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Brave New World
Deb Olin Unferth’s novel Earth 7 reframes the apocalypse.

Poetry to Transport Us
Rick Bass reviews Victoria Chang’s Tree of Knowledge, a collection that moves past grief and rage toward a deeper, stranger vision of the world beyond injustice.

Upcoming Releases: Summer Stocks
Vampires in the Mojave, a post-collapse Los Angeles, and a Palestinian exile’s lifelong search for home: Paul Wilner previews the books worth clearing your schedule for.

Recently Reviewed: New Books Worth Your Time
From hate crimes and Hollywood outlaws to a Palestinian exile and transcendent collected poems, these standout titles were recently featured in our Monday Book Review newsletter.

“Out of My Way!”
Greg Sarris’s The Last Human Bear traces the life of a Pomo girl who grows up in small-town Santa Rosa in the 1930s.
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