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A new anthology of the modern American short story offers a wonderfully varied collection of voices, forms and styles.

Two little girls in 1973 St. Louis are at the heart of Marisa Silver’s latest novel, "The Mysteries."

John Edgar Wideman has published some 20 books. His latest, "You Made Me Love You," is a collection of 57 stories selected from previously published collections.

In Jo Ann Beard's latest collection, she brings us nine stories, most of which are based on real people and events. The collection itself reveals again the author's ability to build a story that grabs us from the beginning and never lets us go.

In Gregory Curtis' memoir of losing his beloved spouse, the longtime editor of Texas Monthly returns alone to Paris.

Peter Orner and Yvette Benavides discuss “The Betrothed” by Anton Chekhov.

Anthony Bourdain was planning to write a new travel book with his assistant, Laurie Woolever, before he passed away in 2018. But Woolever made good on the implicit promise to make the book a reality.

Father James Martin talks about learning to pray in his latest book "Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone."

Joshua Bennett has received the Whiting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Kristin Hannah’s latest novel, The Four Winds, is set during the Great Depression when drought, famine and the devastation of the Dust Bowl converged at once for the folks living in the Great Plains.