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For May, 3 Romances About Staying True To Your Passions, Whatever They May Be

This month, Romancelandia brings us three tales of staying true to what you love, whether that's old cars, wedding dresses or even a grade school crush — while still pursuing the future you want.

May 22, 2021
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  • Maya Rodale
<em>Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't)</em>, by Alex Bezzerides

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  • Book Reviews

We've Been Evolving For Millions Of Years, So Why Are Our Bodies So Flawed?

In his debut book Evolution Gone Wrong, Alex Bezzerides mixes the technical anatomical stuff we need to know with vivid examples and humorous phrases — in offering us some answers.

May 21, 2021
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  • Barbara J. King

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  • Book Reviews

'Unsettled Ground' Lets Its Oddballs Stay Defiantly Odd

Claire Fuller's beautifully written new novel follows 51-year-old twins who never left home, forced finally to cope with the outside world and some unpleasant family secrets after their mother dies.

May 20, 2021
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  • Ilana Masad
<em>Freedom,</em> by Sebastian Junger

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  • Book Reviews

Sebastian Junger Tackles The Idea Of 'Freedom' But Arrives At No Conclusion

Freedom, Junger's latest book, follows the author and a group of acquaintances as they embark on a long walk from Washington D.C. to Pittsburgh, tracing railroad lines.

May 19, 2021
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By:
  • Michael Schaub
<em>Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice</em>, Yusef Salaam

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  • Book Reviews

One Of The Falsely Accused Central Park Five Tells His Story In 'Better, Not Bitter'

In 1989, five kids were falsely accused of the brutal rape of a Central Park jogger. Yusef Salaam writes about systemic racism — and how his family and faith got him through seven years in prison.

May 18, 2021
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  • Ericka Taylor
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet, John Green

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  • Book Reviews

Author John Green Explores How To Live In Uncertainty In 'The Anthropocene Reviewed'

The author of best-seller The Fault In Our Stars uses humor, wisdom and a keen sense of connections to offer guidance — as he reviews how humans are reshaping Earth.

May 18, 2021
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  • Adam Frank

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  • Book Reviews

'Dead Souls' Is A Smart Book, In Some Ways A Good One — Also, It's Unreadable

English publisher and poet Sam Riviere's debut novel is a long monologue from a poet, disgraced for plagiarism, unburdening himself to a self-obsessed poetry magazine editor in a seedy hotel bar.

May 18, 2021
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  • Lily Meyer

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  • Book Reviews

'The Plot' Works As Literary Satire, But Its Mystery Fizzles

Jean Hanff Korelitz's tale of dirty deeds in the world of letters skewers pompous male authors with sly humor — but her approach to the central mystery might have you guessing the ending too soon.

May 16, 2021
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  • Bethanne Patrick

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  • Book Reviews

'The Rock Eaters' Explores The Boundaries Of Emotion, Possibility And Longing

Brenda Peynado's new collection yanks readers straight into her stories, punchy and powerful tales that mix the everyday and the fantastic to search for meaning in the immigrant experience.

May 15, 2021
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  • Jason Heller

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Sorrowland,' The Story Gets Lost In The Forest

Rivers Solomon's new novel — a gothic thriller about a woman escaping a cult for a wild life in the forest — relies too much on atmospherics, neglecting the basic building blocks of story.

May 14, 2021
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  • Danny Lore
<em>Facing the Mountain,</em> by Daniel James Brown

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Facing The Mountain' Japanese-Americans Sacrifice For A Country That Spurns Them

Daniel James Brown writes a fascinating account of some of the bravest Americans who ever lived; it's also a sobering reminder of a dark history — of anti-Asian racism that never really went away.

May 13, 2021
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  • Michael Schaub

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  • Book Reviews

'Son Of The Storm' Explores Power And Its Transformations

Suyi Davies Okungbowa's new novel seems like a familiar epic fantasy setup-- in fact, it's anything but. Son of the Storm explores power: Who has it, who wants it, and who's shut out from it.

May 12, 2021
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  • Fran Wilde
<em>Notes On Grief,</em> by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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  • Book Reviews

'Notes On Grief' Makes Visceral The Experience Of Death And Grieving

"'After the burial we can begin to heal,'" Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recounts her mother saying. Perhaps in the reading of this book, so too will the rest of us who lost so much over this past year.

May 11, 2021
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  • Hope Wabuke

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  • Book Reviews

'The Most Beautiful Girl In Cuba' Steps Out Of The Headlines And Onto The Page

The Spanish-American war serves as the backdrop for Chanel Cleeton's new novel, which follows a real-life rebel named Evangelina Cisneros, who attracted a lot of attention from American newspapers.

May 08, 2021
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  • Denny S. Bryce

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  • Book Reviews

Compassion Is The True Test Of A Person In 'Second Place'

Rachel Cusk follows her acclaimed Outline trilogy with this story about a woman whose lifelong obsession with a truculent painter is tested when he comes to stay at a cottage on her property.

May 08, 2021
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  • Heller McAlpin
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