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Life's Work
The lives of creative individuals inform four books of different genres this week—in memoir, biography, history, and narrative nonfiction
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Look Inside the Book
This week you’ll discover the latest from a Center favorite who has graced us with his presence at several past events; laughs from two essential...
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Simply Put
One-word titles always catch my eye and ear, and this week four of the novels qualify. For two of them, we have signed copies while they last
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The Merry Month of May
Two debut books by Chinese American writers—a novel and a story collection—help usher in Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month...
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Champing at the Bit
I had the pleasure of meeting a couple of this week’s extraordinary writers at the bookseller’s Winter Institute in Seattle and have been...
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"You Carry Mother Earth Within You"
Today we commemorate Earth Day with a selection of books that celebrate the land and its flora and fauna in various ways. One new book below combines...
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Picture This
The writers this week create worlds and settings that are richly observed and easy to imagine, no matter how far they stray from our own realities
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From One Extreme to Another
These five works of fiction could not be more different. Moods go from light and lively, to threatening and murderous. There is high anxiety...
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Here, There, and Everywhere
Two debuts and three returning writers grace this week’s selection. There are five voices from around the world: Mexico, the Czech Republic...
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Beautiful Freedom
The title of Farah Jasmine Griffin’s new essay collection inspires this selection which includes a novel about formidable female characters...