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Lake Effect: A Novel
By Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
Things are chilly up in Rochester — in more ways than one.
We came, we read, we gushed.
In his debut novel, the writer conjures a provocative, South Africa-like country.
The Price of Their Toys: Stories
By John P. Loonam
Poignant glimpses of what it means to be a man.
A Fate Worse than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War
By W. Fitzhugh Brundage
A harrowing assessment of a savage penal system.
We love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are February’s winners.
You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads
By Brad Snyder
Why a 1930s Black activist could’ve gotten the chair.
Fagin the Thief
By Allison Epstein
A Dickens villain gets an identity beyond “the Jew.”
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing: A Novel
By Alice Evelyn Yang
A family’s fantastical secret is rooted in China’s violent past.
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