Rosa Inocencio Smith
How to Tell an Open Secret
Three recent novels demonstrate how fiction can deftly capture the long-term effects of sexual assault and harassment.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Books Briefing: Gender Equality Is Valuable but Vague
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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VCG WILSON / CORBIS / GETTY The Books Briefing: What to Read If You’re Looking for Something to Read
An omnibus reading list, from classic novels to poems to short stories: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Heritage Images / Getty The Books Briefing: Your Socially Distanced Summer-Reading List
Twenty titles for all your warm-weather moods: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Library of Congress The Books Briefing: The Antidote to Uncertainty
The things you can and can’t control: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Mike Blake / Reuters The Books Briefing: A Guide to Transcending Your Daily Anxieties
Solitary struggles and personal triumphs: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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AP The Books Briefing: The Leaders Who Weathered Historical Storms
Power players and unsung heroes: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Mondadori / Getty Getting Through a Pandemic With Old-Fashioned Crafts
Like many others in these times, I’ve turned to arts such as crochet and knitting to make sense of the chaos around me.
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Library of Congress The Books Briefing: Books for Feeling Better
Hopeful stories for difficult times: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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VCG Wilson / Corbis / Getty The Books Briefing: Turning to Fiction to Cope With Fear
The literature of disasters: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP The Books Briefing: A Study in Sleuthing
Mysteries and their histories: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Library of Congress The Books Briefing: The Act of Writing Is an Oscar-Worthy Performance
Empathy on the stage and page: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Alvaro Barrientos / AP The Books Briefing: Short Stories to Read and Reread This Weekend
Get ready for more original fiction from The Atlantic. Your weekly guide to the best in books.
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Neil Hall / Reuters The Books Briefing: First Exercise, Then Write
Health for the body, the mind, and the world: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Library of Congress The Books Briefing: All the Books We Loved This Year
Looking back at the year in literature: Your 2019 guide to the best in books
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Ints Kalnins / Reuters The Books Briefing: What Makes Falsehoods Captivating
Fakes and facts: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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New York Public Library The Books Briefing: What Does Home Mean to You?
The places that make us and the places we make our own: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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David W. Cerny / Reuters The Books Briefing: How Writers Try On New Perspectives
Some points of view on point of view: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Marco Ugarte / AP The Books Briefing: Let’s Talk About Death
Putting mortality in perspective: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Library of Congress The Books Briefing: The Revolution Will Be Written About
“Show me what democracy looks like.” Your weekly guide to the best in books.
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Jason Winter / Shutterstock The Books Briefing: On Growing Old and Growing Up
Not the same old stories: Your weekly guide to the best in books
