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News Articles: Book Reviews

<em>Nubia: Real One</em>, by L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith

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In 'Nubia: Real One,' Trying To Be A Hero When Society Thinks You're A Threat

Nubia has been many things over decades of comics: Wonder Woman's sister, her rival, a guardian of the underworld. Now, L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith have re-imagined her as a Black American teenager.

February 22, 2021
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  • Juanita Giles

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Winter Not Cold Enough? Here Are 3 YA Thrillers To Chill You

Prickly, angry girls get to the bottom of mysterious disappearances — or cause them — in these three angsty YA novels, from a retelling of "The Cask of Amontillado" to a wild and frozen dystopia.

February 20, 2021
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  • Caitlyn Paxson

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  • Book Reviews

You Actually Will Be Talking About 'No One Is Talking About This'

Patricia Lockwood's first novel follows an Extremely Online woman whose life changes forever when her niece is born with a serious illness — which sounds Hallmark-ready, but Lockwood pulls it off.

February 18, 2021
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  • Heller McAlpin

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  • Book Reviews

'The Echo Wife' Layers Sci-Fi And Murder Mystery For A Twisty Treat

Sarah Gailey's new novel follows a famed geneticist whose husband uses her methods to clone her — and has an affair with the clone. When he's murdered, the two women must figure out to do next.

February 17, 2021
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  • Jason Heller

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  • Book Reviews

For February, 3 Romances To Warm Up Your Valentine's Day

February is dark and cold at the best of times — and this year is no exception. But we've got three hot, humorous and heartwarming romances that will bring a little light to the darkest days.

February 14, 2021
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  • Maya Rodale

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  • Book Reviews

Let This 'Wild Rain' Sweep You Away

The latest from Beverly Jenkins revisits an old favorite spot — the town of Paradise, Wy., where Spring Rain Lee (sister of previous hero Colton Lee) meets a man who may upend her independent life.

February 11, 2021
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  • Denny S. Bryce
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out, Jeremy Atherton Lin

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'Gay Bar' Tracks The Wave Of A Whole Culture — And One Life

Author Jeremy Atherton Lin writes of the history of gay bars, as their existence is threatened by the popularity of dating apps and rising property costs, and reflects on their presence in his life.

February 11, 2021
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  • Michael Schaub
<em>Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted,</em> by Suleika Jaouad

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'Between Two Kingdoms' Tells A Story Of Survival — And Of A Journey To Learn To Live

A new book by Suleika Jaouad, author of the column "Life, Interrupted," encompasses a less familiar tale of what it's like to survive cancer and have to figure out how to live again in its aftermath.

February 09, 2021
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  • Heller McAlpin

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  • Book Reviews

'We Run The Tides' Pulls You Into The Rough Seas Of Female Adolescence

Vendela Vida's novel centers on four 13-year-old girls who are perched on the edge of adulthood — and the recognition that some things they do or say now will change who they become as adults.

February 08, 2021
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  • Maureen Corrigan
<em>Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future,</em> by Elizabeth Kolbert

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'Under A White Sky' Examines What It Might Take For Humans To Continue To Exist

Elizabeth Kolbert makes clear how far we already are from a world of undisturbed, balanced nature — and how far we must go to find a new balance for the planet's future, one that still includes us.

February 08, 2021
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  • Adam Frank

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  • Book Reviews

Powerful 'Removed' Walks A Path Between Memory And Mourning

Brandon Hobson's new novel crosses back and forth between past and present, mourning and memory to tell the story of a Cherokee family grappling with the death of a son at the hands of the police.

February 07, 2021
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  • Marcela Davison Avilés

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  • Book Reviews

Facing Down The Monster Within in 'What Big Teeth'

Rose Szabo has created a monstrous, dysfunctional family far worse than anything Charles Addams ever dreamed up — and young daughter Eleanor may be the worst of them. She just doesn't know why.

February 07, 2021
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  • Caitlyn Paxson

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  • Book Reviews

Compelling Queer Romance Eclipses Sci-Fi Stakes in 'Winter's Orbit'

This charming, trope-laden sci-fi romance started life as an original story posted to a fanfiction site, and it wears its fannish influences proudly. Fake-dating? Hurt/comfort? Sunny/grumpy? Yes!

February 06, 2021
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  • Natalie Zutter

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  • Book Reviews

A Journalist's Eye Enlivens 'Land Of Big Numbers'

Journalist Te-Ping Chen's fiction debut puts her reportorial talents to brilliant use, in a collection of short stories about Chinese life that will make readers reconsider their settled notions.

February 06, 2021
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  • Kamil Ahsan

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  • Book Reviews

While the Possible is Possible: A 2021 Poetry Preview, Part 3

In the final installment of our 2021 poetry preview, we bring you books that demonstrate the incredible capaciousness of poetry — and that we hope will be sustaining company for the year ahead.

February 04, 2021
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  • Ana Božičević,
  • Ken Chen,
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