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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.
Mothers, Fathers, and Others
By Siri Hustvedt
An erudite, thoughtful collection from a master of the form.
These Precious Days
By Ann Patchett
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A wry collection suffused with elegiac considerations of what brings meaning to our lives.
Inciting Joy: Essays
By Ross Gay
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An exuberant if overstated ode to…well, you know.
My Life of Crime: Essays and Other Entertainments
By Tyler C. Gore
This wry collection is by turns witty and poignant.
