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LIFE AFTER DEATHEssential reading for anyone interested in justice or memoir. Full review >
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KURT VONNEGUTby Kurt Vonnegut & edited by Dan Wakefield
Vonnegut’s most human of hearts beats on every page. Full review >
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THE OLD WAYSA breathtaking study of “walking as enabling sight and thought rather than encouraging retreat and escape.” Full review >
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MARBLESby Ellen Forney illustrated by Ellen Forney
Forney’s story should resonate with those grappling with similar issues, while her artistry should appeal to a wide... Full review >
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HOW TO BE A WOMANRapturously irreverent, this book should kick-start plenty of useful discussions. Full review >
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WILDA candid, inspiring narrative of the author’s brutal physical and psychological journey through a wilderness of despair to a... Full review >
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JOSEPH ANTONAspects of a spy novel, a writer’s autobiography and a victim’s affidavit pulsing with resentment and fear combine to reveal... Full review >
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AFTERMATHby Rachel Cusk
Bold, gripping, original and occasionally darkly funny. Full review >
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THE PATAGONIAN HAREby Claude Lanzmann & translated by Frank Wynne
“I am neither indifferent to, nor weary of, this world; had I a hundred lives, I know I would not tire of it,” he writes.... Full review >
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WINTER JOURNALby Paul Auster
A consummate professional explores the attic of his life, converting rumination to art. Full review >
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MORTALITYCertainly, Hitchens died too soon. May this moving little visit to his hospital room not be the last word from him. Full review >
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ARE YOU MY MOTHER?by Alison Bechdel illustrated by Alison Bechdel
Subtitled “A Comic Drama,” the narrative provides even fewer laughs than its predecessor but deeper introspection. Full review >
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HOUSE OF STONEA complicated, elegiac, beautiful attempt to reconcile the physical bayt (home) and the spiritual. Full review >
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BEAUTIFUL THINGGritty, gripping and often heartbreaking—an impressive piece of narrative nonfiction. Full review >
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THE VOYEURSby Gabrielle Bell illustrated by Gabrielle Bell
Playfully drawn and provocatively written, the memoir reinforces Bell's standing among the first rank of the genre’s artists. Full review >
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BAILOUTA courageous, insightful book that offers no cause for optimism. Full review >
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