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Here are this year’s National Book Critics Circle Award finalists.

Here are this year’s National Book Critics Circle Award finalists.

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Visiting the Old Country by Way of Kew Gardens, Queens

Visiting the Old Country by Way of Kew Gardens, Queens

Jane Ziegelman Remembers Dinners at Her Grandmother’s

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How the Criminal Justice System Decides Who Lives and Who Dies

How the Criminal Justice System Decides Who Lives and Who Dies

Elizabeth Vartkessian on the Arbitrary Nature of Capital Punishment in America

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The All-Of-It-Ness of Motherhood: Five Books to Read in the Early Days of Parenting

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Eugene Lim has won the 2025 John Dos Passos Prize.

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How to reboot this year’s crop of public domain books for 2026.

How to reboot this year’s crop of public domain books for 2026.

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