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Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising new titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider in December.

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Miriam Udel, associate professor of German studies, and London Evans, director of the Tam Institute of Jewish Studies at ...

James Baldwin's work on race relations, sexuality, radical love and authenticity resonates decades after his death.

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