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    Historical Fiction

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    Spin: A Nov­el Based on a Most­ly True Story
    Peter Zheut­lin
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    Gift of Dia­monds: Tran­syl­van­ian Tril­o­gy #1
    Rober­ta Seret
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    The Mys­te­ri­ous Mr. Men­sch: 3 Unfor­get­table Lessons in Ethics
    David Michael Slater
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    The Best Assas­si­na­tion in the Nation
    Joshua Cohen
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    The Woman With the Blue Star
    Pam Jenoff
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    Leono­ra in the Morn­ing Light: A Novel
    Michaela Carter
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    Albie’s Strug­gle: A Novel
    R.S. Stein­berg
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    The Vil­lage Twins
    Izzy Abrahm­son
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    This Mag­nif­i­cent Dap­pled Sea
    David Biro
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    Mary Jane: A Novel
    Jes­si­ca Blau
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    ‘Fairy-Tale Log­ic’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Alice Hoffman

    Jamie Wendt
    August 31, 2020
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    The Organs of Sense
    Adam Ehrlich Sachs
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    Let­ters from Cuba
    Ruth Behar
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    Beyond the Ghet­to Gates: A Novel
    Michelle Cameron
    Essay

    How I Dis­cov­ered Kérylos

    Adrien Goetz
    August 17, 2020
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    Otto Kraus
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