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'Saturday Night Ghost Club' celebrates the wonders and horrors of being a kid

'Saturday Night Ghost Club' celebrates the wonders and horrors of being a kid

Craig Davidson's new novel follows a group of kids through a strange summer of hunting urban legends -- it's a coming-of-age story that's also about loss, particularly what we lose when we grow up.
by Jason Heller

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Smart and propulsive 'Copperhead' asks: Can you outrun your family's sins?

Smart and propulsive 'Copperhead' asks: Can you outrun your family's sins?

Alexi Zentner's new novel follows a high school football star's efforts to separate himself from his racist family. It's an unsparing story about race, class and the limits of individual possibility.
by Maureen Corrigan

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In 'For the Good of the Game,' Bud Selig tells of the MLB steroid era

In 'For the Good of the Game,' Bud Selig tells of the MLB steroid era

The baseball commissioner's charming, informative memoir is about the best you can hope to read from a powerful professional sports insider -- even if Selig is too defensive on steroids.
by Scott Detrow

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In 'The Book of Collateral Damage,' an accounting of what Baghdad lost

In 'The Book of Collateral Damage,' an accounting of what Baghdad lost

The novelist and poet Sinan Antoon, raised in Iraq and now living in New York, returned home following the 2003 U.S. occupation. That experience inspired his new work of fiction.
by Steve Inskeep

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In 'Very Nice,' even the dog is unfaithful

In 'Very Nice,' even the dog is unfaithful

Marcy Dermansky's new novel is a tart lemonade of a summer read, full of outspoken characters, libidinous activity -- much of it unwise -- around a swimming pool, and a beautiful standard poodle.
by Heller McAlpin

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Dapper Dan, telling stories in leather, fur and logos

Dapper Dan, telling stories in leather, fur and logos

The legendary hip-hop designer is now partnering with the big fashion labels who originally shut him down for bootlegging their logos. He's got a new memoir out, called 'Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem.'
by Audie Cornish

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'We Went to the Woods' warns: You can know history and still repeat it

'We Went to the Woods' warns: You can know history and still repeat it

Caite Dolan-Leach's new novel follows a young woman who gets kicked off a reality TV show and ends up on a 1960s-style commune, where utopian ideals soon fall prey to some very human foibles.
by Jean Zimmerman

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