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BYRON: A LIFE IN TEN LETTERS

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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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Reading the Signs | Emily Raboteau

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In our February 22, 2024, issue, Emily Raboteau reviews Camille T. Dungy’s Soil and Elizabeth Rush’s The Quickening, two books that argue that confronting the climate catastrophe will require […]

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Podcast 602, Your Transcript Has Arrived

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Transcript Announcement By posting a comment, you consent to have your personally identifiable information collected and used in accordance with our privacy policy. ↑ Back […]

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The Parent Trap | Kristen Martin

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Jessamine Chan’s debut novel, The School for Good Mothers, had the kind of release writers dream about. The day the book—a dystopian fiction following a […]

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ALL THE WAY TO SUMMER

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“They are about love that changes the lives of my characters, one way or another,” Kidman writes in the preface. “Love, long or short, and […]

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The Memory Hole | Fintan O’Toole

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An empty bucket, a Zappos shoebox, potting soil, a collapsed dog crate, a dog bed, a broken lamp wrapped in duct tape, some synthetic firewood—the […]

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A Novella, a Cookbook, & More

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Some Like It Scandalous Some Like It Scandalous by Maya Rodale is $1.99! This is the second book in Rodale’s historical romance series set in Gilded […]

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Crash | A. S. Hamrah

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In A. S. Hamrah’s review of Michael Mann’s Ferrari, published this morning on the NYR Online, he describes the Italian Futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s 1909 paean to machines:  He […]

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VAL VEGA: SECRET AMBASSADOR OF EARTH

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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 […]