By the Light of Embers
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It's 1954, and twenty-two-year-old Lucia Lafleur has always dreamed of following in her father’s...
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Biography: A Very Short Introduction
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Biography is one of the most popular, best-selling, and widely-read of literary genres. But why do...
The Dante Chamber
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The year is 1870. Five years after a series of Dante-inspired killings disrupted Boston, a man is...
Dominicana
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 'A story for now, an important story . . ....
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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
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Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the...
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Violeta
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One extraordinary woman. One hundred years of history. One unforgettable story. Violeta comes...
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Small Mercies
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'Mrs. Fennessy, please go home.' 'And do what?' 'Whatever you do when you're home.' 'And then...
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On Life-Writing
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Chapter 12 of this publication is open access, available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0...
All Those Strangers: The Art and Lives of James Baldwin
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Adored by many, appalling to some, baffling still to others, few authors defy any single critical...
The Prophets
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A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a...
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