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Like last year, the sidewalks around San Diego's convention center are empty and no one is lined up at the famed Hall H. Daniel Knighton/Getty Images hide caption
Author Sarah Ramey's first book was expected to be among 2020's bestsellers. But it was released the same week as the lockdown and got lost amid news of a global catastrophe. Julius Schlosburg hide caption
When Your Book Publishes In A Pandemic — Authors Talk About Terrible Timing
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Code Switch
Words To Set You Free
A member of the protest group Hot Mess holds up a sign of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City in July 2019. Epstein died by asphyxiation in his cell a month later. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption
Everyone Heard About Jeffrey Epstein's Enablers. Few Listened To His Victims
Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency, Michael Wolff Henry Holt & Co. hide caption
Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine, by Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley MCD hide caption
Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance, by Nisha Sharma Crown Books for Young Readers hide caption
A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers Tordotcom hide caption
Intense physical activity may not be as helpful in losing weight as you may hope. Catherine Falls/Getty Images hide caption
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'Women Of Brewster Place' Reissue Brims With Inventiveness — And Relevance
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'Women Of Brewster Place' Reissue Brims With Inventiveness — And Relevance
Alice Coltrane, widow of jazz great John Coltrane, playing the piano in her California home, in front of a portrait of her late husband. Despite having practiced music since a very early age, Alice Coltrane's work only somewhat recently began to be recognized. J.Emilio Flores/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker Penguin Press hide caption
Reporters Reveal 'Ugly Truth' Of How Facebook Enables Hate Groups And Disinformation
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness, Kristen Radtke Pantheon hide caption
The Startup Wife, by Tahmima Anam Simon & Schuster hide caption