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Her Mother Infamously Murdered Her Father. Now, She’s Telling Her Own Story

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There’s Room for Everyone in ‘Now I Surrender,’ an Epic American Western

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Ticket Alert: Liza Minnelli Is Coming to San Francisco

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A Riveting Graphic Novel of an Armenian Family in San Francisco

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Book covers of: Now I Surrender, by Alvaro Enrigue, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer; Days of Love and Rage, by Anand Gopal; A Far-flung Life, by M.L. Stedman; You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir, by Christina Applegate; In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man, by Tom Junod; Hooked: A Novel of Obsession, by Asako Yuzuki, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton; Under Water, by Tara Menon; Python’s Kiss: Stories, by Louise Erdrich; Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories, by Amal El-Mohtar; Son of Nobody, by Yann Martel

10 New Books in March Offer Mental Vacations

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Clockwise from top left: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, For The Sun After Long Nights, Cutting Through Rocks, It Was Just an Accident, Martyr!, and Kayhan Kalhor.

A Glimpse of Iran, Through the Eyes of its Artists and Journalists

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A Novel Tracks the Fallout of Free Love, and the Girls Who ‘Went Away’

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Naoko Takei Moore Wants You to Live a Happy Donabe Life

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A New Mother’s Descent Into Madness

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