Memoir of Polish deportation to Soviet labor camps during World War II recalls often overlooked history.
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Book Review: The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville
Linked collection of short stories examines the complexity of contemporary life from the inside out.
Read More »Book Review: Sunset Park by Paul Auster
Identity, home, family, and existential issues confront four twenty somethings squatting in an abandoned home in a Brooklyn neighborhood.
Read More »An Interview With Award-Winning Author Mayra Calvani
A few tips from award winning author Mayra Calvani on how to promote yourself and handle writer's block.
Read More »Book Review: Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
Award-winning novelist Richard Powers explores whether happiness is a matter of genetics and, if so, the potential ramifications.
Read More »Book Review: The Scouting Party: The Making of the Boy Scouts of America by David C. Scott and Brendan Murphy
Meticulously researched book on formation of Boy Scouts suggests founders wanted movement to have strong principles of pacifism.
Read More »Book Review: Brief Lives: Leo Tolstoy by Anthony Briggs
Leo Tolstoy biography provides more context and analysis of writer's life and work than its size might suggest.
Read More »Book Review: Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival by Dean King
Female participants on Red Army's Long March also contributed to freeing Chinese women from the bounds of tradition.
Read More »Book Review: The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Colombian author's first novel translated into English explores forgotten effects of World War II on his nation.
Read More »Book Review: Wolf Among Wolves by Hans Fallada
First unabridged English translation of 1937 German novel provides detailed look at life in post-World War I Germany.
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