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Héctor Tobar examines Latino identity in 'Our Migrant Souls'
Publicat: 18.09.2023 -
Lauren Groff talks captivity narratives, climate change and 'The Vaster Wilds'
Publicat: 15.09.2023 -
Alice Carrière's memoir tackles the dissonance between memory and mental health
Publicat: 14.09.2023 -
In 'Fly,' Mitchell S. Jackson looks back over the history of fashion in the NBA
Publicat: 13.09.2023 -
In 'The Fraud,' Zadie Smith takes on historical fiction and the Tichborne case
Publicat: 12.09.2023 -
Abdulrazak Gurnah's 'Afterlives' highlights nuances of colonization in East Africa
Publicat: 11.09.2023 -
Two books examine masculinity and mental health in immigrant families
Publicat: 08.09.2023 -
'The Men Can't Be Saved' analyzes masculinity in the world of advertising
Publicat: 07.09.2023 -
In 'The Breakaway,' Jennifer Weiner touches on love, mothers and body-shaming
Publicat: 06.09.2023 -
In 'Happiness Falls,' a father gone missing brings family tensions to the surface
Publicat: 05.09.2023 -
'This is Wildfire' offers an in-depth guide for managing today's more-frequent fires
Publicat: 04.09.2023 -
Two thrillers raise questions about writing from a particular race and identity
Publicat: 01.09.2023 -
'Queer Career' chronicles the history of LGBTQ workers in the U.S.
Publicat: 31.08.2023 -
'Of White Ashes' follows a Japanese-American love story after the WWII internment
Publicat: 30.08.2023 -
In 'Losing Our Religion,' Russell Moore tackles a crisis in evangelical Christianity
Publicat: 29.08.2023 -
'Mobility' examines wealth and climate change through the eyes of a teenage girl
Publicat: 28.08.2023 -
Short story collections by Steven Millhauser and Jamel Brinkley focus on the uncanny
Publicat: 25.08.2023 -
Pidgeon Pagonis' memoir 'Nobody Needs to Know' reclaims intersex identity
Publicat: 24.08.2023 -
In 'The Apology,' a South Korean grandmother makes amends from the afterlife
Publicat: 23.08.2023 -
James McBride's new murder mystery digs into Black and Jewish communities in the '30s
Publicat: 22.08.2023
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