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David Handschuh/Associated PressDohrn's parents, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, helped found the the Weather Underground. "I knew that the FBI was chasing us," he says. His memoir is Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young. -
W.W. Norton; Random HouseAguda's novel, One Leg on Earth, follows a young woman in Nigeria facing an unintended pregnancy. The Things We Never Say, by Strout, centers on a high school teacher leading a secret life of sadness. -
Tech writer Joanna Stern used AI to read medical results, respond to texts and serve as her therapist. She says her emotional connection to it was unsettling. Her new book is I Am Not a Robot.
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BerkleyIn Eve J. Chung's new novel, Ellie Chang ends up stuck in a place she's only known as enemy territory, reliant on strangers to help her get home. -
HarperIn Five Weeks in the Country, author Francine Prose imagines a distressing, ill-timed visit to Charles Dickens' home in 1857 — offering a memorable twist on the classic English country house drama. -
Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New Yorker FestivalFive major publishing houses and the bestselling author are suing Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly training its Llama generative AI models on millions of copyrighted materials. -
Carl TimponeKimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her memoir chronicles the personal and legal framework for her thinking. -
NPRSummer blockbuster season has begun — on the big screen and in bookstores. This month brings new titles from Douglas Stuart, Kathryn Stockett, Ali Smith, David Sedaris and many more. -
Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New YorkerAward winners include authors Daniel Kraus, Jill Lepore and Yiyun Li, opinion writer M. Gessen and staffers and contributors at The Washington Post, Reuters and AP. -
J Redza/Eleven/Sony Pictures TelevisionJack Thorne adapted Lord of the Flies into a four-part TV series to show the story unfolding through the eyes of each of the four main characters.
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