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The end of the world ought to be the start of the story in 'Oval'

The end of the world ought to be the start of the story in 'Oval'

Elvia Wilk's new novel follows a group of aimless young people in Berlin, working, going out, coming home -- until something happens that brings about a cataclysm. But is the aimlessness intentional?
by Jason Sheehan

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David Sedaris talks Brexit, Duluth and blackened toenails

David Sedaris talks Brexit, Duluth and blackened toenails

Writer David Sedaris will read from his latest collection of work in Duluth Thursday night. The essays in the book "Calypso" are funny at times and deeply sad at others as Sedaris wrestles with life.
by Euan Kerr

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'Life with Picasso' stands as an invaluable work of art history

'Life with Picasso' stands as an invaluable work of art history

Newly reissued, the intellectual heft of Francoise Gilot's now classic memoir is in its art criticism, even as its emotional arc lies in Picasso and Gilot's unequal romance.
by Lily Meyer

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In 'City of Girls,' the breezy, bold best days of our lives

In 'City of Girls,' the breezy, bold best days of our lives

Elizabeth Gilbert's new novel is set in the New York theater community of the 1940s -- an effervescent golden age for the women who congregate at the offbeat Lily Playhouse.
by Jean Zimmerman

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'Patsy' discovers her dreams don't match reality

'Patsy' discovers her dreams don't match reality

Nicole Dennis-Benn packs a lot of uncomfortable truths into this novel about a Jamaican woman who emigrates to New York looking for an old love and a new life, leaving her mother and daughter behind.
by Michael Schaub

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'Underland' connects us to dazzling worlds beneath our feet

'Underland' connects us to dazzling worlds beneath our feet

The beauty of Robert Macfarlane's writing, and of the natural world it describes, is immense. His words also act as a warning, ensuring a recognition of human harms to the environment.
by Barbara J. King

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