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#1599 – Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean’s latest bestseller, “The Library Book,” is an investigation into a 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Central Library that consumed 400,000 volumes...
#1598 – Akiko Busch
In our increasingly networked and image-saturated lives, the notion of disappearing has never been both more enchanting. A lifelong student and observer of the...
#1597 – Christopher Castellani
Christopher Castellani’s new novel, “Leading Men,” is a story of desire, artistic ambition, and the consequences of unspoken words. We meet playwright Tennessee Williams...
#1596 – Madeleine Kunin
Madeleine Kunin is the former three-term governor of Vermont, who served as the deputy secretary of education and ambassador to Switzerland under President Bill...
#1595 – Chloe Benjamin
If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It is the question at the center of Chloe Benjamin’s...
#1594 – Brendan Mathews
When marriages, friendships, and families come undone — to what lengths do we go to keep it all together? That question lies at the...