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How Robots Learned to Write So Well

“Literary Theory for Robots,” by Dennis Yi Tenen, a software engineer turned literature professor, shows how the “intelligence” in artificial…

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‘Gutenberg!’: A Guide to the Inventor Behind the Broadway Musical

“Gutenberg! The Musical!,” a comic meta-musical about two talentless dolts pitching a show about the father of the printing press,…

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Voices of Peaceful Protest

It’s been 40 years since Martin Luther King’s Birthday became a national holiday, and the question of how to celebrate…

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Edward Jay Epstein, Author and Stubborn Skeptic, Dies at 88

He questioned the findings of the Warren Commission, called Edward Snowden a prized Russian asset and exposed the diamond industry’s…

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Common Credits Ralph Ellison for Pointing Him Toward Music

What books are on your night stand? The Bible, “The Selected Works of Audre Lorde,” edited and with an introduction…

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Six Degrees of Self-Help, Nora Ephron and ‘Mommie Dearest’

Fifty years ago this week, “How to Be Your Own Best Friend” nipped at the heels of “The Joy of…

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For This Reporter, the War in Ukraine Is Also Personal

Yaroslav Trofimov grew up in Kyiv. “Our Enemies Will Vanish” records his experience as a journalist for The Wall Street…

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Joseph Lelyveld, Former Top Editor of The New York Times, Dies at 86

As executive editor from 1994 to 2001, he oversaw a period of growth, expanding national and international readerships, creating new…

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Jill McCorkle Is Getting Over Her ‘Henry James Phobia’

What books are on your night stand? “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of the Bondwoman’s…

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9 New Books We Recommend This Week

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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