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Rain

“[An] exquisitely written first novel. . . . [Gunn’s] language is pitch-perfect; on almost every page, she expresses familiar feelings in ways that are…

Rain on the River

“Jim’s words are his gift to the world. His life is his art; his words are merely tokens of appreciation. . . . Reading…

The Rap Factor

‘delacorta’s America is a highly decorated canvas of big cars, boardwalks, desert highways, and dingy motel rooms, where hamburgers are always consumed with mayonnaise.”…

The Raven

“Dreamlike . . . Reed delivers some of the most personal lyrics of his career. . . . Reed has once again stretched the…

The Quarry

“The Quarry has the same dry, feral quality as Damon Galgut’s best-known novel, The Good Doctor. Galgut’s landscape reminds a reader of Breyten Breytenbach’s…

The Queen of the Ring

“In a class by itself. A serious history of one of this country’s goofiest pastimes. . .one senses that [Leen has] left no stone…

Queens of Havana

“This evocative memoir is a joyous, rhythmic history of the 11 sisters who formed the fabled Cuban orquesta Anacaona. . . . The Castro…