Sarah Gerard discusses her new essay collection, Sunshine State, Florida as a character, class awareness, and the evolution of the collection.

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Omar El Akkad discusses his debut novel, American War, reporting on global conflicts, and limitations of an author’s own experience.

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Julie Buntin was at Powerhouse Bookstore to discuss Marlena, her debut novel about female friendship, and she discussed the midwest, wealth disparity, and female friendships.

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David Samuel Levison discusses his new novel Tell Me How This Ends Well, anti-semitism in America,

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Elif Batuman discusses her debut novel The Idiot, the difference between objective and subjective writing, and the importance of editing.

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Lauren Grodstein discusses her new novel, Our Short History, using to humor to make death readable, and how to impute knowledge on your child after death.

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Jim Shepard was at McNally Jackson Books to discuss his new story collection, The World to Come with Gary Fisketjon, his editor.

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Philosopher Ryan Ruby launched his debut novel The Zero and the One last week at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn. He was joined by Alexandra Kleeman, author of the story collection Intimations and the novel You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine.

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