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'Night Moves' Captures Fleeting Moments In Chicago — And Life

Jessica Hopper's memoir oscillates between charting a story of gentrification, a young woman's love affair with Chicago, and the types of friendships that represent the texture of a city.

Mariya Karimjee

'Unclaimed Baggage' Is The Quintessential Southern Novel For Teens

Jen Doll's new novel follows a group of misfit kids working at Alabama's legendary Unclaimed Baggage store, a place where all kinds of lost things (and people, and one purple leopard suitcase) end up.

Alethea Kontis

Investigative Journalist Aims To Expose Ills Of Privately Run Prisons

American Prison is the remarkable story of a journalist who spent four months working as a corrections officer — and a horrifying exposé of how prisoners are treated by a profiting corporation.

Michael Schaub

'These Truths' Looks At America Through The Promises Of Its Beginning

By engaging with our country's past — and present — in an intellectually honest way, Jill Lepore has created a book that truly does encapsulate the American story in all its pain and triumph.

Michael Schaub

In The Powerful 'Deviation,' Luce D'Eramo Rejects Her Past And Faces An Uncertain Future

First published in 1979 and now released in English for the first time, D'Eramo's autobiographical novel details her harrowing experiences in German labor camps during World War II.

Martha Anne Toll