A roundup of TNR’s culture reporting
A far from exhaustive guide to the books that our critics most admired in 2024 |
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Classic works, reconsidered |
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The Cinta Larga people were sitting on a wealth of diamonds. They didn’t turn to mining until they saw devastation all around them. |
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{{/if}} Luca Guadagnino makes William S. Burroughs’s novella a love story that is sordid, pathetic, affecting, and true. |
Susie Orbach’s 1978 book is a fascinating snapshot of diet and physical culture in a very different era. |
By Natalia Mehlman Petrzela |
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It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer. |
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Our culture has become obsessed with "blue zones," where people purportedly live longer. But does the underlying research stand up to scrutiny? |
Well, reality must be faced now. But many courageous Americans are ready to fight. |
We assume that victims will find closure when the people who hurt them are imprisoned. But many say that to heal, they need something else entirely. |
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Billy Long, an anti-tax huckster who doesn’t think the IRS should exist, makes his living promising to cut your tax bill 40 percent. |
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