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ArtsBeat: Jack Livings Wins PEN Prize for Debut Fiction [09 Jun 2015|12:19am]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/jack-livings-wins-pen-prize-for-debut-fiction/

Mr. Livings won for “The Dog,” a collection of short stories set in China.
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‘Saint Mazie,’ by Jami Attenberg [09 Jun 2015|09:30am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/books/review/saint-mazie-by-jami-attenberg.html

Jami Attenberg’s novel, inspired by a 1940 New Yorker profile, centers on a bawdy, bighearted woman in Depression-era New York.
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‘The Love Object,’ by Edna O’Brien [09 Jun 2015|09:30am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/books/review/the-love-object-by-edna-obrien.html

Edna O’Brien’s tales trace a nation gripped by tradition and change.
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Bookends: How Would ‘Ulysses’ Be Received Today? [09 Jun 2015|12:00pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/books/review/how-would-ulysses-be-received-today.html

When James Joyce’s novel was first published in 1922, it was banned for obscenity and the U.S. Postal Service burned copies.
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Alice Goffman’s Heralded Book on Crime Is Disputed [09 Jun 2015|01:42pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/books/alice-goffmans-heralded-book-on-crime-disputed.html

Since her book “On the Run” was published, the author has achieved a measure of fame that is rare​ for a young sociologist, but ​she now faces criticism over her facts and methods.
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‘The Anchoress,’ by Robyn Cadwallader [09 Jun 2015|01:43pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/books/review/the-anchoress-by-robyn-cadwallader.html

A teenager in medieval England becomes a religious hermit.
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Vincent T. Bugliosi, Manson Prosecutor and True-Crime Author, Dies at 80 [09 Jun 2015|03:32pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/us/vincent-t-bugliosi-manson-prosecutor-and-true-crime-author-dies-at-80.html

After successfully prosecuting the cult leader Charles Manson and several of his followers, Mr. Bugliosi wrote “Helter Skelter,” the best-selling true-crime book ever.
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‘Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga,’ by Pamela Newkirk [09 Jun 2015|05:11pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/books/review/spectacle-the-astonishing-life-of-ota-benga-by-pamela-newkirk.html

In the early 1900s, Americans flocked to see the “African Pygmy.”
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Books of The Times: Review: ‘Stalin’s Daughter,’ by Rosemary Sullivan, Looks at a Complicated Life [09 Jun 2015|10:22pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/books/review-stalins-daughter-by-rosemary-sullivan-looks-at-a-complicated-life.html

This biography of Svetlana Alliluyeva reveals a headstrong survivor and petty tyrant whose every brush with adversity seemed to make her tougher.
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