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Review: Writing titan John Edgar Wideman traces the ‘Slaveroad’ that leads all the way up to today
Nonfiction: In a genre-defying book, a seasoned writer returns to familiar ground and digs deeply into self-understanding.
October 4, 2024
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Novelist wonders whether you can have a happy relationship when your parents’ was awful
FICTION: In “My Parents’ Marriage,” a young Ghanaian woman struggles to break free from dysfunctional family ties.
July 4, 2024
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Forget Huck Finn. Novel ‘James’ tells us what Jim thought on the Mississippi
FICTION: Revisiting a controversial classic, Percival Everett aims to right some egregious wrongs of slavery, one word at a time.
March 13, 2024
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Novel ‘Wandering Stars’ is a fiery followup to Pulitzer finalist ‘There There’
FICTION: Tommy Orange maps the historical trauma and addiction an Indigenous family grapples with.
February 29, 2024
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A formerly enslaved woman gets her revenge in 'Beyond the Door of No Return'
FICTION: Notebooks left behind by a French botanist shed light on a dark period in Senegalese history.
September 14, 2023
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Review: Who exactly is 'The Fraud' in Zadie Smith's comic novel? (Who isn't?)
FICTION: In the Grammy Award winner's probing novel, questions about truth and authenticity abound.
August 30, 2023
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Review: A kid's perspective on Ethiopia's sweeping changes in 'History of a Difficult Child'
FICTION: University of Minnesota grad Mihret Sibhat writes about the lives of a prominent family in post-revolutionary Ethiopia.
June 30, 2023
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Review: 'War Diary,' by Yevgenia Belorusets, translated from German by Greg Nissan
NONFICTION: Juxtaposing the ordinary and extraordinary, a Ukrainian woman documents the unimaginable effects of war in words and photos.
March 3, 2023
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A formerly enslaved woman gets her revenge in 'Beyond the Door of No Return'
FICTION: Notebooks left behind by a French botanist shed light on a dark period in Senegalese history.
September 14, 2023
Books
Review: Who exactly is 'The Fraud' in Zadie Smith's comic novel? (Who isn't?)
FICTION: In the Grammy Award winner's probing novel, questions about truth and authenticity abound.
August 30, 2023
Books
Review: A kid's perspective on Ethiopia's sweeping changes in 'History of a Difficult Child'
FICTION: University of Minnesota grad Mihret Sibhat writes about the lives of a prominent family in post-revolutionary Ethiopia.
June 30, 2023
Books
Review: 'War Diary,' by Yevgenia Belorusets, translated from German by Greg Nissan
NONFICTION: Juxtaposing the ordinary and extraordinary, a Ukrainian woman documents the unimaginable effects of war in words and photos.
March 3, 2023