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Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich crafts myths, not histories.

Cuban science-fiction redefines the future in the ruins of a socialist utopia.

How perpetual ignorance shapes the never-ending war on terror.

Can Gay Talese make good art from bad deeds?

Donald Trump's eerie likeness to Thomas Mann's Mussolini parable.

Jeffrey Toobin's new biography refuses to take her radical beliefs seriously.

Mychal Denzel Smith's memoir reckons with racial injustice, and tells the story of his political education.

How Olympic gymnastics beat score inflation and became a sport.