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Category: Books and Literature
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Following the Sounds of Arabic to Rediscover Paris
A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life.
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Inflation Sweetener? Denmark Plans Tax Cut on Chocolate and Coffee.
The Scandinavian country has proposed scrapping its tax on chocolate, cake and other sweets, as well as coffee, to help consumers cope with high food prices.
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Facing a ‘Reading Crisis,’ Denmark Wants to Make Books Cheaper
The Danish government announced this week that it planned to make books exempt from a 25 percent value-added tax.
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How Harry Potter Fans Are Driving the Romantasy Trend
Romantasy is propping up the fiction market. Thanks to a generation that grew up reading about a boy wizard.
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Jules Witcover, Political Reporter and Columnist, Dies at 98
A journalist of the old school, he covered presidential races and political affairs for several newspapers and in many books, as well as in a long-running column, “Politics Today.”
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This Wedding Singer Has Co-Written a Novel, and the Songs That Go With It
Along with his side gig, Jens Lekman has put out five albums. Now he’s collaborated with David Levithan on the novel “Songs for Other People’s Weddings.”
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A Wild Corner of Ireland, Through the Eyes of Dylan Thomas
A visit to the turbulent coastline of County Donegal reveals a place where the Welsh poet found creative enrichment in the summer of 1935.
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Where Did All My Male Friendships Go?
One man’s quest to cure his loneliness and get his friends back.