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  • NONFICTION

    GRANT WOOD

    OCT. 10, 2010

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

GRANT WOOD

by R. Tripp Evans

An overly analytical biography, but one that goes a long way toward upending assumptions about Wood’s work. Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    THE SECRET LIVES OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM

    JUNE 1, 2010

NONFICTION

THE SECRET LIVES OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM

by Selina Hastings

A powerful, revealing and authoritative depiction of one the 20th century’s most notorious literary figures. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE MORE I OWE YOU

    JUNE 1, 2010

FICTION

THE MORE I OWE YOU

by Michael Sledge

A moving novel of an illicit and impassioned relationship. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    KRAKÓW MELT

    OCT. 1, 2010

FICTION

KRAKÓW MELT

by Daniel Allen Cox

Ironically, this brief novel takes on too much: Cox knows his way around Polish fairy tales, soccer culture, Czeslaw... Full review >

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