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Perfection vs. Progress: Reading the Bible with Asheritah Ciuciu
Ciuciu’s 31-day devotional encourages daily growth and fellowship with others, crumbs and all. (Sponsored)
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Nathalia Holt Animates a Lost History in Her New Book
In 'The Queens of Animation,' Holt explores the untold stories of the women who worked at Walt Disney Studios in the 1930s and ’40s.
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Breaking the Workbook Mold: Spotlight on TinkerActive
Active kids are happy kids. And Odd Dot, a new imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, is keeping kids engaged and learning through play with its line of TinkerActive Workbooks.
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Sharon Olds Spins Songs for the Human Family
The poet's 15th collection, 'Arias,' offers poems about human individuality and how we engage with the world.
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Fighting Back: Spotlight on Rachael Denhollander
A powerful new memoir refuses to turn a blind eye to sexual abuse and offers survivors a way forward.
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Is László Krasznahorkai Finished With Novels?
Hungarian literary master Krasznahorkai says his latest novel, 'Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming,' will be his last.
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The Near-Mythic Inevitability of Olga Tokarczuk's Novels
The Polish author, known for her fragmentary, far-ranging novels, tightens her focus with the mystical detective novel 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.'
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Cartoonist Randall Munroe Will Be Your Answer Man
In 'How To,' Munroe uses his distinct style of explaining the world to solve common problems.
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Salman Rushdie's Latest Is No Tilt at Windmills
Rushdie puts a playful spin on 'Don Quixote' in his new novel, 'Quichotte.'
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Truth in Fiction: Spotlight on Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
An author’s second novel blends timely themes into a story of familial conflict. (Sponsored)
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Tracy Chevalier Is Threading the Past
Chevalier’s latest novel, 'A Single Thread,' is about women who embroidered cushions and kneelers in Winchester Cathedral in the 1930s.
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Writers to Watch Fall 2019: Anticipated Debuts
This season’s list features five translated works—from the French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Even the American debuts have a distinctly international flavor, with a collection riffing on Turkish history, a Cold War intrigue, and a sweeping novel about a historically black community in Nova Scotia.
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Monique Truong’s New Novel Shows the Unreliability of History
Truong’s novel 'The Sweetest Fruits' tells the story of Lafcadio Hearn through the voices of three women in his life.
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Isabel Allende Examines the Impact of Immigration
The literary titan discusses the influence of immigration on her new novel and in her own life.
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Paul Theroux Looks Beyond the Border
Theroux’s latest travel book, 'On the Plain of Snakes,' profiles a diverse group of migrants detained at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: ReShonda Tate Billingsley Reflects on Her 50 Novels
As she celebrates a series of career milestones—which coincide with the 20th anniversary of her publisher, Dafina Books—the author starts a new chapter by revisiting classic characters in the long-awaited sequel to her first novel, My Brother’s Keeper. (Sponsored)
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Edwidge Danticat Returns to Haiti In New Stories
The Haitian American author's new collection, 'Everything Inside,' explores the ethereal and urgent influence of Haiti on its stories’ characters.
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Ibram X. Kendi Ignites the Antiracist Movement
National Book Award–winner Ibram X. Kendi returns with 'How to Be an Antiracist,' a primer on combatting racism.
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Philippa Gregory's New Novel Heads South
In 'Tidelands,' the master of English historical fiction. moves from her typical milieu of royal courts to offer a portrait of a normal woman in the marshy landscape of the South of England.