Tag: Books and Literature

The Japanese Author Behind ‘Bullet Train’ Is OK That the Film Isn’t So Japanese

SENDAI, Japan — Kotaro Isaka, one of Japan’s most popular crime thriller…

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Kushner Says He Was Treated for Thyroid Cancer While in White House

“This was a personal problem and not for public consumption,” he wrote.…

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Why Are There so Many Books and Shows About Cannibalism?

An image came to Chelsea G. Summers: a boyfriend, accidentally on purpose…

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Why Is It So Hard to Adapt Jane Austen? Fans Play a Part.

Few authors (leaving aside Shakespeare, always a special case) have had their…

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Dana Canedy, Publisher of Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint, Has Left the Job

Ms. Canedy and Jonathan Karp, Simon & Schuster’s chief executive, stood by…

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With ‘How to Change Your Mind,’ Taking a Trip With Michael Pollan

In late 2012, the best-selling author and journalist Michael Pollan (“The Omnivore’s…

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‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Review: A Wild Heroine, a Soothing Tale

“Where the Crawdads Sing,” Delia Owens’s first novel, is one of the…

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Susie Steiner, Author of Acclaimed British Crime Novels, Dies at 51

To Ms. Steiner, vision problems were, in some ways, a blessing as…

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How to Prevent Memory Loss

Over his decades of treating patients, Dr. Restak has noticed that fiction…

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