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Review: 'The Reactive,' by Masande Ntshanga
FICTION: The protagonist sells antiretroviral drugs and grapples with his complicity in his brother's death.
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Review: 'The Statesman and the Storyteller,' by Mark Zwonitzer
NONFICTION: An engaging account of the last decade of the lives of two distant friends, John Hay and Mark Twain.
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Sebastian Junger explores PTSD and loss among vets in 'Tribe'
NONFICTION: Sebastian Junger explores problem of post-traumatic stress disorder and how it relates to a fractured society.
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Review: 'Valiant Ambition,' by Nathaniel Philbrick
NONFICTION: Nathaniel Philbrick looks at the early days of this country through the lives of Benedict Arnold and George Washington.
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Review: 'Joe Gould's Teeth,' by Jill Lepore
NONFICTION: New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell fell under the spell of Greenwich Village character Joe Gould.
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Retired U professor revisits small town Minnesota in summer serial
The 89-year-old former University of Minnesota rhetoric professor's eyes light up when he talks about his favorite novelists and stories, and he says he writes only to fulfill an innate need to tell a story.
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Review: 'Red Platoon,' by Clinton Romesha
NONFICTION: The behind-the-scenes story of a violent 13-hour battle against the Taliban.
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Review: 'Crash Course,' by Robin Black
NONFICTION: A fiction writer's essays explore the intersection of writing and life.
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Review: 'The Vanishing Velázquez,' by Laura Cumming
NONFICTION: "The Vanishing Velázquez" captivates as detective story, art criticism and page-turning entertainment.
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Review: 'A Burglar's Guide to the City,' by Geoff Manaugh
NONFICTION: So you want to be a second-story artist? Author Geoff Manaugh offers some entertaining real-life advice.
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Review: 'Heart of a Lion,' by William Stolzenburg
NONFICTION: A wild animal story that reads like a thriller sets the stage for an examination of the future of wildlife in America.
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REVIEW: 'The Underdogs,' by Melissa Fay Greene
NONFICTION: "The Underdogs" is a heart-tugging book about service dogs and children with special needs.
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Review: 'Imagine Me Gone,' by Adam Haslett
FICTION: Adam Haslett's piercing novel follows a family undone by mental illness.
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Review: 'Fever at Dawn,' by Peter Gardos
FICTION: Liberated after World War II, two concentration camp survivors face a new battle, this time for love.
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