What was the ‘first American novel’? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

NEW YORK — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the…

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Book Review: ‘John Quincy Adams’ gives the sixth president’s life the sweep and scope it deserves

To be clear, Randall Woods’ “John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People” is not…

Book Review: ‘Hey, Zoey’ uses questions about AI to look at women’s autonomy in a new light

Dolores is going through the motions of life when she finds a potentially marriage-ending surprise in…

Posthumous book by Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina will document war crimes since Russian invasion

NEW YORK — A posthumous book by Victoria Amelina, the Ukrainian author killed last year during…

News nonprofit sues ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft for ‘exploitative’ copyright infringement

LOS ANGELES — The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI…

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Movie Review: In ‘The Bikeriders,’ the birth of a subculture on two wheels

Still images have been a source of wonder and mythology in the films of Jeff Nichols.…

Japan’s ‘beat poet’ Kazuko Shiraishi, pioneer of modern performance poetry, dies at 93

TOKYO — Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic…

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