A novel of enduring friendships and small mercies, The Palm House offers us Gwendoline Riley’s trademark keen observation and wit, and leave…
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Valle Cepeda’s life changes drastically over the course of a winter break, when she goes from being an Ivy League scholarship student one da…
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In Secrets, Woodward tells his story—from his Illinois youth to his Navy service during the Vietnam War to his tenure at The Washington Post…
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Nanako Hanada is a passionate book lover who manages the Village Vanguard, an iconically eccentric bookstore in Tokyo. But her story takes a t…
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Somewhere, someone is already asking: Wait a minute, do audiobooks even count as reading? So let’s get that out of the way. Yes, they do. There are many ways to read or enjoy a text, and an audiobook is one of them. Would a sleepy child at bedtime scold you by saying, “Thanks, but doing all those voices in ‘Goodnight, Moon’ doesn’t count as reading.” Or on a romantic picnic, would your dearest ...
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"Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith," by Jamie Fisher. (Penguin Publishing Group/TNS)
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Elliott Smith biographer Jamie Fisher remembers the first time she heard the late singer-songwriter’s music. She was listening to NPR when a segment came on about Jessica Lea Mayfield and Seth Avett’s 2015 album devoted to Smith’s music. “I have a very clear memory,” says Fisher. “I was walking home from the subway, and just really being struck, and then falling into that album for a long time. ...
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As Nebraska faces rapid economic and technological shifts, the University of Nebraska needs principled, forward-looking governance. That is why I am voting for Dr. Jeremy Hosein for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
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Do you support unexciting, state-run, fairly administered elections where winners take office and losers concede, or are you ready for your party to “lawyer up” if they lose? You know who to vote for.
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Who is paying for the president and vice president to crisscross the country multiple times to campaign? The taxpayer, that’s who.
