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Twilight of the white guys, The Boston Sunday Globe

June 26, 2022 John Cheever knew a vanishing world when he saw one. In a memorable introduction, he linked his collected stories to a time...

On 'Stalingrad' and Stalin, The Boston Sunday Globe

May 29, 2022 Repressive states tend to like their authors best when they are safely dead. Joseph Stalin admired Nikolai Gogol but...

Four Takes: On good food and sweet homes

December 26, 2021 Show of hands: who’s up for another sheet-pan recipe? Just as I thought. In the roughly two years since the pandemic...

Four Takes: On Maine, The Boston Sunday Globe

July 25, 2021 In July, the summer people fan out to homes in Maine. For those who can only fantasize, books set in the state offer a fine...

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