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Barry Gewen’s biography is an exercise in downplaying the critics and justifying the abuse of power.

The much-celebrated debut novel is representative of a younger generation’s approach to age-old dilemmas.

Have historians of the conservative movement focused too much on its intellectuals?

Two books offer different approaches to the changing relationship between humans and nature.

The Trump era has birthed a distinct new genre of political writing: irate, forgettable, and strangely complacent.

Robert Burrows was once the subject of a devastating book review. He was also much more than that.

They’re not trying to save the GOP from a demagogue. They’re infiltrating the Democratic Party.

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The home office was never designed to give workers more freedom. The pandemic has only made it worse.

The screenwriter’s novel “Antkind” takes aim at the worst kind of critic.

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Lots of writers have done the coronavirus essay. Smith has made a book of them.

We need a new kind of writing about Russia.

The business of bookselling is more political and partisan than ever before. Things won’t go back to normal after Trump leaves office.

Blake Gopnik’s biography shows an artist haunted by death, seeking refuge in consumerism.

A post-9/11 veteran novelist explores a post-Vietnam literary soiree gone bad, and finds timeless lessons about a contentious and still-evolving genre.