November 1, 2020

Digital Issue LXXXVIII View digital issue

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Featuring 221 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this issue: James Patterson and Kwame Alexander discuss their new children's book, Becoming Muhammad Ali; Bryan Washington, Wright Thompson, Mike Curato; and more

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Revisiting a Childhood Forged by War

Perspectives

Being a Kid: It’s Not Always So Easy

Perspectives

An American Road Trip With Allen Ginsberg

Perspectives

Still the Greatest

Perspectives

The Magic of the Movies, on the Page

Profiles

Distilling the Truths of a Bourbon-Making Family


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