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    Read­ing Between the Sirens

    Ilana Kur­shan
    August 25, 2025
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    Jel­la Lep­man and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Res­cued a Gen­er­a­tion of Chil­dren and Found­ed the World’s Largest Children’s Library
    Katherine Paterson; Sally Deng, illus.
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    The Mag­ic of Our Cul­ture: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Cas­san­dra Clare

    Simona Zaret­sky
    March 3, 2025
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    Points of Con­nec­tion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Tali Rosen­blatt Cohen of THE FIVE BOOKS

    Car­ol Kaufman
    December 3, 2024
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    Noble Frag­ments: The Grip­ping Sto­ry of the Anti­quar­i­an Book­seller Who Broke Up a Guten­berg Bible
    Michael Vison­tay
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    The Librar­i­an of Auschwitz: The Graph­ic Novel
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    Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, ed.
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    March 28, 2022
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