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Electric Spark
By Frances Wilson
A formidable figure requires — and finds here — a formidable biographer.
A clever exploration of the macabre master.
Kolkhoz
By Emmanuel Carrère; translated by John Lambert
A man unpacks his complicated bonds with Russia and his late mother.
John Candy
By Paul Myers
An affectionate, uncritical look at the beloved comic’s career.
The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street: A Memoir
By Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho
Their parents in Taiwan, immigrant siblings raise themselves in Canada.
The City Without Jews: Life and Death in Nazi Vienna
By Douglas Smith
A survivor’s diary is mined to great effect in this gut-wrenching history.
A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
By Kevin M. Levin
Recalling a Union officer fueled (at least partly) by a belief in abolition.
A Seat at the Table
By Andy Shallal
The activist founder of a DC fixture shares how it all began.
