Coast-to-coast commentary about books
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On the Spectrum, Again
Michelle Gallen’s feisty, acrid, and sometimes funny novel, “Big Girl, Small Town”
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Taking Out the Trash
Reading Chen Quifan’s “Waste Tide,” an eco-dystopian sci-fi crime novel
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Returning to Some Classics
The pleasures and disappointments of rereading
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Conflicted, Engaged
Reading Ayad Akhtar’s thorny “Homeland Elegies”
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The Trouble with ‘Bookiness’
When good writing gets in the way of a good read
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The Bad Old Days
Reading “The Year 1000” by Valerie Hansen
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Stick to the Small Stuff
Reading “A Distant Mirror” by Barbara Tuchman
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Come to Your Own Conclusion
Reading Russell Banks’ final novel, “Foregone”
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Smells Like Early Adulthood Spirit
Reading ‘The Fallback Plan’ by Leigh Stein
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One of the Best First Lines Ever
Reading “Nervous Conditions” by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Far From Brooklyn 