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Displaying articles for: November 2011

November 28, 2011

Adam Gopnik

Three favorite books? An impossible choice.

November 21, 2011

Tom Brokaw

Classic works of fiction and nonfiction from the broadcaster's bookshelf.

November 14, 2011

Nile Rodgers

The musician and memoirist recommends classic page-turners from Dumas, Stevenson, and Herbert.

November 7, 2011

Peter Sís

Works of enchantment, from the bookshelf of the artist and author.

October 31, 2011

Roger Ebert

The film critic and author recommends three of his favorite works of fiction.

Daybook

May 20: Blue jeans celebrate their unofficial 140th birthday today, the dry goods merchant Levi Strauss and the tailor Jacob Davis receiving a patent on May 20, 1873 for "a new article of manufacture, a pair of pantaloons having the…

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.

Earlier Posts

The Long List

Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now

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.

Minotaur

This newly reissued Cold War classic profiles an Israeli spy obsessed with an English girl half his age, and his attempts to win her love without ever revealing his true identity.