A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
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Beasts
By Ingvild Bjerkeland; translated by Rosie Hedger
Norwegian siblings flee creatures that have precipitated society’s collapse.
Presenting Washington Unbound
By Norah Vawter and Gregory Luce
Meet the DC area’s newest literary magazine!
New collections to make life more lyrical.
Wild Dark Shore: A Novel
By Charlotte McConaghy
Climate change and creeping dread torment a family on a remote Antarctic island.
Look what’s happening at the 2025 Washington Writers Conference!
The Bewitched Bourgeois: Fifty Stories
By Dino Buzzati; translated by Lawrence Venuti
Rediscover the surreal genius of a late Italian master.
The Maverick’s Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream
By Blake Gopnik
How an irascible iconoclast built a temple to modern art.
Potomac Fever: Reflections on the Nation’s River
By Charlotte Taylor Fryar
The DMV’s racist past ripples in its famed waterway.
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