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July 24, 2012

Ghost Estates: Tana French on Ireland after the Bubble

A Conversation with Amy Benfer

The author on her bestselling mysteries, and their roots in a changing culture.

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July 12, 2012

Madness and Marginalia: Maureen McLane on "My Poets"

A conversation with Tess Taylor

The poet and critic on her new book and the strange journeys of a reader's life.

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July 5, 2012

Breaking the Surface: Leanne Shapton's Life Aquatic

A conversation with Lizzie Skurnick

The author and artist's life chronicled in suits and sharks.

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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…

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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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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.