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Q&A: This Book Explores 'The Troubled History of Thanksgiving'
Q&A: This Book Explores 'The Troubled History of Thanksgiving'
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Putting the “Boo” in "Books": 7 Scary Reads for Halloween
Putting the “Boo” in "Books": 7 Scary Reads for Halloween

From that Famous Man-Made Monster, to Native American Tales of Horror

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Q&A: Jane S. Smith on Her Public-School-Teacher Father's McCarthy Era Story
Q&A: Jane S. Smith on Her Public-School-Teacher Father's McCarthy Era Story

A Family Memoir that Strongly Resonates with the Current Political Climate

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Q&A: Kurt Baumeister on Trump Craziness, Norse Myths, and His Novel 'Twilight of the Gods'
Q&A: Kurt Baumeister on Trump Craziness, Norse Myths, and His Novel 'Twilight of the Gods'

Like a lot of Americans, I’ve spent the last decade dealing with one Trump generated national embarrassment after the next

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REVIEW: Seeing Malcolm X as a Man for Our Troubled Times
REVIEW: Seeing Malcolm X as a Man for Our Troubled Times

The Civil Right’s Leader’s Radical Style of Opposition May Be What We Need More of Today

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REVIEW: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Biden's Decline and How it Helped Give Us Trump Again

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson Give a Fascinating Blow-by-Blow of How it All Went Awry

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REVIEW: A Fresh and Pragmatic Approach to the Intractable Problem of Gun Violence
REVIEW: A Fresh and Pragmatic Approach to the Intractable Problem of Gun Violence

Ludwig Argues that Gun Violence Can Often Be Avoided through Simple Interventions

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REVIEW: In Search of the Miraculous, Mysterious Aimee Semple McPherson
REVIEW: In Search of the Miraculous, Mysterious Aimee Semple McPherson

An Iconic Woman Whose Life Combined Religion, Celebrity, and Scandal

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LIST: Books to Celebrate May Day
LIST: Books to Celebrate May Day
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REVIEW: Ali Smith's 'Gliff' is a Dystopian Novel that Focuses on the Kids
REVIEW: Ali Smith's 'Gliff' is a Dystopian Novel that Focuses on the Kids

The Protagonists are a Pair of Siblings who are Forced to Fend for Themselves

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Q&A: Alice Austen Talks About Her New Novel Set in Holocaust-Era Belgium
Q&A: Alice Austen Talks About Her New Novel Set in Holocaust-Era Belgium

The Author Imagined the Wartime History of a Building She Lived In

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Q&A: Navigating a Life Through Books: An Interview with Donna Seaman
Q&A: Navigating a Life Through Books: An Interview with Donna Seaman

For Seaman, books are touchstones, companions, and portals to discovery.

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Q&A: Talking with Sasha Vasilyuk about Ukraine, Nazi Prisoners, and Novel Writing
Q&A: Talking with Sasha Vasilyuk about Ukraine, Nazi Prisoners, and Novel Writing

And Her Stunning New Novel, ‘Your Presence is Mandatory’

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REVIEW: An Extraordinary Story of Land, Money, and Energy in the New West
REVIEW: An Extraordinary Story of Land, Money, and Energy in the New West

A story about power, economic inequality, and the struggle to imagine a future less dependent on fossil fuels

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Q and A: Bach, Burns, and Bildungsroman: An Interview with Justin Courter, Author of 'Cadenza'
Q and A: Bach, Burns, and Bildungsroman: An Interview with Justin Courter, Author of 'Cadenza'

Talking about the engaging, propulsive new novel ‘Cadenza’ — and more

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REVIEW: An Unforgettable Novel of South Africa, a Queer 'Throuple,' and Loneliness
REVIEW: An Unforgettable Novel of South Africa, a Queer 'Throuple,' and Loneliness

A story of aching for human connection, across a wide world

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REVIEW: Richard Powers' New Novel Explores the Birth of a New, High-Tech World
REVIEW: Richard Powers' New Novel Explores the Birth of a New, High-Tech World

He Brilliantly Takes on Some of Our Greatest Fears about What the Future May Hold

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Q & A: Talking About John Adams, Who Deserves More Credit for the American Presidency
Q & A: Talking About John Adams, Who Deserves More Credit for the American Presidency

He Was the First President to be the Recipient of a Presidential Transfer of Power

