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In Plato’s Republic, Socrates spends a long evening attempting to persuade his young interlocutors “that justice is better ...

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Simon Critchley’s new book approaches its subject from many angles, traveling from the Middle Ages to punk rock.

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By A.O. Scott John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

The Italian writer’s stories are shot through with a playful sense of dreamlike absurdity.

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. By Abby McGanney Nolan As spooky season ...

Walcott Prize winner announced. The local Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with the Derek Walcott Festival in Trinidad, has ...

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By J. D. Biersdorfer Where’s Johnny? The Biography of a TV Host Whose Life Was a Closed Book. Johnny Carson dominated late-night television for decades, but closely guarded his privacy.