All Us Saints: A Novel

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All Us Saints: A Novel

By Katherine Packert Burke

Traumatized siblings reenact a night of violence.

An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln

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An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln

By Lois Romano

The famously volatile figure is cast in a sympathetic light.

It All Felt Impossible

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It All Felt Impossible

By Tom McAllister

A man takes annual stock of his life in this unique collection.

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If You’re Lucky

By Yvonne Prinz

If You’re Lucky

Heavy-handed symbolism aside, this YA mystery is compulsively readable.

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Half an Inch of Water: Stories

By Percival Everett

Half an Inch of Water: Stories

A darkly magical assortment of tales that embraces both unrelenting suffering and life’s small, saving graces.

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State of the Union-Buster

Rethinking Amazon’s pay-per-page system

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Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism are Screwing American Workers

You might want to stop high-fiving yourselves, freelancers.

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An Interview with Shannon Burke

The author discusses the Old West, male bonding, and the enduring power of adventure tales.

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