'Beautiful Country' looks back on a young Chinese girl's undocumented childhood

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In 'Contrapposto,' the meaning of love and the meaning of art go hand-in-hand

Novelist Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Circle) has a new novel out: Contrapposto. It’s a decade-spanning romance of sorts, between two devoted creatives whose careers in the art world bring them together and tear them apart — repeatedly. As Cricket a ...  Show more

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Two romance books give opposite takes on love, relationships and the absence of both

In the new novel They All Fall in Love at the End, polyamory is the topic at hand — primarily what it offers the protagonist and how she navigates a world where open relationships are not the norm. The End of Romance tells a story quite the opposite: A woman becomes opposed to ro ...  Show more

 . 20min 33sec

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