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Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7 Magical Thinking and My Grandfather’s Story Amanda J. Rothschild August 4, 2025
Nonfiction Hello (And Goodbye) To All That: A Memoir of a Changing New York in the 21st Century Jonathan Liebson
Nonfiction Dancing with Muddy: Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and My Lucky Life in and Out of the Blues Jerry Portnoy
Nonfiction So We Died: A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania Levi Shalit; Ellen Cassedy, trans.
Nonfiction Do Not Cry When I Die: A Holocaust Memoir of a Mother and Daughter’s Survival In Jewish Ghettos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen Renee Salt Kate Thompson
Nonfiction Your Roots Cast a Shadow: One Family’s Search Across History for Belonging Caroline Topperman