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August 18, 2023 11:00 AM

Novel asks: ‘What if your two favorite people hate each other with a passion?’

Ore Agbaje-Williams explores the fine line in close relationships between compromise and betrayal with her debut novel, “The Three of Us.”

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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August 10, 2023 11:28 AM

Christian Cooper on what it means to be a Black man in the natural world

Christian Cooper was birdwatching in Central Park in 2020 when a white woman falsely accused him of threatening her. That incident went viral, pushed his work as a Black birder into the public eye, and led to his fantastic memoir, “Better Living Through Birding: Notes From A Black Man In The Natural World.”

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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August 4, 2023 11:00 AM

Minnesota's supper clubs set the table for a delicious family drama

Minnesota-native J. Ryan Stradal's new novel pays homage to the supper clubs of the upper Midwest and our intertwined love of food and family.

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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July 28, 2023 11:38 AM

Luis Urrea's new novel is inspired by his mother's wartime experiences

Luis Alberto Urrea’s new novel, “Good Night, Irene,” is based on his own mother’s experiences working as a Donut Dolly in Europe during World War II.

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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July 21, 2023 11:00 AM

In 'Shy,' a troubled teenage boy gets a last chance

Readers made Max Porter’s novel “Grief is the Thing with Feathers” a huge best-seller. His latest book, equally magical, tells the story of one wild night in the life of a disaffected boy who tries to escape from the Last Chance School.

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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July 14, 2023 11:00 AM

'Of White Ashes' brings the WWII Japanese-American experience to life

Constance and Kent Matsumoto’s novel delves into Kent’s own family history to tell stories of both the Japanese-American internment and the Hiroshima bombing

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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July 7, 2023 11:00 AM

Rachel Louise Snyder's memoir is as beautifully complex as her life.

The award-winning author of “No Visible Bruises,” Rachel Louise Snyder returns to share her own story of childhood violence within within a fundamentalist evangelical sect.

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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June 30, 2023 11:00 AM

A historical swashbuckler from author David Grann

“The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder” is so captivating, it’s already being adapted into a movie by Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese.

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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June 23, 2023 11:00 AM

Women bootleggers in the time of Prohibition

Journalist and author Jeannette Walls returns with a much-anticipated third novel. “Hang the Moon” follows a fiery young woman trying to maneuver within her own powerful family in Prohibition-era Virginia.

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon