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Tufts University became the first major university to strip the Sackler name from its buildings in 2019. Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption
'The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev' Is A Faux Music History That Rocks
I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope, by Valerie Gilpeer and Emily Grodin. William Morrow hide caption
Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz includes a child's account of crossing the Rio Grande. (Excerpted from Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz. Foreword by Michael Garcia Bochenek; Compiled by Warren Binford; Workman Publishing. Copyright 2021.) Adriana Campos/Workman Publishing hide caption
John Boehner, pictured in 2016, was speaker of the House during the Obama presidency. He says he sometimes went along with things he personally opposed because it was what members of his party wanted. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
In Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice, 1967-1975, Thompson looks back on difficult memories that turned into familiar songs. Paul Morigi/Getty Images hide caption
In 'Beeswing,' Richard Thompson Revisits A Big Life Just Shy Of The Mainstream
On the House: A Washington Memoir, John Boehner St. Martin's Press hide caption
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe Doubleday hide caption
Cookbook author Reem Kassis says that many foods that are considered Middle Eastern or Israeli actually originated as Palestinian dishes. Dan Perez/Phaidon Press hide caption
For This Palestinian Cook, The Kitchen Is A 'Powerful Place' — Not A 'Life Sentence'
Leigh Bardugo Christina Guerrero hide caption
Haruki Murakami's new story collection is First Person Singular. Elena Seibert hide caption
