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Nell Freudenberger and Jennifer Gilmore

Nell Freudenberger, Jennifer Gilmore

Gilmore’s Golden Country vividly brings to life the intertwining stories of three immigrants seeking their fortunes. In Freudenberger’s The Dissident,…

Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again

David Frum

Frum – former speechwriter for President Bush – argues that Republicans, like the Democrats before them, have been the victims…

Telling Stories That Matter:
A Conversation

Helena María Viramontes, Manuel Muñoz

Two California-born writers-one from East L.A. and the other from the Central Valley-discuss their understanding of stories as a way…

Night Sky With Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong’s debut full-length collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, has been hailed by critics for its powerful…

The Pesthouse: A Novel

Jim Crace

On a devastated American continent, families have only one hope: passage on a ship to Europe. A remarkable novel by…

God is Not Great:
How Religion Poisons Everything

Christopher Hitchens

“America’s foremost literary pugilist” (Village Voice) offers an elegantly argued case against all religions.

Parts Per Million:
The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School

Joy Horowitz

An unsettling and timely investigation into the ties between Beverly Hills, its oil wells, and a local cancer cluster. A…

An Evening with Graphic Designer Chip Kidd

Chip Kidd

Kidd’s book jacket designs for Alfred A. Knopf (where he has worked since 1986) have helped spawn a revolution in…

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

Harvard sociologist and MacArthur Prize awardee Matthew Desmond tells the story of eight families living on the edge in the…

The Constitution and the Presidency

Erwin Chemerinsky

The first weeks of the Trump presidency have raised numerous constitutional issues and a Supreme Court appointment. What are these…