There are good reasons to abandon books we’re not enjoying, but our attenuated attention might lead us to tap out too early.
Category: Books and Literature
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Quit Lit
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His Book Says He Planned Tupac’s Murder. Now He Says It Was Fiction.
The New York Times – Music:Duane Davis’s book boasted of his role in the killing of Tupac Shakur. The memoir, which he now disavows, has become prime evidence in his murder trial, which starts this week.
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MacKenzie Scott Steps Back Into Spotlight With New Book
The New York Times – Business:She posted four pages of a manuscript on a newly started Substack newsletter on Saturday and said that the novel would be released serially throughout August.
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The Sexy Magazine You Really Will Read for the Articles
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Erotic Review is a refined publication for a different age.
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John Carpenter Found a New Way to Give You Nightmares
The New York Times – Music:The director of slasher films that defined horror from the 1970s through the ’90s realizes his latest work, “Cathedral,” as both a graphic novel and a hard-rock album.
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Star Scholar Jason Arday Resigns From Cambridge
The New York Times – On the Runway:Jason Arday was hired by the University of Cambridge in 2023 as the youngest Black professor in its history. Doubt has since been cast on his academic qualifications and claims about his life.
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Cambridge Professor Jason Arday’s Work Challenged Ahead of Book Launch
The New York Times – On the Runway:A knife-wielding masked man. A pig’s head outside his parents’ door. Running 30 marathons in 35 days. The Cambridge professor Jason Arday, accused of plagiarism, says he’s been through it all. Not everyone believes him.
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Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse
The New York Times – On the Runway:The finest trick of his “Odyssey” is smuggling the core of Judeo-Christian ethics into an ancient Greek epic.
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Charles Gaines, Whose ‘Pumping Iron’ Sparked Schwarzenegger’s Career, Dies at 84
The New York Times – Movies:An author and sportsman, he helped create the game of paintball and wrote the book and movie that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a household name.
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Charles Gaines, Whose ‘Pumping Iron’ Sparked Schwarzenegger’s Career, Dies at 84
The New York Times – Movies:An author and sportsman, he helped create the game of paintball and wrote the book and movie that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a household name.
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In Artwork Across the Ages, Odysseus’ Myth Keeps Entrancing Audiences
The New York Times – Movies:Loved Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”? Find more images inspired by Homer’s epic poem at these U.S. museums.
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In Artwork Across the Ages, Odysseus’ Myth Keeps Entrancing Audiences
The New York Times – Movies:Loved Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”? Find more images inspired by Homer’s epic poem at these U.S. museums.