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#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...

#1593 – Jon Ward
Told in full for the first time, “Camelot’s End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party” is a carefully threaded...

#1591 – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s first short story collection, “Friday Black,” is a satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America,...