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In “The Typewriter and the Guillotine,” Mark Braude takes on the intersection of Janet Flanner’s career and a lurid murder case.

The pop culture critic discusses his new book about the sport and its place in American culture.

Like the flakes themselves, no two are the same.

The author Janie Chang recommends novels about people who push back against the expectations of their time.

“I’ve thought more about men who saw combat in World War I,’’ he says, “and have eased up on a few of the characters.” His new novel is about 20th-century labor strife.