NEWS: Michelle Obama's Memoir, Entitled 'Becoming,' Will Be Out in November
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The publisher promises a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling
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ESSAY: Appreciating the Wisdom of Ursula K. Le Guin, Now that She’s Gone
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She Found Something Hopeful in Even the Most Challenging of Circumstances
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And a Biography of John Marshall, the Greatest Chief Justice of the United States
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And on Independent Women, the American Midwest, and Her Advice to New Writers
Read MoreQ&A: A Young Man's Journey to Becoming a Skinhead -- and Back Again
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A Memoir by the Founder of the Non-Profit Group "Life After Hate"
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And a Book of First-Hand Accounts of Black Men and Women Who Knew Abraham Lincoln
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Moving Purposefully through a World of Trump, Erdogan, and Brexit
Read MoreQ&A: A Civil Rights Lawyer Who Helped Defeat Jim Crow Looks Back
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Representing Black Doctors in the Segregated South, Lenny Bruce, and Muhammad Ali
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And an Important Look Inside an Infamous Chicago Housing Project
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“Words are always at the heart of all our problems, and the beginning of all our solutions.”
Read MoreREVIEW: Joseph Conrad: Witness to a Changing, Often-Horrific World
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Using the Novelist's Life to Examine the Often-Troubling Rise of Globalization
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And A Thriller About Resisting Hitler On The Eve of World War II
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The World of John Cullen Murphy, Drawer of Prince Valiant, and His Friends
Read MoreVIDEO: Watch Ursula K. Le Guin Talk About Book Writing and Capitalism
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On the Occasion of Her Death, Remembering the Author's Fiery Spirit
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And Scientists Duel to Shape The World
Read MoreREAD THIS: "Trumpocracy" is the Trump Takedown We Need Right Now
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David Frum Has Been Keeping Track of the Ways Our Democracy Has Been Degraded So Far
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And Niall Ferguson on the Subversive Power of Networks, from the 15th Century to Silicon Valley
Read MoreREVIEW: Ali Smith's 'Winter' is a Fine, Intricate Novel of Friendship and Life
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A Remarkable Second Volume in the Author's Planned Four-Part Seasonal Quartet
Read MoreREVIEW: A Revealing Look at the Hidden Lives of Child Prodigies
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Getting Into Harvard at Age 11, Being a Piano Virtuoso at Age 4, and Other Unusual Life Trajectories
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And 'Bad Jobs and Poor Decisions,' a Memoir of Life in the Working-Class Trenches
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And a beautifully written memoir from the son of two famous 1960s radicals