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Book Public is a Texas Public Radio podcast about books. At Book Public we believe books have the power to enlighten and entertain us. Listen in as we talk to authors about their books and why and how they wrote them. At Book Public we’re committed to connecting listeners to books that help us understand today’s world—and each other—a little bit better.
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Book Public: 'Ashland' by Dan Simon
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Book Public: 'One Sun Only' by Camille Bordas
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Book Public: 'To Absent Friends: Eudora Welty’s Correspondence with Frank Lyell’
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Book Public: 'Time of the Child' by Niall Williams
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Book Public: Giving thanks through poetry
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Art of Jacques Pépin'
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Startlement' by Ada Limón
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'At Last' by Marisa Silver
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'A Guardian and a Thief' by Megha Majumdar
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Girl Warrior' by Joy Harjo
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Starting from Here' by Paula Saunders
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Kaplan's Plot' by Jason Diamond
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Waterbearers' by Sasha Bonét
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Book Public: ‘Weepers’ and ‘Exhibitionist’ by Peter Mendelsund
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Book Public: ‘Tonight in Jungleland’ by Peter Ames Carlin
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Gossip Columnist's Daughter' by Peter Orner
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The End is the Beginning' by Jill Bialosky
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Friends with Words' by Martha Barnette
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Love, Rita' by Bridgett M. Davis
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Book Public: "Loneliness" from the collection 'Second Childhood' by Fanny Howe
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Slip' by Lucas Schaefer
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Book Public: “Birdsong from the Radio” from the story collection ‘The Souvenir Museum’ by Elizabeth McCracken
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Scrapbook' by Heather Clark
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Homework' by Geoff Dyer
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Endling' by Maria Reva
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Fate of Others' by Richard Bausch
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May 23, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Have Mercy on Us' by Lisa Cupolo
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May 16, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Bright Years' by Sarah Damoff
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May 01, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Four Red Sweaters' by Lucy Adlington
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Imagined Life' by Andrew Porter
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Book Public: ‘Book of Potions’ by Lauren K. Watel
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Brother Brontë' by Fernando A. Flores
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Book Public: ‘Our Beautiful Boys’ by Sameer Pandya
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Horse' by Willy Vlautin
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'We're Alone' by Edwidge Danticat
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Back After This' by Linda Holmes
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Book Public: ‘Nesting’ by Roisín O’Donnell
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Umbrella Maker's Son' by Tod Lending
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Selena: A Little Golden Book Biography'
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Book Public: Writing and art from the farmworker community in 'The Common'
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Save Me, Stranger' by Erika Krouse
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'The Mourner's Bestiary' by Eiren Caffall
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Book Public: 'Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes'
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Clear' by Carys Davies
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Book Public: ‘Blue Light Hours’ by Bruna Dantas Lobato
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Book Public: ‘The Four Deportations of Jean Marseille’
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'The Best Short Stories 2024': The O. Henry Prize Winners
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Filmmaker's Journey' by Severo Perez
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Traveling without Moving' by Taiyon J. Coleman
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'On James Baldwin' by Colm Tóibín
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'The Disappeared' by Rebecca J. Sanford
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'The Day's Hard Edge' by José Antonio Rodríguez
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Book Public: Hurricane stories
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Getting to Know Death' by Gail Godwin
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Poor Deer' by Claire Oshetsky
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Longing for Connection' by Andrew Burstein
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Sipsworth' by Simon Van Booy
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May 17, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow' by Steve Almond
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Book Public: San Antonio Book Festival has something for everyone
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Half-Lives' by Lynn Schmeidler
