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Why Scott Turow Brought Back His Most Famous Hero for β€˜Presumed Guilty’

The novelist is 75. Rusty Sabich, the now-retired prosecutor he introduced in β€œPresumed Innocent,” is 77 β€” and taking on a new case in β€œPresumed Guilty.”
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The Dalai Lama Shares Thoughts on China and the Future in a New Book

The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.
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Han Kang Talks About Her Jeju Book, β€˜We Do Not Part”

Han Kang’s latest novel, about a South Korean massacre, delves into why atrocities must be remembered. β€œIt’s pain and it is blood, but it’s the current of life,” she said.
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Neko Case Has Sung Hard Truths. Now She’s Telling Hers in a Memoir.

In β€œThe Harder I Fight the More I Love You,” the singer and songwriter outlines the personal and professional challenges that have shaped her career.
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Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth

She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of β€œThe Hobbit” and β€œThe Lord of the Rings.”
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Pope Francis’ Autobiography, Long in the Making, Arrives in Bookstores

The book, to be published on Tuesday, adds details to what is known about the pope’s childhood but falls short when it comes to his later years.
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Writing Fantasy Came Naturally. Reality Was Far More Daunting.

After winning just about every major science fiction and fantasy award, Nnedi Okorafor explores a traumatic event in her own history in her most autobiographical novel yet.
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