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The Act of Resistance the Nazis Used to Justify Kristallnacht

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One Family's Story of the Great Migration North

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Meet the Writer Who Chased Eve Babitz All Over Hollywood

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How Lili Anolik Finally Got Her Subject to Talk

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Gabriel García Márquez Remembers His Dearest Friend, Julio Cortázar

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