Article snippet: A digital sleuth has discovered an anonymously published 1852 serial novel by the poet, which survived in only a single copy of an obscure newspaper. By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER This new volume, labeled a work of fiction, provides a sharp-edged distillation of the themes that have preoccupied him throughout his career. By MICHIKO KAKUTANI The letter, written by PEN America, reads in part: “Vibrant, open intercultural dialogue is indispensable in the fight against terror and oppression.” By RACHEL DONADIO In Philip Roth’s 2004 alternative history, Charles Lindbergh is in the White House, cozying up to the Third Reich. By JOHN WILLIAMS Some of our favorite books by and about presidents from the past few decades. By RADHIKA JONES and PAMELA PAUL Margaret Drabble’s “The Dark Flood Rises” is a fictional road trip through various forms of “senior living” in Britain. By CYNTHIA OZICK The author, most recently, of “Lincoln in the Bardo” on his favorite genre: “I love reading anything about gigantic animate blobs of molten iron who secretly long to be concert pianists.” How a previously unpublished book by the children’s author Margaret Wise Brown is soon to make an appearance. ... Link to the full article to read more