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What the hit novel ‘Yellowface’ gets right — and wrong — about authors, editors, and publishers who play dirty

Kindness is a gift we can give to others freely and often, we can never run out of it.

Fiction and nonfiction books that delighted me this year

This memoir is tragic, funny and heartbreaking. Now also a movie starring Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts and Brie Larson.

Jenny Jackson has edited Cormac McCarthy and other stars, but ‘Pineapple Street’ makes you wonder what she’s learned from it

A delightful respite from a complicated and busy world

When a dog shows more loyalty than a person can repay, it’s probably best not to write about how he was your lifetime companion.

You’ll Never Look at Plants the Same Way Again . . . or Yourself.

A masterpiece memoir that I will read again and again

Reading Lolita in Tehran: These two nouns are startling enough juxtaposed in a phrase — but applied to a book title?

A miniature picture book just in time for Halloween

Maud Baum would not have them screw up Frank’s book. It was the least she could do for the man she loved. (A true story)