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Kleinzahler is a poet with a real gift for writing prose
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And a Nobel Prize Winner's Oral History of Russian Women of WW II
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A Gripping Narrative About the Beer Hall Putsch Prosecution
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The TV Show Has Pulled Ahead of the Books in Plot, and That Continues
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And How it Created Our Current, Toxic Political Polarization
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RFK Transformed Himself After the Death of JFK
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And a Look at the High-Stakes War for Cyberspace
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Exploring the Mysteries of Close Family Relationships
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And a Convicted Killer's Short Stories on Prison Life
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Including Memoirs from a Comedian, a 'Hillbilly,' and an Ex-President
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Reynolds Price's Niece on Being a Literary Executor for a Great Writer
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And a Memoir About Growing Up in a Very Eccentric Hollywood Clan
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He Talks With Famous Authors and Local Booksellers -- and His Literary Agent
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These creative works "won't keep the sky from falling," but they help
Read MoreLIST: 5 Great Things About Al Franken's (Very Funny) New Political Memoir
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We Need More Political Books with Franken's Take-No-Prisoners Sense of Humor
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And a Look at Why Authoritarianism May Be on the Rise
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He Thinks It's the Best Book in English, or Close to It
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And that time when Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson Opened a Fried Chicken Chain
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And Sherman Alexie's Compelling Memoir About His Problematic Mother
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And a beautifully written memoir from the son of two famous 1960s radicals