Marion Winik
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Review: Your thoughts can be used against you in ‘Dream Hotel’
Fiction: Awards magnet Laila Lalami’s unnerving new novel features people jailed because of their dreams.
February 24, 2025
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Review: ‘Tilda Is Visible’ is a comic novel whose lesson is all too visible
Fiction: When the world stops noticing the middle-aged main character, she begins to disappear.
February 18, 2025
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Review: In ‘Mona Acts Out,’ a reckless actor grapples with her unruly family and the #MeToo movement
Fiction: Mischa Berlinski’s comic novel gets 2025 off to a good start for readers.
January 15, 2025
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Review: A young couple, their parents, a ‘Rental House’ and a ‘gem’ of a novel
Fiction: In Weike Wang’s book, a house is at the center of race, class and gender struggles.
January 3, 2025
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Review: Louise Erdrich’s latest, ‘The Mighty Red,’ ranks among her very best
Local fictipm: Set near the Red River in 2008-09, it weaves together the lives of dozens of characters.
September 23, 2024
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‘Long Bright River’ novelist Liz Moore returns with ‘fun to read’ ‘God of the Woods’
FICTION: Her atmospheric novel, featuring a missing persons investigation and family drama, will linger in your mind.
June 25, 2024
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‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ writer Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler pulls back the curtain
NONFICTION: Memoir “And Then? And Then? What Else?” finally reveals where that ridiculous pseudonym came from.
May 15, 2024
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Scared of bald men and love, this novel’s protagonist savors ‘Interesting Facts About Space’
FICTION: Emily Austin has created a vivid, relatable character in “Space Agency” employee Enid.
January 24, 2024
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Review: Louise Erdrich’s latest, ‘The Mighty Red,’ ranks among her very best
Local fictipm: Set near the Red River in 2008-09, it weaves together the lives of dozens of characters.
September 23, 2024
Books
‘Long Bright River’ novelist Liz Moore returns with ‘fun to read’ ‘God of the Woods’
FICTION: Her atmospheric novel, featuring a missing persons investigation and family drama, will linger in your mind.
June 25, 2024
Books
‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ writer Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler pulls back the curtain
NONFICTION: Memoir “And Then? And Then? What Else?” finally reveals where that ridiculous pseudonym came from.
May 15, 2024
Books
Scared of bald men and love, this novel’s protagonist savors ‘Interesting Facts About Space’
FICTION: Emily Austin has created a vivid, relatable character in “Space Agency” employee Enid.
January 24, 2024