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A young creative at a Madrid ad agency does her best to do the least in Beatriz Serrano’s darkly comic debut novel, “Discontent.”

In “All Consuming,” the TV baking star turned food philosopher Ruby Tandoh munches on our decadent, crispy, sticky, turmeric-dusted, thirst-trap recipe economy.

The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for.

In “Will There Ever Be Another You,” Patricia Lockwood recounts the pandemic’s devastating effects on her life.

A hands-free “pulley system, or crumbs brought to me by little doves, or something,” would help. Her new novel is “Will There Ever Be Another You.”

As Cat Stevens, he helped define the singer-songwriter. After converting to Islam, he became a lightning rod. His new memoir explores it all.

On the streets of Lower Manhattan, the famed record producer looks for signs of those sweaty 1990s nights.

On the streets of Lower Manhattan, the famed record producer looks for signs of those sweaty 1990s nights.

In “What Happened to Millennials,” Charlie Wells celebrates his anxious, unhappy, successful, pop-culture-obsessed, middle-aged, cringey cohort.

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