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    Lau­ren Gilbert

    Lau­ren Gilbert is the Direc­tor of the Munic­i­pal Library of New York City. She was for­mer­ly the Direc­tor of Pub­lic Ser­vices at the Cen­ter for Jew­ish History.

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    Miso­pho­nia
    Dana Vow­inck­el; Adrian Nathan West, trans.
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    Hap­pi­er Far
    Diane Mehta
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    A Rea­son to See You Again
    Jami Atten­berg
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    The Beech Forest
    Marlis Wes­sel­er
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    Lib­er­ty Street: A Savan­nah Fam­i­ly, Its Gold­en Boy, and the Civ­il War
    Jason K. Friedman
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    Wor­ry
    Alexan­dra Tanner
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    Savyon Liebrecht; Gilah Kahn-Hoffman, trans.
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    Lucky Dogs
    Helen Schul­man
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    How To Love Your Daughter
    Hila Blum; Daniella Zamir, trans.
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    The Salt Line
    Youval Shimoni; Michael Sharp, trans;
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    Deceit
    Yuri Felsen; Bryan Karetnyk, trans.

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