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>"Hernan Diaz’s new novel audaciously tells a tale of American capital—again, and again, and again."

A beautiful brief biographical piece: … and on On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: ‘The book has a poetic density that is at once elliptical and unflinching in its gaze, a testimony to the endlessly complicated dynamics of damage. “Sometimes _...Read More_

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>"Yaa Gyasi celebrates the paintings of Toyin Ojih Odutolah, and their exploration of the gaps in the story."

To explore the nature of evil makes for an absorbing read and a subject that adds weight to biography itself. This is an ambitious and now and then strained attempt to lift the genre into line with the moral depth of Dante’s Inferno and _...Read More_

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>"The lowest-profile Beatles member turns 80, but his musical & humanitarian career continues as consistently as ever"

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