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Book Public: ‘The Divorcées’ by Rowan Beaird
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Wandering Stars' by Tommy Orange
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Book Public: Everyman's Library publishes 40th anniversary edition of 'The House on Mango Street' by Sandra Cisneros
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story' by Leslie Jamison
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'The Road from Belhaven' by Margot Livesey
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'The Women' by Kristin Hannah
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Book Public: 'The Fetishist' by Katherine Min
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Book Public: Richard Blanco on his new book, 'Homeland of My Body: New & Selected Poems'
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Book Public: Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow’s ‘All the Little Bird-Hearts’ is a novel that explores themes of motherhood, authenticity and autism
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Book Public: 'Small in Real Life' by Kelly Sather
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Book Public: 'The Madstone' by Elizabeth Crook
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Book Public: 'Ladies' Lunch' by Lore Segal
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Book Public: ‘The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store’ by James McBride
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Book Public: 'Somebody's Fool' by Richard Russo
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Book Public: ‘Vanishing Maps’ by Cristina García
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Book Public: Review of 'Home Reading Service' by Fabio Morábito
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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‘The Wind Knows My Name’: Isabel Allende shows how history repeats itself in novel about two child refugees
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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‘Good Night, Irene’: Luis Alberto Urrea’s historical novel based on his mother’s experiences in the Red Cross during World War II
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May 31, 2023 |
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‘You Are Here’: Karin Lin-Greenberg’s debut novel chronicles a failing mall that connects a community
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May 26, 2023 |
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‘A Living Remedy’: Nicole Chung’s memoir explores a daughter's grief and strength to survive
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May 19, 2023 |
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‘The Disappeared’: Andrew Porter’s story collection features San Antonio backdrop
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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‘The Kudzu Queen’: Mimi Herman’s historical novel is a timeless tale about family, fitting in, and holding fast to the truth
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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The Lonely Voice: ‘With Reference to an Incident at a Bridge’ by William Maxwell
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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‘Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter’: John Hendrickson’s poignant memoir demystifies this neurological disorder
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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‘The Consequences’: Manuel Muñoz’s story collection is a tender telling of the complex lives of farmworkers and families
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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‘Three Muses’: In Martha Anne Toll’s debut novel a Holocaust survivor manages the complex burdens of memory and love
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Book Public—Que Esperanzas: 'The Cape' by Dionne Irving
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'Dancing After Hours' by Andre Dubus
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'Ivy Day in the Committee Room' by James Joyce
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'Blue in Chicago' by Bette Howland
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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‘Still No Word from You’: Peter Orner’s memoir-in-essays is an homage to books and the reading life
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Book Public: Angie Cruz's novel is a poignant portrait of a strong immigrant woman
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Book Public: ‘Woman Without Shame': Sandra Cisneros' poetry collection celebrates life without shame
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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'Math for the Self-Crippling': Ursula Villarreal Moura’s chapbook of flash fiction makes a big impression
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Book Public — Que Esperanzas: 'Sabrina & Corina' by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Book Public — Que Esperanzas: 'Because That's Just Easier' by Dana Johnson
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Book Public - Que Esperanzas: 'Dulaney Girls' by Louise Marburg
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Que Esperanzas: 'Nature Exchange' by Sindya Bhanoo
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'Am I Alone Here?' by Peter Orner
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'No Place For You, My Love' by Eudora Welty
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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The Lonely Voice: "My Sister" by Yevgenia Belorusets
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'The Woman with the Black, Broken Umbrella' by Yevgenia Belorusets
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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'Olga Dies Dreaming': Xochitl Gonzalez’s debut novel is a story about family and betrayal.
