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    Mur­der and Mem­o­ry: Unrav­el­ing the Mys­tery of my Great-Grand­moth­er’s Death

    Wayne Hoff­man
    February 14, 2022
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    I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writ­ing Myself Home
    Jami Atten­berg
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    I’d Like to Say Sor­ry, but There’s No One to Say Sor­ry To: Stories
    Mikołaj Grynberg; Sean Gasper Bye, trans. 
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    The Genius Under the Table: Grow­ing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
    Eugene Yelchin
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    Thank You Mod­eh Ani
    Alyson Solomon, Bryony Clarkson (Illustrator)
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    Sharon Cameron
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    Once More with Chutzpah
    Haley Neil
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    An Espe­cial­ly Good View: Watch­ing His­to­ry Happen
    Peter Osnos
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    For­give­ness: The Sto­ry of Eva Kor, Sur­vivor of The Auschwitz Twin Experiments
    Joe Lee
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    Esther David
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    How to Find What You’re Not Look­ing For
    Veera Hiranan­dani
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    Squir­rel Hill: The Tree of Life Syn­a­gogue Shoot­ing and the Soul of a Neighborhood
    Mark Oppen­heimer
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    When Words Are Not Enough

    Joshua M. Greene
    January 10, 2022
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    Lee Wind, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
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    Pamela Ehren­berg
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