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Sally Rooney’s new novel explores the relationship between two brothers grieving the death of their father, and follows their ...

critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review. Examining Joan Didion: Since her death, Didion has become a literary subject as popular for her ...

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