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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'The Everybody Ensemble' : Amy Leach celebrates the natural world in her new collection of whimsical essays
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Ana Castillo reads from her latest poetry collection, ‘My Book of the Dead’
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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'A Most Remarkable Creature': Jonathan Meiburg reveals the curiosity and charisma of the caracara
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Tomás Morín reads from his latest poetry collection, ‘Machete’
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Laura Van Prooyen reads from her latest poetry collection, ‘Frances of the Wider Field’
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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‘Squirrel Hill’: Mark Oppenheimer's story of The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting reveals the Pittsburgh Jewish community's strength
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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'The Blues of Heaven': Barbara Ras Reads From Her Latest Poetry Collection
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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'Martita, I Remember You/Martita, Te Recuerdo': Sandra Cisneros' Homage to the Forever Friendships Of Youth
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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‘Today A Woman Went Mad In The Supermarket’: Hilma Wolitzer Is Writing Stories Again
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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‘Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler And 1950s New York’: Alexander Nemerov Explores Artist’s Life During Transformative Decade
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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'Luz at Midnight': Marisol Cortez's Debut Novel Is A San Antonio Story About Love In The Time Of Global Climate Issues
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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‘Embassy Wife’: Katie Crouch’s Latest Novel Is Shrewd Story About Intrigue, Humor And A Fraught Diplomacy In Namibia
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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'What Is A Dog?': Chloe Shaw’s Memoir About The Canines Of Her Past
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Jessica Hopper Brings Us ‘The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic’
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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'Broken': Jenny Lawson's Essay Collection About Her Experiences With Anxiety And Depression
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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‘The Souvenir Museum’: Elizabeth McCracken’s Story Collection Is a Tour of Loneliness, Loss, and Love
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'The Children Stay' By Alice Munro
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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‘100 Poems to Break Your Heart’: Edward Hirsch On Poetry That Comforts Us In Trying Times
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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‘The Kissing Bug’: Daisy Hernández’s Riveting Investigation of a Rare Infectious Disease, Racial Politics and For-Profit Healthcare
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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‘Unsettled Ground’: Claire Fuller’s Darkly Poignant Novel About An Unusual Family
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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‘The Penguin Book Of The Modern American Short Story’: New Story Anthology Edited By John Freeman
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May 28, 2021 |
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'The Mysteries': Marisa Silver Explores The Enigmas Of Childhood In Latest Novel
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May 21, 2021 |
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'You Made Me Love You’: John Edgar Wideman’s Masterful Storytelling Of The Last 40 Years Still Relevant Today
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May 14, 2021 |
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'Festival Days': Jo Ann Beard’s Collection of Nonfiction And Fiction Is Nothing But The Truth
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May 07, 2021 |
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'Paris Without Her': Gregory Curtis’ Memoir About The Death Of His Wife And Living Without Her
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'The Betrothed' By Anton Chekhov
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Laurie Woolever Delivers Anthony Bourdain's Final Book, 'World Travel: An Irreverent Guide'
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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‘Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone’: Father James Martin On The Possibilities of Prayer
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Joshua Bennett Receives Whiting Award And Guggenheim Fellowship
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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‘The Four Winds’: Kristin Hannah’s Novel of Love And Loss During The Dust Bowl Days
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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‘Of Women And Salt’: Gabriela Garcia’s Debut Novel About Immigrant Mothers And Their Daughters
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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'Land of Big Numbers': Te-Ping Chen Discusses Debut Collection Of Short Stories
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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'Speak, Okinawa': Elizabeth Miki Brina’s Memoir About Family, Identity And Forgiveness
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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The San Antonio Book Festival Is On(line)
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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'Dusk Night Dawn': Anne Lamott On Recapturing Hope In Dark Times
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'Irish Revel' by Edna O'Brien
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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'The Lowering Days': Gregory Brown's Debut Novel Of Contention And Compassion In Maine Community
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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'Homo Irrealis': André Aciman’s Essay Collection Parses the Paradoxes Of Time
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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'Mike Nichols: A Life': Mark Harris Chronicles Mike Nichols' Complex Life and Brilliant Career
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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'Black Buck': Mateo Askaripour's Debut Novel Highlights Racism In Corporate America
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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'Landslide': Susan Conley’s Novel Story Of Mother Guiding Her Family Through Crisis And Healing
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Review: 'City of a Thousand Gates' by Rebecca Sacks
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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'The National Road: Dispatches from a Changing America': Tom Zoellner’s Essay Collection A Roadmap Through Contradictory American Histories
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'The Love Object' by Edna O’Brien
