To See Beyond: Essays

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To See Beyond: Essays

By Anna Badkhen

An expansive consideration of who we are and what we stand to lose.

Podcast
Authors on Audio: Danielle Bainbridge

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.

Accumulation: A Novel

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Accumulation: A Novel

By Aimee Pokwatka

Strange occurrences rattle a woman already on edge.

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April 2016 Exemplars: Poetry Reviews by Grace Cavalieri

A monthly feature that looks at books of and about poetry.

Book Review

Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege and Loss

The sobering tale of the family behind one of America's best-known brews

Book Review

The Bowl with Gold Seams: A Novel

By Ellen Prentiss Campbell

The Bowl with Gold Seams: A Novel

This brilliant tale of loss and redemption spans four decades, from a WWII-era Japanese detention center to the DC suburbs of the 1980s

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The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper: A Novel

A delightful, occasionally uneven story of a widower who comes of age through grief

Feature

The Washington Writers Conference Presents Dawn Michelle Hardy

Meet one of the renowned participants in Books Alive! 2016

Author Q&A

An Interview with Matthew Kressel

By Craig Laurance Gidney

An Interview with Matthew Kressel

The novelist weighs in on portal fantasies, Jewish mythology, and his next “Worldmender” book.

Book Review

67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence

A fresh look at an era-defining U.S. tragedy

Book Review

The Lady with the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf, Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire

An exploration of the iron lady behind one of New York’s premier publishing houses