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The Book Show | Percival Everett - James (encore airing)
“James,” by Percival Everett, is a reimagining of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” told from the point of view of enslaved person, Jim....

The Book Show | 1901 - Kristin Hannah - The Women
“The Women,” a novel by Kristin Hannah, is set at a pivotal time in American history: the Vietnam era. It is an intimate portrait...

The Book Show | Mark Haddon - Dogs and Monsters
Booker Prize finalist Mark Haddon, author of the internationally bestselling novel, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” returns with “Dogs and...

The Book Show | Billy Collins - Water, Water
Billy Collins is a former Poet Laureate of the United States and is the author of twelve collections of poetry. His latest is Water,...

The Book Show | Danzy Senna - Colored Television
“Colored Television” by Danzy Senna is a take on love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial-identity-industrial complex. The book follows Jane, a...

The Book Show | Richard Price - Lazarus Man
In his new novel, “Lazarus Man,” Richard Price presents a rich tapestry of lives intertwining and a portrait of a neighborhood in the midst...