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Critics share their picks for this summer’s most anticipated reads

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3 books you need to read to understand the Civil War

Ron Chernow, acclaimed biographer of "Hamilton" as well as Ulysses S. Grant, recommends three books to read to understand the Civil War and its legacies.

By Elizabeth Flock

Arts Apr 10

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Here’s the full list of 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners

There are 14 categories for journalism, and seven categories for the arts.

By Elizabeth Flock

Arts Aug 03

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Imagining the Underground Railroad as an actual train system

Colson Whitehead’s new novel considers a startling premise: what if slaves had fled southern plantations via an actual subterranean train? Jeffrey Brown sits down with the author at BookExpo America in Chicago to discuss the challenge of blending fantasy with…

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