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Q & A: Talking About the Enigmatic Pat Nixon, Her Husband's Loyalist and . . . a Feminist
Q & A: Talking About the Enigmatic Pat Nixon, Her Husband's Loyalist and . . . a Feminist

She Was Derided as “Plastic Pat,” but Fought Behind the Scenes for Her Causes — Including Women’s Rights

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Q & A: Mickey Rathbun on Her Book about her Grandfather, a Real-Life Jay Gatsby
Q & A: Mickey Rathbun on Her Book about her Grandfather, a Real-Life Jay Gatsby

He Appeared on Long Island with a Business Card that Read “George Gordon Moore, Capitalist”

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REVIEW: The Immigrant Experience, through an Ethiopian Lens
REVIEW: The Immigrant Experience, through an Ethiopian Lens

A Story of Challenges, Hidden Family History, and Questions about Belonging

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REVIEW: A Compelling Tale of Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War
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REVIEW: Reading Gabriel Garcial Marquez, Postumously
REVIEW: Reading Gabriel Garcial Marquez, Postumously

The author did not want this novel published, but it was still worth doing

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Q&A: Caroline Leavitt Talks About Her Latest Novel, Days of Wonder
Q&A: Caroline Leavitt Talks About Her Latest Novel, Days of Wonder

On Researching a Novel, Writing Protagonists, and More

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REVIEW: Lydia Millet's Wide-Ranging New Book Explores Plants, Animals, Insects -- and Life
REVIEW: Lydia Millet's Wide-Ranging New Book Explores Plants, Animals, Insects -- and Life

An extended meditation on what it means to write amid our escalating crises of extinction and climate change

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REVIEW: In this Debut Novel, a Woman Confronts a Phantom Ballerina and God
REVIEW: In this Debut Novel, a Woman Confronts a Phantom Ballerina and God

A terse, melodious tale of a professor haunted by a person she’s never met and a place she’s never been.

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HOT 5:  Salman Rushdie's Thoughts on His Attempted Murder, Keith Haring, and More
HOT 5: Salman Rushdie's Thoughts on His Attempted Murder, Keith Haring, and More

And a History of Jewish Orphans in New Orleans

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Q and A: Emily Raboteau Talks about How to Mother Against the Apocalypse
Q and A: Emily Raboteau Talks about How to Mother Against the Apocalypse

She Takes on Racism, the Pandemic, Climate Change, and Mideast Politics

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REVIEW: A Novel About an Ambitious Young Miami Man Whose Role Models are Scarface and Ahab

Fresh out of High School, an Everyman Seeks to Become a Kingpin

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REVIEW: Low-Wage Retail Workers Finally Get the Vivid Novel They Deserve
REVIEW: Low-Wage Retail Workers Finally Get the Vivid Novel They Deserve

A Novel that is Better-Written, and of Course Funnier, than Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’

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Q&A: This Book Explores 'The Troubled History of Thanksgiving'
Q&A: This Book Explores 'The Troubled History of Thanksgiving'
Putting the “Boo” in "Books": 7 Scary Reads for Halloween
Putting the “Boo” in "Books": 7 Scary Reads for Halloween
Q&A: Jane S. Smith on Her Public-School-Teacher Father's McCarthy Era Story
Q&A: Jane S. Smith on Her Public-School-Teacher Father's McCarthy Era Story
Q&A: Kurt Baumeister on Trump Craziness, Norse Myths, and His Novel 'Twilight of the Gods'
Q&A: Kurt Baumeister on Trump Craziness, Norse Myths, and His Novel 'Twilight of the Gods'
REVIEW: Seeing Malcolm X as a Man for Our Troubled Times
REVIEW: Seeing Malcolm X as a Man for Our Troubled Times
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REVIEW: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Biden's Decline and How it Helped Give Us Trump Again
REVIEW: A Fresh and Pragmatic Approach to the Intractable Problem of Gun Violence
REVIEW: A Fresh and Pragmatic Approach to the Intractable Problem of Gun Violence
REVIEW: In Search of the Miraculous, Mysterious Aimee Semple McPherson
REVIEW: In Search of the Miraculous, Mysterious Aimee Semple McPherson
LIST: Books to Celebrate May Day
LIST: Books to Celebrate May Day
REVIEW: Ali Smith's 'Gliff' is a Dystopian Novel that Focuses on the Kids
REVIEW: Ali Smith's 'Gliff' is a Dystopian Novel that Focuses on the Kids

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