‘We Were Eight Years in Power’ is a sort of “I told you so,” though Coates takes little pleasure in having to say it.
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What it’s like to wait for a loved one missing in war
Barton Cross, a Navy serviceman, was taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942. Then his brothers tried to get him back.
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Is Salman Rushdie the novelist we need to capture America under Trump?
Rushdie is a writer keen to take on big, messy matters—and few are bigger or messier these days than American life at home and abroad.
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Hipster Catholics get a handbook
Tommy Tighe argues that being Catholic is hipster in itself. So, he contends, why not mine the tradition for its quirkiest customs and celebrate them without reservation?
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Why do they dislike us? An American in Turkey seeks an answer.
Suzy Hansen’s ‘Notes on a Foreign Country’ is not a romantic ‘Eat Pray Love’-style tale of self-discovery.
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Superman with a Racket
The greatest athletes transcend mere games. They soar above competition, tower over leagues, fuel economies and even change societies. They always represent more; on the field, in the ring and off the court. The truly great ones even continue to touch lives when they’re not competing. Burning with passion, a love of the game so […]
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: a novelist who was Catholic, but not a ‘Catholic novelist’
F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed the American dream primarily through its failures to bring happiness to his main characters.
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The French Foreign Legion: the colonial force par excellence
A new book situates the Legion within the shameful history of French colonialism.
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On the campaign trail in 1960 with John F. Kennedy
For those who still want to believe that a full JFK presidency would surely have led to an American Camelot, this book is not for you.
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Telling stories and paying witness to suffering
Elizabeth Strout’s new short story collection offers an array of poignant case studies portraying this legacy of trauma.