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Gwen Knapp, Sportswriter Who Looked at the Big Picture, Dies at 61

She was well known in the San Francisco area for focusing on subjects like racism, sexism and drugs, in columns that sometimes angered sports stars.

By Kevin Draper

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Rachel Comey Collaborates With the New York Review of Books

Rachel Comey’s collaboration with The New York Review of Books is the latest flirtation between the fashion and literary worlds.

By Marie Solis

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Jonathan Raban, Adventurous Literary Traveler, Dies at 80

An expatriate Briton, he followed Huckleberry Finn’s Mississippi, sailed to Alaska and explored eastern Montana. But, he said, he was not a “travel writer.”

By Richard Sandomir

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Read Your Way Through Boston

Paul Theroux, the quintessential travel writer, has also enshrined his Massachusetts roots in his writing. Here are his recommendations for those who come to visit.

By Paul Theroux

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