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The B&N Podcast: Tea Obreht’s Wild Wild West

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The author of the award-winning debut "The Tiger's Wife" joins us in the studio to talk about her epic new novel of the American West, "Inland."

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The B&N Podcast: Ibram X. Kendi and the Call to Be an Antiracist

AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY

The B&N Podcast: Ibram X. Kendi and the Call to Be an Antiracist

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The National Book Award-winning author of "Stamped from the Beginning" returns with a galvanizing new work that blends memoir, analysis, and a charge to America.

King of the Dark Episode 10: Dolores Claiborne

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King of the Dark Episode 10: Dolores Claiborne

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Our excursion into the worlds of Stephen King docks at Little Tall Island, Maine, and the story told by one of the author's most unforgettable characters.

King of the Dark Episode 9: Gerald’s Game

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King of the Dark Episode 9: Gerald’s Game

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Our Summer of Stephen King podcast series returns with a look at the 1992 thriller whose setting makes "Misery" look positively expansive.

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

REVIEWS

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

By CECELIA WATSON

Reviewed by David L. Ulin ×

The hybrid punctuation mark has met with resistance from many readers and writers since its invention by an early printer. But the semicolon endures.

The B&N Podcast: Kiese Laymon and Shane Bauer on Writing with a Mission

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The B&N Podcast: Kiese Laymon and Shane Bauer on Writing with a Mission

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A conversation with two celebrated young writers about the challenges of their work, and the urgency of telling true stories in America today.

Remembering Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

IN MEMORIAM

Remembering Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

Essay by Donna Rifkind ×

Remembering the life and work of a giant of American letters, and her last novel, " the effort of a writer impatient to cast off every superfluity to expose the rage and sadness at its heart."

King of the Dark Episode 8: The Stand

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King of the Dark Episode 8: The Stand

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Our Summer of Stephen King continues with a plunge into the author's post-apocalyptic doorstopper The Stand. A man-made plague, a supernatural villain, and a cast as big as War & Peace! Who...

The B&N Podcast: Karl Marlantes Finds Deep Family Roots among the Big Trees

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The B&N Podcast: Karl Marlantes Finds Deep Family Roots among the Big Trees

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The author of the celebrated Vietnam novel "Matterhorn" returns to fiction with "Deep River" -- a family epic that follows his Finnish-American forbears as they made a new world in the forests of...

King of the Dark Episode 7: Misery

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King of the Dark Episode 7: Misery

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Our weekly adventure in Stephen King country is back! This week, Liz, Louis and Bill find themselves snowbound in a Colorado cabin. We're talking Misery: dirty birds, addiction, fanatical fans...

The B&N Podcast Live at Comic Con: Writing a World on Fire

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The B&N Podcast Live at Comic Con: Writing a World on Fire

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Our all-star panel at this year's San Diego Comic Con talks about the uncertain and exciting borderland where their imaginations and reality collide.

The B&N Podcast Live at Comic Con: The Adventure Zone Returns!

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The B&N Podcast Live at Comic Con: The Adventure Zone Returns!

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The creators of the family role-playing comedy adventure turned bestselling graphic novel series (got that?) join us from the madness of San Diego Comic Con!

The Nickel Boys

FICTION

The Nickel Boys

By COLSON WHITEHEAD

Reviewed by Walton Muyumba ×

Colson Whitehead's new novel tells the story of two boys incarcerated a Florida "academy" -- and raises haunting questions about the nature and price of resistance.