Sixteen-year-old Valeria “Val” Vega lives with her mother; her brothers, Miguel and Timoteo; and her uncle, Umberto Olmeda, a diplomat who’s often away traveling. When […]

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A friend of mine described Andrea Long Chu’s approach to criticism as perfecting a “rigorous negativity.” We know how deeply fun it can be to […]

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by Alex Michaelides ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 16, 2024 More style than substance. Michaelides takes a literary turn in his latest novel, employing an unreliable […]

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by Susan Mallery ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 31, 2022 A book begging to be read on the beach, with the sun warming the sand and […]

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Christopher Wheeldon’s most recent full-length ballet opens with a romantic and morbid image. When the curtain rises, thirteen women in white gowns appear standing in […]

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by Stephanie Johnson & Brandon Stanton illustrated by Henry Sene Yee ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 12, 2022 A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life […]

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One morning in June 2011 the British writer Jonathan Raban woke with a bewildering sense of frailty and lost balance. As he climbed the stairs […]