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Wole Soyinka Returns
'Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth,' the first novel from the Nobel laureate in nearly half a century, is a sensuous and scathing satire of contemporary Nigeria.
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Myriam J.A. Chancy Charts the Reverberations of a Disaster
In her American debut novel, 'What Storm, What Thunder,' the author tells a story of the 2010 Haitian earthquake.
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Anthony Doerr Knows the Power of the Book
In his epic new novel, 'Cloud Cuckoo Land,' the Pulitzer Prize–winning author tells the story of an ancient text that connects characters across history.
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Colm Tóibín Is Looking for the Mann
In his new novel, the author blends fact and fiction to tell the story of great German novelist Thomas Mann.
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Maggie Nelson Explores Freedom
With a gimlet eye, the author looks at freedom through the spheres of art, sex, drugs, and climate in 'On Freedom.'
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A Campus Killer Stalks the Pages of This Debut Thriller
In Vera Kurian’s 'Never Saw Me Coming,' a psychological experiment with college students leads to mayhem and murder.
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What Does Freedom Mean? A Debut Novel Is Asking.
In 'The Sweetness of Water,' Nathan Harris writes about the life of two formerly enslaved men after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Kristen Radtke Writes, and Draws, Our Loneliness
In her new graphic nonfiction book, 'Seek You,' Radtke takes a multifaceted look at how alone we are.
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An Art Historian Considers the Art of the Steal
In Cynthia Saltzman’s new book, 'Plunder,' the story of a famous painting illuminates Napoleon’s extensive theft of art.
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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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