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Clint Smith's Nonfiction Debut Reckons with History
In 'How the Word Is Passed,' the poet and journalist explores the history of slavery “under our feet.”
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Keith Ridgway's Tales of the City
The author's immersive new novel, 'Shock,' portrays a London neighborhood whose denizens are living on the edge.
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Dawnie Walton Writes a Rockin' Novel
The author's provocative debut chronicles the rise and fall of a biracial 1970s rock duo.
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Maggie Shipstead's Novel Gone 'Round the World
Shipstead’s immersive third novel spans centuries and continents with the story of an aviator and the actor who portrays her.
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Looking for Love with Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro
In his new novel 'Klara and the Sun,' his first since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017, Ishiguro tells the tale of an artificial intelligence longing for human connection.
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Brandon Hobson Digs Deep Into Cherokee Folklore
In his new novel, the author mines Cherokee folk tales to tell a story of generational trauma in Oklahoma.
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Gabriela Garcia's Poetic Multigenerational Debut
The stories of five generations of Latinx women fill the pages of Gabriela Garcia’s expansive and poetic debut novel, 'Of Women and Salt.'
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Nadia Owusu's Earthquake of a Memoir
A motif of earthquakes threads through the blistering new book 'Aftershocks' as the author confronts ideas of home, identity, and the ripple effects of trauma.
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Sarah Penner Tells a Tale of Poison
The spellbinding debut novel 'The Lost Apothecary' tells the story of a female apothecary serial killer in 18th-century London.
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Doctor Woman Sister Rebel: Janice Nimura's 'The Doctors Blackwell'
Janice Nimura’s captivating nonfiction account tells the story of the 19th-century Blackwell sisters, who changed the face of American medicine.
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