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Sujata Massey's Sister Widows
Massey introduces an Indian lawyer and three widows of the same husband in 'The Widows of Malabar,' the first in a new mystery series set in 1920s Bombay.
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Texas Book Festival 2017: History Lessons with Jennifer Egan
'Manhattan Beach' is Egan's first historical novel. The success of 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' and the surprising challenges of wrapping her mind around the past made it unexpectedly tough to write.
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Texas Book Festival 2017: Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush - Sisters In and Out of the Spotlight
In Sisters First, the Bush twins celebrate their bond and share private memories of their famous family
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Spotlight on Mariko Tamaki and Brooklyn Allen
Expanding the Lumberjanes universe into middle grade novels was a dream assignment for author Mariko Tamaki and illustrator Brooklyn Allen
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Do You Believe Kevin Young, or Not?
In his new work of nonfiction, 'Bunk,' the award-winning poet and critic looks at historical hoaxes.
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Spotlight on Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
Hendricks and Pekkanen developed such a great editor-author relationship that they decided to cowrite a gripping psychological thriller, 'The Wife Between Us' (Sponsored)
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Spotlight on Lindsay McKenna
In 'Wrangler’s Challenge,' McKenna’s latest installment in her Wind River Valley series, military veterans find love and healing after the traumas of war (Sponsored)
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Ulli Lust On Visualizing the Third Reich
In her graphic novel 'Voices in the Dark,' Ulli Lust looks back and shines a light on one of the blackest moments in human history.
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Spotlight on Larry Correia
In the fantasy anthology Monster Hunter Files, Correia invites other writers to interpret the world of Monster Hunter International, and takes readers of his beloved series on a trip through history (Sponsored)
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Jennifer Egan in the City That Never Sleeps
In her latest novel, 'Manhattan Beach,' Jennifer Egan recreates the New York of the 1930s and ’40s.
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The Moon is for Tourists: 'PW' Talks with Andy Weir
Weir follows his bestselling debut, 'The Martian,' with 'Artemis' (Crown, Nov.), a near-future novel set on the moon’s first and only colony.
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Susan Henderson's Small Town Blues
The author sets her novel 'The Flicker of Old Dreams' in a Montana town shaped by a past tragedy.
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Spotlight on Andrea Jarrell
In her searing memoir of a traumatic past overcome, Jarrell offers readers hope and a spellbinding story. (Sponsored)
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The Past Intrudes on Roddy Doyle's Present
In his new novel, 'Smile,' Doyle takes on midlife and memories of clerical child abuse in Ireland.
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Peter Manseau's Ghost Story
The author's latest history, 'The Apparitionists,' is a lyrical, multithreaded work of historical storytelling.
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Spotlight on Six Contemporary Chinese Fiction Writers
This is a powerful moment in Chinese literature: Contemporary writers are wrestling with the complex legacies of China’s past and its changing present. To show the breadth of contemporary Chinese fiction, we’ve selected six authors to profile
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Home Away from Home with Nicole Krauss
The author's fourth novel, 'Forest Dark,' tackles questions of faith, identity, and anxiety in a city rich in all three: Tel Aviv.
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Helen Benedict, Scribe of Women and War
'Wolf Season,' the second book in Benedict’s Iraq War trilogy, traces the effects of the war on three women in upstate New York.
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Space Man Scott Kelly Enters Book World Orbit
In his memoir, 'Endurance,' the astronaut describes the complexities of living in space for a year.
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The Day the Dead Come Back: Mike McCormack
The narrator of Mike McCormack's new novel, 'Solar Bones,' returns from the grave on All Souls' Day to tell his story.