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9 Things You Didn’t Know About the Semicolon
Court cases, rule-breaking, and more, picked by Cecelia Watson, author of 'Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark.'
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 15, 2019
This week: Colson Whitehead's new novel, plus George Takei's new graphic memoir.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 8, 2019
This week: a swampy urban legend, plus Silicon Valley and the remaking of America.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 1, 2019
This week: cutthroat parents jockey to place their children in a new gifted magnet school, plus a new collection from Charles Simic.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 24, 2019
This week: a journey through the heart of America's fast-food kingdom, plus Charles Manson, the CIA, and the secret history of the '60s.
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10 Essential Books About Contemporary Artists
A biography of Basquiat, Patti Smith's 'Just Kids,' and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 17, 2019
This week: new books from Darcey Steinke, Catherine Chung, and more.
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The 11 Best Elizabeth Bishop Poems
Eleven essential poems from one of the most important and distinguished American poets of the 20th century.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 10, 2019
This week: new books from Clive Cussler and Jennifer Weiner, plus a very creepy novel about a creative writing M.F.A. program.
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The 10 Scariest Novels
Books by Octavia E. Butler, Dan Chaon, and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 3, 2019
This week: new books from James Ellroy, Elizabeth Gilbert, and more.
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The Best Book You've Never Read is 'The Easter Parade' by Richard Yates
"I think 'The Easter Parade' is an inadvertent feminist classic, a woman’s book in the best possible meaning of that fraught term."
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 27, 2019
This week: the astounding new science of how animals find their way, plus a nail-biting, stay-up-all-night thriller.
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How Kathryn Scanlan Turned a Stranger's Diary Into One of 2019's Most Fascinating Works of Fiction
From finding the diary at an estate sale in the Midwest to crafting it into fiction.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 20, 2019
This week: a scientist’s race to save her husband from a deadly superbug, plus a shiver-inducing Icelandic thriller.
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11 Essential Summer Romance Novels
11 hot summer romance novels, picked by Christina Lauren.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 13, 2019
This week: new books from Adam Gopnik, Jeffrey Deaver, and more.
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Eight Essential Books Set in Isolated Locations
Julia Phillips, author of "Disappearing Earth," picks eight books highlighted by their evocative and remote settings.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 6, 2019
This week: new books from Ted Chiang, Julie Orringer, Elizabeth Acevedo, and more.
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Vanishing Narrators: 10 Books in Which the Narrator Isn't the Main Character
10 great books that aren't "The Great Gatsby."