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What Can Literature Teach Us About Forgiveness?
Source: NYTAmerican fiction has always grappled with sin, atonement and mercy. In the second installment of an essay series on literature and faith, Ayana Mathis... Read More
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No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben review – a bold and provocative debut from Ghana
Source: The GuardianBlack gay American friends explore Ghana’s queer underground while a killer commits a grisly string of murders in this thrilling read In 1997, long be... Read More
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Interview: R.J. Palacio
Source: NYTCormac McCarthy’s “The Road” got to her: “Sure, it’s a novel full of unbelievable violence and apocalyptic nightmare stuff,” says the best-selling aut... Read More
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Untitled poem from ‘Starlings’
Source: NYTArt is long, life is short and starlings are immeasurable. It is a sensible thing to want to be one.... Read More
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Four Ways of Thinking by David Sumpter review – safety in numbers?
Source: The GuardianA mathematician tries to make sense of the world through different lenses in this surprisingly original book Depending on which source of pop-rational... Read More
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Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Source: The GuardianA very grumpy toddler; poems for the planet; ancient demons unleashed; and a moving YA trafficking tale The Best Bad Day Ever by Marianna Coppo, Fran... Read More
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Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue review – exquisite imagining of Anne Lister’s first love
Source: The GuardianThe Room author evokes a touching relationship between the lesbian diarist known as Gentleman Jack and her boarding school lover Eliza Raine Across he... Read More
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After 122 Years, a Lost Edith Wharton Play Gets Its Debut
Source: NYTThe Shaw Festival in Canada is staging the novelist’s 1901 script, discovered only a few years ago. But how to get its mix of satire and melodrama jus... Read More
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Review: ‘Daughter of the Dragon,’ by Yunte Huang
Source: NYTA new biography of Anna May Wong, “Daughter of the Dragon,” is intended as a form of reclamation and subversion.... Read More
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Book Review: ‘Happiness Falls,’ by Angie Kim
Source: NYTIn Angie Kim’s new novel, “Happiness Falls,” Adam Parson’s wife and children question everything they thought they knew about him.... Read More
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Book Review: ‘The Breakaway,’ by Jennifer Weiner
Source: NYTIn “The Breakaway,” a woman at a crossroads agrees to lead a cycling trip that turns out to be more than she bargained for.... Read More
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Bestsellers list Sunday, August 27
Source: LA TimesSouthern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list Sunday, August 27... Read More
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