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Book Review: ‘Coming Home,’ by Brittney Griner with Michelle Burford
News stories have chronicled the basketball star’s detention in a Russian prison. Here’s her version.The New York Times - Top stories -
Book Review: Coming-of-age meets quarter-life crisis in Fiona Warnick's ambitious debut 'The Skunks'
Isabel’s just trying to do better in a world buzzing with diametrically opposing views of what that meansABC News - Entertainment -
Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger’s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships
In 2021 Lilly Dancyger’s first book, “Negative Space,” was praised for its unflinching portrait of her father’s heroin addictionABC News - Entertainment -
Your Performance Reviews Are Not Enough
Your employees want more from you than a yearly hourlong check-in.Inc. - Business -
'Dogland' Review: The Battle of Beauty and Breed
Dispatches from the dog-show world devoted to breeding, training and judging our four-legged friends.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Walker Percy' Review: Writing for Redemption
In novels like ‘The Moviegoer,’ Percy leavened dreary portraits of the modern world with glimmers of hope for a better future.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Vows' Review: Marriage, Love and Commitment
The solemn wedding rite suggests that we find our most flourishing selves in the place where our freedoms are expressed in mutual devotion.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'On the Couch' Review: A Close Reading of Freud
Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic ideas are widespread, but outdated. There may be profit in treating him less as a scientist and more as a literary figure.The Wall Street Journal - World -
13 Books We Read This Week
Missions over Iwo Jima, the long legacy of Freud’s ideas, where wedding vows came from and more.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Kristi Noem’s Book: Four Takeaways
After a rough start to the rollout of her memoir, the South Dakota governor has continued to defend shooting her dog and to deflect on a false story about meeting Kim Jong-un.The New York Times - Top stories -
Crave Tease Review: Not Jewelry, Barely a Vibrator
By trying to be both jewelry and a sex toy, Crave’s vibrator—which goes on your finger—fails to be either one.Wired - Tech -
'Buster' Review: City Dog Seeks Roommate
The crime writer George Pelecanos delivers a tale told not by an enterprising detective but an introspective pooch.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Finding a Likeness' Review: Nicholson Baker's Art Lessons
A prolific writer sketches his recent adventures in amateur painting.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Fighting the Night' Review: A Pilot Over Iwo Jima
Lt. Joe Paul Hendrickson flew 75 missions in the Pacific before become a commercial pilot. But his readjustment to civilian life wasn’t smooth.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'A Light in the Darkness' Review: The Song of Joaquín Rodrigo
Though seductive and beautiful in itself, the composer’s work reached new listeners with the help of Miles Davis.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'The Northeast Corridor' Review: Keeping a Region on Track
Plans to unify a patchwork railroad network were complicated by the many rivers and bays of the Atlantic coast. Engineers had to get creative.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Tarot review – disappointment is in the cards with silly supernatural horror
Final Destination inspires yet another throwaway teen schlocker, this time with an increasingly risible astrological bent. As many of us impatiently wait for the sixth Final Destination film, slated for release next year over a decade since the ...The Guardian - World -
'Käthe Kollwitz' Review: Despair and Defiance at MoMA
The 20th-century German artist receives an illuminating, poignant retrospective in New York that highlights both her fierce moral certitude and her gifts as a printmaker.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Orka Two Review: Sleek Hearing Aids
They’ll cost you, but these hearing aids have an “AI” tuning that’s actually helpful.Wired - Tech -
Public House, Paris: ‘A calamitous experience’ – restaurant review
With a famed pie maker on board, the new ‘British brasserie’ in Paris ought to be glorious. Instead, it’s a huge disappointment. Public House, 21 rue Daunou, 75002 Paris, France (+33 1 77 37 87 93; publichouseparis.fr). Starters €8.50-€19.50; ...The Guardian - World -
Xiaomi Watch S3 Review: Quirky Customization
With swappable bezels and plenty of stamina, Xiaomi’s barebones smartwatch is a bargain.Wired - Tech -
'Third Millennium Thinking' Review: Find the Data That Matters
We’ve never been so flooded with information. Sorting it out usefully is the challenge.The Wall Street Journal - World -
The VAR Review: Why wasn't Havertz's penalty overturned?
Should the VAR have got involved after Kai Havertz was awarded a penalty? Why wasn't Bournemouth's goal awarded? That and more in the VAR Review.ESPN - Sports -
'Warren and Bill' Review: Buffett and Gates Give It Away
Friendship guided Warren Buffett’s decision to give so much money to Bill Gates’s foundation. So did a skepticism toward inherited wealth.The Wall Street Journal - World