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The steel mill 'becomes a family' author of 'Rust' memoir reveals

The steel mill 'becomes a family' author of 'Rust' memoir reveals

Eliese Goldbach turned to a local steel mill in Ohio as a way to earn money after college. She's written a book about her journey — including its dangers and what she learned about the mill workers.
by Noel King

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Publisher pushes back release date for John Bolton's book

Publisher pushes back release date for John Bolton's book

Simon & Schuster cited the ongoing government security review of the former national security adviser's "The Room Where It Happened." The new date is May 12, the publisher said in a news release.
by The Associated Press

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'The Power Notebooks' daringly explores contradictions in lives of women

'The Power Notebooks' daringly explores contradictions in lives of women

Katie Roiphe's journal-like entries are a series of brief-but-potent meditations on women, autonomy, independence, and power — on "women strong in public, weak in private" — including herself.
by Heller McAlpin

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Thread Must-Read: 'The Night Watchman' by Louise Erdrich

Two years ago, Louise Erdrich succumbed to a nasty bug and took to her bed for a time. She slept, she daydreamed and she finally rose with a conviction that her next novel could be found in letters that her grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, had written in a particularly tumultuous period of his life.
by Kerri Miller

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'The Mirror & The Light' is a triumphant end to a spellbinding story

'The Mirror & The Light' is a triumphant end to a spellbinding story

In this new novel, Hilary Mantel brings her award-winning trilogy on the life of Tudor politician Thomas Cromwell to an end. And even though readers know how this story will end, it's still gripping.
by Genevieve Valentine

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Former Viking Chris Kluwe attacks online harassment in YA sci-fi novel ‘Otaku’

Former Viking Chris Kluwe attacks online harassment in YA sci-fi novel ‘Otaku’

Chris Kluwe, who retired from the NFL in 2014, combines a lifelong love of science fiction and a concern about equal rights to take on gamers who use the internet to make life miserable for female gamers.
by Euan Kerr

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Louise Erdrich's grandfather inspired her new novel, 'The Night Watchman'

Louise Erdrich's grandfather inspired her new novel, 'The Night Watchman'

Louise Erdrich's new novel, set in the 1950s, follows a Native American tribe fighting for their rights as the U.S. Congress prepares to terminate their nation-to-nation treaties and land ownership rights.
by Scott Simon

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