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'Land of Milk and Honey' paints a dystopian future for fine dining
Published: 10/11/2023 -
'The Big Myth' breaks down pro-market, anti-government propaganda in the U.S.
Published: 10/10/2023 -
Nathan Hill's 'Wellness' examines marriage, parenthood and polyamory
Published: 10/9/2023 -
Susan Kuklin and Maia Kobabe's books explore gender identity throughout adolescence
Published: 10/6/2023 -
Art Spiegelman reissues 'Breakdowns' with new perspective on book bans
Published: 10/5/2023 -
'All Boys Aren't Blue' honors coming of age as a queer Black boy
Published: 10/4/2023 -
In 'New Kid,' a Black seventh grader navigates a new school
Published: 10/3/2023 -
Bans on books like 'Out of Darkness' target authors of color
Published: 10/2/2023 -
Novels by Hila Blum and William Landay unravel family mysteries
Published: 9/29/2023 -
'Others Were Emeralds' is a coming-of-age story confronting racism in Australia
Published: 9/28/2023 -
Sandeep Jauhar's memoir explains how Alzheimer's works – and how it affected his dad
Published: 9/27/2023 -
Anne Enright's 'The Wren, The Wren' is a family story about poetry and betrayal
Published: 9/26/2023 -
'Foreign Bodies' traces the history of pandemics and vaccine hesitancy
Published: 9/25/2023 -
Two books examine the lives of Afghans in the aftermath of American withdrawal
Published: 9/22/2023 -
Why Matthew McConaughey wrote a children's book about the "paradox of living"
Published: 9/21/2023 -
'Roaming' is a graphic novel about friendship and travel
Published: 9/20/2023 -
In 'Jews in the Garden,' a Holocaust survivor tries to uncover uncomfortable truths
Published: 9/19/2023 -
Héctor Tobar examines Latino identity in 'Our Migrant Souls'
Published: 9/18/2023 -
Lauren Groff talks captivity narratives, climate change and 'The Vaster Wilds'
Published: 9/15/2023 -
Alice Carrière's memoir tackles the dissonance between memory and mental health
Published: 9/14/2023
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