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Displaying articles for: November 2011

November 28, 2011

Seriously Trivial

For the lover of lists, charts, and compendia of facts.

November 21, 2011

Ruling Women

Five biographies of dynamic -- sometimes despotic -- female leaders.

November 14, 2011

Holiday Feasts

New and time-tested guides to loading the family table with seasonal riches.

November 7, 2011

Ernest Hemingway

Readings that explore and celebrate the writer's career, paired with selections from his best work.

October 31, 2011

Dogs

Books that celebrate a special relationship.

Daybook

May 21: The musical smash hit Gypsy opened on Broadway on this day in 1959. The bestseller upon which the show is based, Gypsy Rose Lee's memoir Gypsy, told her life as a rags-to-naked success story, and added to…

Previously in Daybook

In the Margin

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin.

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The Long List

Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now

When the Devil Drives

Thespian-turned-P.I. Jasmine Sharp searches for a missing actress and veteran detective Catherine MacLeod tries to solve the case of a murdered one. Their paths intertwine amid the Scottish theater community with uproarious and gory results.

Story of My People

Recounting the struggles and eventual dissolution of a family textile business in Prato, Italy, Story of My People is a heartbreaking memoir about the personal impact of globalization.

My Struggle, Book Two

A controversial sensation in Norway, A Man in Love is the second book of six in the series, detailing Knausgaard’s separation from his wife, his move to Stolkholm and the dogged pursuit of a mesmerizing poet.