The robotic narrator of Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel takes us into a dystopian U.S. future.
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‘Shuggie Bain’ is a novel of queer, working-class, Irish Catholic life
Douglas Stuart’s novel is an appropriate winner of the Booker Prize for the desolate year in which March seems never to have ended.
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Mary Gordon’s new novel candidly portrays abuse and revenge
The veteran novelist has an esteemed track record of finely crafted stories that explore the human propensity to sow injury rather than beneficence.
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Review: Ecotheological river poetry and the funk-loving Jesus of the Deep South
In the poems of ‘Delta Tears,’ Philip Kolin blends ecotheology and Scripture with pleas for social justice.
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Review: Never forget the suffering and injustice of the gulag
Julius Margolin’s memoir of his time in the gulag tells his experiences through a shattering series of stories.
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Review: Platitudes are not enough. We need to see criminal justice reform in action.
Reuben Jonathan Miller’s new book cuts through the noise about criminal justice reform to lay bare what life is really like on the other side of a prison sentence.
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Review: What if all of our screens suddenly went dark?
Since the 1970s, Don DeLillo has been the wry and cool Jeremiah of American life. His new novel, ‘Silence,’ continues that tradition.
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Review: Can we find real community online?
Chris Stedman’s new book is the perfect guide to unpacking what identity means in the digital age.
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Review: A parent faces the ultimate sorrow
In stunning, raw prose, Liz Tichenor’s memoir invites readers into a heartrending but ultimately hopeful story of grief, life and renewal.
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Friendship is a place of sacrifice—and sanctification
‘Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close’ by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman offers a defense of sacrificial friendship.