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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'Walking with Ghosts': Gabriel Byrne's Memoir Is Mesmeric Reflection on Family, Memory, and Loss
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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'Half': Sharon Harrigan's Debut Novel an Uncanny Tale of Twins
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'The Doll' by Edna O’Brien
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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'Bone Chalk': Jim Reese Maps Out The Heartland In Memoir
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Review: 'Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime' By Debora Harding
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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'The Butterfly Lampshade': Aimee Bender Reconsiders Childhood Transitions Through the Light of Magic In New Novel
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'Strand' By Peter Orner
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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'The Cold Millions': Jess Walter’s Historical Novel Is A Tale For Today
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Book Review: 'Things You Would Know If You Grew Up Around Here' By Nancy Wayson Dinan
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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'Weather': Jenny Offill's Novel Offers Witty Take On Climate Change
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'Remember' By Juan Rulfo
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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'The Night Watchman': Louise Erdrich’s Novel Based On Grandfather’s Fight To Save His Tribe
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'Luvina' By Juan Rulfo
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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'Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis': Ada Calhoun Explores the Complicated Lives of Gen X Women
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Book Review: 'Lost Girls' By Ellen Birkett Morris
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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'The Only Good Indians:' Stephen Graham Jones' Thrilling New Horror Novel
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'It’s Because We’re So Poor' By Juan Rulfo
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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'Olive Again': Elizabeth Strout On The Return To Crosby, Maine And Olive — Again
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'You Don't Hear Dogs Barking' By Juan Rulfo
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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'My Last Eight Thousand Days': Lee Gutkind Reflects On Living Life Meaningfully As An Older Man
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Book Review: 'This Is One Way to Dance' By Sejal Shah
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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'To Be a Man': Nicole Krauss Explores The Roles Of Men In Modern-Day Relationships In New Short Story Collection
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'Works of the Imagination' By Gina Berriault
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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'Kant’s Little Prussian Head And Other Reasons Why I Write': Claire Messud On Her Life As A Writer And Reader
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Review: 'Mobile Home: A Memoir in Essays' by Megan Harlan
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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'Ghostlove': Dennis Mahoney's Haunting Love Story
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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The Lonely Voice: 'The Infinite Passion of Expectation' By Gina Berriault
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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'Tomboy': Lisa Selin Davis Explores The Complex Evolution Of Tomboyism And Gender Nonconformity
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Review: 'Parakeet' By Marie-Helene Bertino
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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'Missionares': Phil Klay's Novel Shows The Far-Reaching Effects Of Modern Wars
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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The Lonely Voice: "The Overcoat" by Gina Berriault
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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'How To Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons)': Barbara Kingsolver's Passion For Poetry Shines In Latest Collection
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Review: 'How We Live Now: Scenes From The Pandemic' By Bill Hayes
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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'Maggie Brown & Others': Peter Orner On the Power Of The Short Story
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Review: 'If I Had Two Wings' By Randall Kenan
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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'Monogamy': Sue Miller Explores Complicated Relationships In New Novel
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Review: 'Likes' By Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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'Owed': Joshua Bennett on Preserving the Vulnerable Commodity of the Black Imagination
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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Review: 'Each of Us Killers' By Jenny Bhatt
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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'Ordinary Insanity': Sarah Menkedick Examines Motherhood And The Anxiety Epidemic
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Review: 'Pandemia & Other Poems' By Edward Vidaurre
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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'August': Callan Wink’s Complex Coming-Of-Age Novel
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Review: 'The Heart And Other Monsters: A Memoir' By Rose Andersen
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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'Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear': Matthew Salesses' Exploration Of Identity And Alienation
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Review: 'Gangs Of The El Paso-Juarez Borderland: A History' By Mike Tapia
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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'Saving Ruby King': Catherine Adel West's Paean To Chicago Is A Story Of Redemption
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Review: 'Someone's Listening' by Seraphina Nova Glass
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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'Members Only': Sameer Pandya’s Campus Novel Explores Racial Identity
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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‘Year of the Dog’: Deborah Paredez on Poetry as the Language of Truth
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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'Separated': Jacob Soboroff Examines the Immigration Crisis at the Border
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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'A Burning': Megha Majumdar Discusses the Book of the Summer
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Jul 18, 2020 |
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Coming Soon: Book Public
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Jul 15, 2020 |