Tupac Shakur, By Those Who Knew Him

A review of Jeff Pearlman’s “Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.”

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Mezghebe’s Debut: Just “What You’re Looking For”

For fans of Yaa Gyasi and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, this novel’s fresh and poignant writing is storytelling at its finest.

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Resilience and Redemption in Austin’s Edgelands

A review of Christopher Brown’s “A Natural History of Empty Lots,” which records Brown’s exploration of the murky lines between “nature” and “civilization.”

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“To the Moon and Back”: An Expansive Coming-of-Age Novel

Eliana Ramage has a knack for crafting complex characters and capturing the human experience.

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Cults, Climate Crisis, and Community in Delaney Nolan’s “Happy Bad”

What would have felt, twenty years ago, like a fairly extreme climate apocalypse novel reads like tomorrow’s news, or even yesterday’s.

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Tending to the Land: Wendell Berry’s “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story”

A review of Wendell Berry’s newest novel, “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story.”

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Three Women in Exile Ache for Cuba in “The Eternal Forest”

A review of Elena Sheppard’s memoir, “The Eternal Forest.”

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