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"Blockade Billy" by Stephen King
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‘Elegy for April’ by Benjamin Black
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A monumental novel of the Vietnam War follows a platoon caught between the enemy and the absurd orders of its commanders.
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More than just dancing: disco as a staging ground for cultural revolution.
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A reporter spends time with the late author, in 1996, discussing art, commerce and the everyday.
Life with Norman Mailer -- and without him
In her memoir 'A Ticket to the Circus,' Norris Church Mailer recalls her search for self-definition and the challenge of sharing a...
'Alone With You: Stories' by Marisa Silver
Exploring the distances between people in loving relationships, the author eschews neat, broad themes in favor of surprises, nuances and...
'A Dark Matter: A Novel' by Peter Straub
In midlife a group of characters come to terms with the horrific consequences of an occult ritual they participated in long ago.
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