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Margo Jefferson’s ‘Negroland: A Memoir’ [15 Sep 2015|09:30am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/books/review/margo-jeffersons-negroland-a-memoir.html

A critic returns to her early years among Chicago’s black elite.
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Books of The Times: Review: The Stories of Joy Williams: Short, but Seldom Sweet [15 Sep 2015|11:01am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/books/review-the-stories-of-joy-williams-short-but-seldom-sweet.html

The humans in Ms. Williams’s stories have suffered pain and loss: They are hilarious.
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Bookends: Whatever Happened to the Novel of Ideas? [15 Sep 2015|12:00pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/books/review/whatever-happened-to-the-novel-of-ideas.html

Pankaj Mishra and Benjamin Moser discuss whether philosophical novels have gone the way of the dodo bird.
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ArtsBeat: Shortlist is Chosen for the Man Booker Prize [15 Sep 2015|01:15pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/shortlist-is-chosen-for-the-man-booker-prize/

The list, which has been narrowed down to six candidates, includes two works by American authors: Anne Tyler’s “A Spool of Blue Thread” and Hanya Yanagihara’s “A Little Life.” The winner will be announced on Oct. 13.
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Stanley Hoffmann, Who Brought Passion to Foreign Policy Analysis, Dies at 86 [15 Sep 2015|03:04pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/books/stanley-hoffmann-who-brought-passion-to-foreign-policy-analysis-dies-at-86.html

Mr. Hoffmann taught at Harvard for more than half a century and wrote a series of influential books that explored international relations.
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