Books

Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music

Henry Horenstein's gritty documentation of performers, places, and fans.

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| Mon Sep. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon's Vinyl Draft

The Pulitzer prize-winning novelist on race, procrastination, and his new book, "Telegraph Avenue."

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| Fri Aug. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Your Weekend Longreads List on Ayn Rand

Take some me time to catch up on the personal history and philosophy of the writer Paul Ryan called "required reading."

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| Fri Aug. 17, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Superman is Boring, Batman is Hot, Dictators Are Clueless

A chat with "Persepolis" creator Marjane Satrapi on her new film, "Chicken With Plums," and just about everything else.

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| Mon Aug. 13, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

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Quick Reads: "Ascent of the A-Word: by Geoffrey Nunberg

All you ever wanted to know about assholes.

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| Mon Aug. 13, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
David Barton

The Right's Favorite Historian Comes Apart at the Seams

Mike Huckabee says David Barton should be required reading. But Barton's publisher just recalled his book over inaccuracies.

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| Fri Aug. 10, 2012 7:56 AM PDT

Lidia Yuknavitch Flicks Off Freud

An irreverent remake of a renowned case, the new novel "Dora: a Headcase" delivers a gritty take on girlhood.

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| Wed Aug. 8, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

How We Talk About AIDS In Africa

Doctor-turned-journalist Uzodinma Iweala puts a human face on one of the most talked about epidemics in history.

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| Fri Aug. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Mitt Romney's Reading Comprehension Problem

Mitt Romney cites books to make a point—but the authors tell him he has it wrong.

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| Thu Aug. 2, 2012 7:53 AM PDT
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Between Burma and a Hard Place

In "Exiled to Nowhere," a photojournalist pulls us into the harsh limbo inhabited by Burma's Rohingya refugees.

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| Wed Jul. 18, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Quick Read: "Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?" by Jesse Bering

A collection of quirky essays gets to the heart of what makes us human.

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| Sat Jul. 7, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Quick Reads: "Little America" by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

A new book by an associate editor of the Washington Post chronicles the US troop surge in Afghanistan.

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| Sun Jun. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Quick Reads: "The Receptionist" by Janet Groth

A new memoir tells the Mad Men-esque story of a receptionist at the New Yorker who dreamed of being a writer.

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| Sat Jun. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Book Review: Journalism

Artist Joe Sacco's retrospective of graphic journalism assignments completed in international war zones.

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| Sun Jun. 17, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Quick Reads: "Overdressed" by Elizabeth Cline

Author Elizabeth Cline diagnoses our growing addiction to fast fashion.

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| Tue Jun. 12, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Inside the Biggest Bank Failure in American History

Review: Kirsten Grind's "The Lost Bank" delivers the definitive account of Washington Mutual's collapse.

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| Mon Jun. 11, 2012 10:02 AM PDT
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Book: Obama Wasn't Always So Into Drone Strikes

A new book says that the president was once skeptical of the practice of targeting "military age males" with deadly flying robots.

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| Fri Jun. 8, 2012 9:25 AM PDT

Quick Reads: "Full Body Burden" by Kristen Iversen

A new memoir describes growing up in the shadow of the Rocky Flats plutonium trigger facility in Colorado.

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| Sun Jun. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

America's Rising Shadow Wars

President Obama has expanded secret military operations worldwide—a policy that carries serious risks.

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| Tue May. 29, 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Book Review: Tubes

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| Mon May. 28, 2012 3:00 AM PDT