Latest from Ron Charles
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Did Facebook ‘cancel Abe Lincoln’? The truth is complicated — and alarming.
A conservative publisher’s rejected ad for a historical novel led to complaints of cancel culture. Here’s what really happened.
- Mar 4, 2021
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The time is right to cancel Dr. Seuss’s racist books
Anyone shocked by the cancellation of six Dr. Seuss books hasn’t been paying attention.
- Mar 2, 2021
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In Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun,’ a robot tries to make sense of humanity
Ishiguro’s first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in 2017 is a delicate, haunting story, steeped in sorrow and hope.
- Mar 2, 2021
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In ‘The Committed,’ Viet Thanh Nguyen continues his Pulitzer Prize-winning story
The follow-up to “The Sympathizer” finds a former Vietnamese spy working as a drug dealer in Paris.
- Feb 22, 2021
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Two authors expose the deceptive, self-aggrandizing absurdity of online life
Lauren Oyler’s “Fake Accounts” and Patricia Lockwood’s “No One Is Talking About This” critique our Internet-attenuated lives.
- Feb 10, 2021
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Ethan Hawke turns his acting experience — and past infidelities — into brilliant fiction
The recycled gossip is tiresome, but what’s most irritating about “A Bright Ray of Darkness” is that it’s really good.
- Feb 2, 2021
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‘The Four Winds’ is Kristin Hannah’s next inevitable bestseller. Don’t forget the tissues.
“The Great Alone” author’s latest is a melodramatic look at one woman’s quest for independence and survival during the Great Depression.
- Jan 28, 2021
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Conquer ‘Moby-Dick,’ finish ‘Infinite Jest’: Avid readers share their resolutions for 2021
The most common resolution involves not just spending more time reading but reaching a specific number of books.
- Jan 26, 2021
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‘Burnt Sugar,’ a challenging Booker Prize finalist, is hard to take, but harder to shake off
Avni Doshi’s novel about a mother and daughter takes candor to extremes.
- Jan 19, 2021
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Conservatives crying ‘Orwell’ are downright Orwellian
In these latter days of Trump’s calamitous reign, his disciples have co-opted not just Big Brother’s methods but Orwell’s very name.
- Jan 11, 2021