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<em>Lapvona</em>, by Ottessa Moshfegh

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Life in the Middles Ages is more gross than engrossing in this ruthless novel

Ottessa Moshfegh's Lapvona follows the life of Marek, a 13-year-old peasant boy who lives in a cruel world of sadism and stink, cannibalism and self-flagellation.

June 27, 2022
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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'Rogues' showcases Patrick Radden Keefe's preternatural gift for reading people

Keefe recognizes that we're all unreliable narrators of our own lives, and writes about his subjects with a keen sense of understanding.

June 27, 2022
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  • Michael Schaub
<em>Learning to Talk</em>

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'Learning To Talk' focuses on growing up in mid-20th-century England

It's a testament to Hilary Mantel's brilliance as an author that even though the moments in these stories are subtle, the book somehow feels epic in its own way.

June 24, 2022
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  • Michael Schaub

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'An Immense World' dives deep into the umwelt of animals

Pulitzer prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific rigor and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the world.

June 21, 2022
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  • Barbara J. King

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In new edition of classic Watergate expose, Woodward and Bernstein link Nixon, Trump

50 years on, the authors profess amazement that another president came along willing to jettison whatever conscience he had, and whatever respect for the rule of law, in an effort to stay in office.

June 16, 2022
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  • Ron Elving

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'Greenland' revives E.M. Forster — and spins a tale of racism and self-discovery

In David Santos Donaldson's debut novel, a young gay Black man gets some supernatural relationship advice from the Black lover of a famous white British writer, both of them long dead.

June 14, 2022
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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5 YA books that offer a nuanced reading experience for summer

Beach reads are great — but here are some new books offering the stuff of sticky, heat-stroke dreams; overgrown, light-filled wildflower fields; and twisted alleys of old cities waking from winter.

June 10, 2022
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  • Caitlyn Paxson

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'The Facemaker' profiles the British surgeon who treated WWI's disfigured soldiers

Lindsey Fitzharris' new book tells the true story of Harold Gillies, a British surgeon whose team worked to reconstruct the faces of some of the 280,000 men who suffered facial trauma during WWI.

June 08, 2022
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Book Reviews

Maxine Hong Kingston's work is as wondrous and alive as ever in this collection

Kingston burst onto the scene in 1976 with The Woman Warrior and then kept writing. Critic John Powers says that, like James Baldwin, she's managed to shift American culture and remain relevant.

June 07, 2022
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  • John Powers

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  • Book Reviews

'Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?' is a grief memoir that shuns sentimentality

Séamas O'Reilly reflects on how he grieved his mother anew as he grew older, on the way grief multiplied within his family, and on mourning rituals — but it's woven through with amusement.

June 06, 2022
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  • Kristen Martin

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5 books that try to help explain the unexplainable: the U.S. gun violence epidemic

The problem of American gun violence is persistent and solutions are hard to come by. But here are 5 books that help put a face to the victims, explain how we got here and how we might get out.

June 02, 2022
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  • Fi O'Reilly

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In 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' David Sedaris reflects on his fraught relationship with his dad

Happy-Go-Lucky is more somber than David Sedaris' usual fare, but there are some fresh, funny bits wedged between the weighty boulders.

May 31, 2022
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  • Heller McAlpin

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  • Book Reviews

'City of Orange' is a post-apocalyptic tale starting with memory loss

The double threat of climate change and the global pandemic has made post-apocalyptic fiction an undeniably thriving and popular genre. Author David Yoon has one of the latest entrants.

May 28, 2022
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  • Leland Cheuk

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These 4 novels will get your summer off to a terrific start

Book critic Maureen Corrigan has been diving into lighter literary novels and mysteries, searching for books suited for the beginning of summer. Here are some of her picks.

May 20, 2022
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Book Reviews

Latin American literature in translation: Stories that take you to unexpected places

New translations of Juan Emar's Yesterday, Cristina Rivera Garza's New and Selected Stories, and Gabriela Alemán's Family Album offer a look at human nature — and adventures along the way.

May 19, 2022
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  • Lily Meyer
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