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Eating Squirrels, Fearing Tigers, and Avoiding the Wrath of Spirits

Eating Squirrels, Fearing Tigers, and Avoiding the Wrath of Spirits

Lisa Lee Herrick Traces Her Ancestry, the Hmong People, from Laos to America

By Lisa Lee Herrick | December 20, 2019

Some of Our Favorite Writers on the Best Books They Read in 2019

Some of Our Favorite Writers on the Best Books They Read in 2019

Lydia Davis, Barry Lopez, Tommy Orange, Valeria Luiselli and Other
Freeman's Contributors Share Highlights From Their Year in Reading

By Freeman's | December 20, 2019

The Romantic, Uncompromising, Audacious Life of Lhasa de Sela

The Romantic, Uncompromising, Audacious Life of Lhasa de Sela

On the Tragically Short Career of a Spellbinding Musician

By Fred Goodman | December 20, 2019

Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

Sheryl Cotleur of Copperfield's Books Remembers
an Icon We Lost This Year

By Sheryl Cotleur | December 20, 2019

Amy Adams gets gaslighted in <em>The Woman in the Window</em> trailer.

Amy Adams gets gaslighted in The Woman in the Window trailer.

By Aaron Robertson | December 19, 2019

Everything you need to know about why the internet is so mad at J. K. Rowling right now.

Everything you need to know about why the internet is so mad at J. K. Rowling right now.

By Corinne Segal | December 19, 2019

Best Reviewed
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  • Kutchinsky's Egg: A Family's Story of Obsession, Love, and Loss
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  • A Good Person

These were the most checked-out books in the New York City library system in 2019.

By Aaron Robertson | December 19, 2019

Rabih Alameddine: The Oddest Books I Read This Year

By Rabih Alameddine | December 19, 2019

Lynda Barry: A Comic Exercise in Building Character

By Lynda Barry | December 19, 2019

When Classical Music Was a Cold War Battleground

When Classical Music Was a Cold War Battleground

Jonathan Rosenberg on the Time Shostakovich Came to America

By Jonathan Rosenberg | December 19, 2019

The Difficulty of Making Close Friends As You Get Older

The Difficulty of Making Close Friends As You Get Older

Lane Moore on the Anxieties of Grown-Up Loneliness

By Lane Moore | December 19, 2019

On the Wars and Intrigues of the Aztec Empire

On the Wars and Intrigues of the Aztec Empire

From Camilla Townsend's Cundill Prize-Nominated Fifth Sun

By Camilla Townsend | December 19, 2019

When Your Family Figures Out You're a Writer... and Loves You For It

When Your Family Figures Out You're a Writer... and Loves You For It

Melissa Woods on the Unlikely Intersections of
Child-Rearing and Novel-Writing

By Melissa M. Woods | December 19, 2019

Tim O'Brien on Narrating His Own Book and Becoming a Dad Late in Life

Tim O'Brien on Narrating His Own Book and Becoming a Dad Late in Life

The National Book Award-Winning Novelist Speaks to
Randy O'Brien on the AudioFile

By Randy O'Brien | December 19, 2019

The Governor's Race That Made George Wallace a Hardline Segregationist

The Governor's Race That Made George Wallace a Hardline Segregationist

Peggy Wallace Kennedy on Her Father's 1958 Defeat

By Peggy Wallace Kennedy | December 19, 2019

The indie press that published <em>Ducks, Newburyport</em> is in trouble.

The indie press that published Ducks, Newburyport is in trouble.

By Aaron Robertson | December 18, 2019

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