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Newsletter #71

January 4, 2016

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Sandy and Wayne

Sandy and Wayne

by Steve Yates

It's so rare to find fiction about everyday work, aside from office satires and the usual glamorously improbable professions, that opening up a novella that concerns the Arkansas Highway and Transport... (Tom)

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The 50 States

by Gabrielle Balkan and Sol Linero

MADE-UP

There's been a renaissance in giant illustrated kids' fact books (we love Maps and Animalium), and The 50 States is our new favorite. Each state gets a two-page spread crammed with Sol Linero's high-s... (Tom)

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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

by Elena Ferrante

MADE-UP

When I returned to the third book of Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels after six months away, what struck me most, aside from how vividly the story's two main characters, Elena and Lila, remained in my min... (Tom)

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