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    SURRENDER, NEW YORK

    AUG. 23, 2016

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    THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

    SEPT. 13, 2016

FICTION

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

by Colson Whitehead

Whitehead continues the African-American artists' inquiry into race mythology and history with rousing audacity and... Full review >

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    THE FIRE THIS TIME

    AUG. 2, 2016

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    AMERICAN HEIRESS

    AUG. 2, 2016

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

AMERICAN HEIRESS

by Jeffrey Toobin

Despite the lack of participation from Hearst, this is a well-informed, engaging work from a highly capable author. Full review >

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    CAROUSEL COURT

    AUG. 2, 2016

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CAROUSEL COURT

by Joe McGinniss Jr.

McGinniss covers familiar territory in the marketplace and marriage but injects it with an urgency, a sense of constant,... Full review >

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    KNOWN AND STRANGE THINGS

    AUG. 9, 2016

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    WHEN WATCHED

    AUG. 9, 2016

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WHEN WATCHED

by Leopoldine Core

Entrancing, subtle, and tragically poetic, this collection is an important contribution to queer literature. Full review >

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    HILLBILLY ELEGY

    JUNE 28, 2016

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

HILLBILLY ELEGY

by J.D. Vance

An unusually timely and deeply affecting view of a social class whose health and economic problems are making headlines in... Full review >

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    SEINFELDIA

    JULY 5, 2016

NONFICTION

SEINFELDIA

by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

How nothing could become something or how a national TV audience learned to live in a Beckett-ian world. Perfect for... Full review >

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    WHITE TRASH

    JUNE 21, 2016

HISTORY

WHITE TRASH

by Nancy Isenberg

A riveting thesis supported by staggering research. Full review >

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