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Review: 'Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary,' by Joe Jackson
NONFICTION: This sweeping biography of the visionary Black Elk is also a history of the destruction of an ancient culture.
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How do you choose your next book? Readers reveal their secrets
Can't decide on a book? Read reviews, turn to page 69, or just let your cat pick.
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Review: 'I'll Take You There,' by Wally Lamb
FICTION: A wise but gimmicky novel about a film producer who uses time travel and visiting ghosts to look back on how the world has changed for women.
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Gifts for music lovers: 7 new books to pair with classic albums
What to buy for the audiophile on your shopping list? These new books pair nicely with classic albums.
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Review: 'Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File,' by John Edgar Wideman
NONFICTION: A deft blend of fact, fiction and memoir, Wideman's book explores the legacy of Emmett Till's father, Louis, who was executed for the murder of a woman in Italy.
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Review: 'Reputations,' by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
FICTION: A taut, tantalizing novel in which a surprise visitor prompts a political cartoonist to re-examine his life and work.
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Colson Whitehead, Rep. John Lewis win National Book Awards
The annual awards ceremony was infused with politics and the 2016 presidential election. Finalists with Minnesota ties missed out.
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REVIEW: 'Am I Alone Here?' by Peter Orner
NONFICTION: A searching, inventive and deeply personal collection of essays about literature and life.
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Review: 'They Can't Kill Us All,' by Wesley Lowery
NONFICTION: Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery investigates the killings of black Americans since Michael Brown.
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Review: 'Footnotes From the World's Greatest Bookstores,' by Bob Eckstein and Garrison Keillor
NONFICTION: Illustrated anecdotes from 75 indie shops — most living, a few sadly dead.
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Review: "Forty Autumns" by Nina Willner
NONFICTION: Memoir re-connects lives of family separated by the creation of East and West Germany.
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Review: 'Another Day in the Death of America,' by Gary Younge
NONFICTION: A sobering exploration of the lives of 10 young people killed by guns on the same day.
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Review: 'Schoolhouse,' by Marc Nieson
NONFICTION: A New York City writer heads to Iowa to escape a tortured romance and finds his true self in the countryside.
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Review: 'Swing Time,' by Zadie Smith
FICTION: Zadie Smith skillfully weaves together themes of dance, class, race and fame.
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