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Revellers celebrate the resounding Tisza party win in Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 12, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. Prime Minister Viktor Orban of the Fidesz party conceded his party's election loss, paving the way for Peter Magyar, lead candidate of the Tisza party, to become the next prime minister. (Sean Gallup/Getty)

Hope Reese in Budapest: The election that unseated strongman Viktor Orbán is the most important I’ve witnessed

April 16, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

Nearly 80% of the Hungarian population got out and voted. People here cared, spoke up and were heard.

Celeste Ng still ablaze with sophomore novel, ‘Little Fires Everywhere’

May 9, 2019 at 6:40 p.m.

What happens when your carefully laid plans ignite and all that is left is a heap of ashes? "Little Fires Everywhere," Celeste Ng's riveting new novel, explores that question, unearthing...

Sherry Turkle's new book "Reclaiming Conversation" offers a compelling argument to turn off your phone and just talk.

Sherry Turkle’s ‘Reclaiming Conversation’ argues digital world ruins relationships

May 9, 2019 at 5:44 p.m.

Decades before the birth of the Internet, before texting and smartphones and Skype, before students lugged laptops to classrooms and mothers unpacked iPads on airplanes, Sherry Turkle was studying how...

Casey Schwartz's "In the Mind Fields" tracks the marriage of psychoanalysis and neurology and the figures, such as Mark Solms, who made the match.

Review: ‘In the Mind Fields’ by Casey Schwartz

May 9, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

How does the mind work? And can it reveal our humanity? Do our inner fears, desires, and memories match up with the mechanics of our brains?These are the kinds of...

Pulitzer Prize-winner and U.S. poet laureate Maxine Kumin's memoir, "The Pawnbroker's Daughter," expresses the conflicts of her childhood and life as a mother, wife and poet.

Review: ‘The Pawnbroker’s Daughter’ by Maxine Kumin

May 9, 2019 at 5:34 p.m.

In her posthumous memoir "The Pawnbroker's Daughter," prolific and distinguished poet Maxine Kumin offers a simply told story of her life in five essays. Kumin died last year at the...

Review: ‘The Folded Clock’ by Heidi Julavits

May 9, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

Heidi Julavits' new book, "The Folded Clock: A Diary," is a playful, intimate, and deeply insightful collection written over the course of two years. Beginning each entry with the simple...

Review: ‘I Will Love You for the Rest of My Life’ by Michael Czyzniejewski

May 9, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

Chilling, strange and devastating in equal measures, the 29 stories in Michael Czyzniejewski's fiction collection "I Will Love You for the Rest of My Life: Breakup Stories," detail the aftereffects...

Review: ‘Blood-Drenched Beard’ by Daniel Galera

May 9, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

In Daniel Galera's "Blood-Drenched Beard," a young man travels to the small fishing village of Garopaba to investigate a mysterious death. This translation is a U.S. debut for Galera, a...

Review: ‘Daring’ by Gail Sheehy

May 9, 2019 at 4:55 p.m.

One afternoon in 1969, Gail Sheehy and Gloria Steinem met for lunch at the Plaza Oak Room in Manhattan. As a special courtesy, the hotel agreed to waive its ban...

Review: ‘No Country’ by Kalyan Ray

May 9, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

Ships set sail from Ireland to India; from Ireland to Canada; from Italy to America and everywhere in between, in Kalyan Ray's new epic novel, "No Country." As Ray tells...

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