.”
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Book Excerpt: ‘The Passenger,’ Cormac McCarthy’s First Novel in 16 Years
A passage from Cormac McCarthy’s first novel since his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 book “The Road.”