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The Trickster and the Monster: When Nixon Went to China
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“There’s always a way to tell an old story in a new way.”
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Nomi Stolzenberg on How a Group of American Hasidic Jews Established Its Own Local Government
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How Deanna Raybourn (Reluctantly) Started Writing Historical Fiction
In Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network
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