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Review: 'Rest and Be Thankful,' by Emma Glass
FICTION: With a rich interior life and pungent language, this novel details a pediatric nurse spiraling into burnout.
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Review: 'Notre-Dame: The Soul of France,' by Agnès Poirier
NONFICTION: Watching as flames burned the spiritual heart of France.
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Review: 'Nights When Nothing Happens,' by Simon Han
FICTION: In Simon Han's debut novel, miscommunication and disconnection imperil a Chinese immigrant family in Texas.
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Review: 'V2,' by Robert Harris
FICTION: A gripping historical novel about the Nazis' V2 rocket program during the endgame of World War II.
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Review: 'Collected Stories,' by Shirley Hazzard
FICTION: The late writer's genius is evident in a fine new collection of short stories.
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Review: 'Olav Audunssøn: Vows,' by Sigrid Undset, translated by Tiina Nunnally
FICTION: In 13th-century Norway, a young man and woman are trapped in a net of Christian strictures and ancient codes of honor.
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Review: 'The Power of Adrienne Rich,' by Hilary Holladay
NONFICTION: A biography of the queer poet and feminist Adrienne Rich reveals the vital intersections of literature and politics.
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Review: 'The Riches of This Land: The Untold, True Story of America's Middle Class,' by Jim Tankersley
NONFICTION: What we got wrong in the fog of MAGA about the white working class
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Renowned Minnesota teacher Charles Baxter retires from U but not from writing
Charles Baxter finds material for his mysterious novels on walks through Minneapolis and conversations with people he meets.
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For famed Minneapolis artist Alec Soth, the mail delivered an unlikely friendship
A correspondence with a prison inmate yields a book, and much more.
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Review: 'Some People Let You Down,' by Mike Alberti
FICTION: This impressive debut collection of stories reflects the compassion of ordinary people.
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