The Big Easy looms large in James Lee Burke’s entertaining Dave Robicheaux series.
Pure Men: A Novel
By Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; translated by Lara Vergnaud
A Senegalese professor confronts his country’s homophobia.
An Interview with Laura Zigman
By Mary Kay Zuravleff
In her new book, the author turns a gimlet eye toward the publishing industry.
Yellow Wife
By Sadeqa Johnson
A sobering, graphically violent story of a light-skinned slave struggling to survive in the 19th-century South.
Unsolaced
By Gretel Ehrlich
A nuanced meditation on the sacred spaces disappearing before our eyes.
To Break Russia’s Chains: Boris Savinkov and His Wars Against the Tsar and the Bolsheviks
By Vladimir Alexandrov
One man’s admirable, futile quest to democratize his homeland.
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Yonder: A Novel
By Jabari Asim
The Thieves may control the plantation, but the Stolen control their own destiny.
Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution
By Peter Longerich
A short but powerful addition to the Holocaust canon.
A preview of what’s on tap at the Washington Writers Conference.
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
By Bernardine Evaristo
The Booker Prize-winning author owes it all to tenacity. And talent.
