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Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature
By James J. Patterson
A personable narrator guides this winning collection.
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
By Claire Dederer
What to do with beautiful art from wicked artists?
The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
By Katie Holten
An exquisite ode to all things arboreal.
Read Dangerously
By Azar Nafisi
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A passionate, flawed reflection on how books sustain us.
Best Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness
By Stevan M. Weine
A young psychiatrist-in-training studies the famed poet.
Finders: Justice, Faith, and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction
By Anjili Babbar
Sussing out the throughline among popular Gaelic gumshoes.
Syntax of the River: The Pattern Which Connects
By Barry Lopez and Julia Martin
A late master leaves us this gorgeous ode to the natural world.
A Left-Handed Woman: Essays
By Judith Thurman
The author explores myriad topics in this intelligent, captivating collection.
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