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The Making of a Lifetime Achievement Award

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Looking for Frank Wills: A Novel

Book Review

Looking for Frank Wills: A Novel

By Wesley Brown

A fresh perspective on Watergate’s forgotten hero.

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

Book Review

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

By Belle Burden

A wronged wife finally finds her voice.

Book Review

When the Tides Held the Moon

By Venessa Vida Kelley

When the Tides Held the Moon

A young Boricua man meets his not-quite-human soulmate at a 1910s Coney Island sideshow.

Book Review

Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools

How a vicious institution inflicted pain across generations.

Poetry Review

On Poetry: May 2025

New collections to make life more lyrical.

Local

Get Ready for the Gaithersburg Book Festival

The outstanding rain-or-shine event happens Saturday!

Podcast

Authors on Audio: Tevi Troy

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.

Book Review

Human/Animal: A Bestiary in Essays

By Amie Souza Reilly

Human/Animal: A Bestiary in Essays

This incisive hybrid work plumbs what it means to be afraid.

Book Review

Eat the Ones You Love: A Novel

By Sarah Maria Griffin

Eat the Ones You Love: A Novel

An unsettling abuse narrative with a discussion-worthy conclusion.

Author Q&A

An Interview with Melissa Scholes Young

The editor of Grit & Gravity explains how this latest DC-based anthology came to be.