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An Erotically Charged Love Triangle Is the Heart of Lily King’s New Novel

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A New Book Examines the ‘Yin and Yang’ of Tupac Shakur’s Life

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New Book ‘On Loop’ Details Oakland’s Crackdowns on Black Sonic Expression

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In ‘The Royal We,’ Faith No More Co-Founder Tells All — But Skips His Band

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The Not-So-Spooky Origins of ‘Ghost’ — and Why the Word Still Haunts Our Language

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Bay Area Carnegie Libraries to Receive $10,000 Each

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Book covers of: 'Looking for Tank Man' by Ha Jin; 'Bad Bad Girl' by Gish Jen; 'Big Kiss, Bye-Bye' by Claire Louise-Bennett; 'Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia: from Revolution to Autocracy' by Julia Ioffe; 'This Is the Only Kingdom' by Jaquira Díaz; 'The Rose Field: The Book of Dust, Volume 3' by Philip Pullman.

New Books This Week Dance Between Genres, Deserve Your Attention

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A Terrifying Daphne du Maurier Story Collection, in Time for Halloween

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‘In Formation’ Will Make You Want to (Gleefully) Drown Your Phone

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The First San Francisco Photobook Fair Hits the City This Weekend

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‘The Wayfinder’ Weaves Indigenous Polynesian Tales Into an Epic Novel

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Love, Death and Birth — and a 7-Year Wait — Went Into New Album ‘Traveling Shoes’

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