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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 -
In 'Fly,' Mitchell S. Jackson looks back over the history of fashion in the NBA
Published: 9/13/2023 -
In 'The Fraud,' Zadie Smith takes on historical fiction and the Tichborne case
Published: 9/12/2023 -
Abdulrazak Gurnah's 'Afterlives' highlights nuances of colonization in East Africa
Published: 9/11/2023 -
Two books examine masculinity and mental health in immigrant families
Published: 9/8/2023 -
'The Men Can't Be Saved' analyzes masculinity in the world of advertising
Published: 9/7/2023 -
In 'The Breakaway,' Jennifer Weiner touches on love, mothers and body-shaming
Published: 9/6/2023 -
In 'Happiness Falls,' a father gone missing brings family tensions to the surface
Published: 9/5/2023 -
'This is Wildfire' offers an in-depth guide for managing today's more-frequent fires
Published: 9/4/2023 -
Two thrillers raise questions about writing from a particular race and identity
Published: 9/1/2023 -
'Queer Career' chronicles the history of LGBTQ workers in the U.S.
Published: 8/31/2023 -
'Of White Ashes' follows a Japanese-American love story after the WWII internment
Published: 8/30/2023 -
In 'Losing Our Religion,' Russell Moore tackles a crisis in evangelical Christianity
Published: 8/29/2023 -
'Mobility' examines wealth and climate change through the eyes of a teenage girl
Published: 8/28/2023 -
Short story collections by Steven Millhauser and Jamel Brinkley focus on the uncanny
Published: 8/25/2023 -
Pidgeon Pagonis' memoir 'Nobody Needs to Know' reclaims intersex identity
Published: 8/24/2023 -
In 'The Apology,' a South Korean grandmother makes amends from the afterlife
Published: 8/23/2023 -
James McBride's new murder mystery digs into Black and Jewish communities in the '30s
Published: 8/22/2023
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