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Elizabeth Brundage’s new novel “The Vanishing Point” takes a close look at relationships, the mistakes we make early on that inform our destinies, and the…
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In Emma Seligman’s film “Shiva Baby” near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her parents at a family shiva. Upon…
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Anna Sale is the creator and host of "Death, Sex & Money," the award-winning podcast from WNYC Studios, where she’s been doing interviews about “the…
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*Originally aired as The Book Show #1668.Joe Donahue: Amity Gaige's new novel “Sea Wife” is a swift and thrilling literary page turner about a young…
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Born and raised in Gloversville, New York, Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Richard Russo returns to that place in his new Scribd essay, "Marriage Story:…
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In Susan Conley’s new novel “Landslide,” a mother is caring for her two teenage sons while everything else, her marriage and the fishing industry her New…
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These were the first words twenty-five-year-old Emily Grodin ever wrote. Born with nonverbal autism, Emily’s only means of communicating for a quarter of…
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New York Times best-selling novelist Imbolo Mbue’s new novel, "How Beautiful We Were," is a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small…
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Dave Kindred is a legendary sportswriter, perhaps most-known for his writing on Muhammad Ali.In his new book "Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's…
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Best-selling author Russell Shorto never thought to write about his own past. He grew up knowing his grandfather and namesake was a small-town mob boss…