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Two Writers Who Are a Layered Mix of the Heartland and the East Coast
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With a Suggestion for an Alternative Ending
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A 1935 Novel with Strong Parallels to 2016 America
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It's Also a Meditation on the Craft of Writing and the Love of Literature
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A Profile of the Legendary Editor of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Wolfe
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An institution “filled with human beings who should have known better”
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Giving a Voice to those Whose Voices Have Been Suppressed
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A Movie and a Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Memoir that are Wise about What it Means to Become a Man
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And Linda Greenhouse Explores the Often-Overlooked Burger Era on the Supreme Court
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A Memoir that Speaks to Our Age of Contested Identities
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A Wise Novel About an Intense Female Friendship
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And a Novel About the Aftermath of a Plane Crash off Martha's Vineyard
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These are Hard Times for Fans Who Want to Read the Series Before they See It
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Leaders Like FDR and Lyndon Johnson Had a Knack for Getting Important Things Done
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Changing Kids' Environments, in School and Out, Can Improve their Outcomes
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And a beautifully written memoir from the son of two famous 1960s radicals