Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 33 Knightsbridge Road, 2nd Floor, East Wing, Piscataway, New Jersey W: New Jersey Center for the Book Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri Pulitzer Prize winning author Lahiri’s first book written in Italian and translated...
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New York Library Association, 6021 State Farm Road, Guilderland, NY W: Empire State Center for the Book Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Harlem Shuffle’s ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It’s...
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100 Riverview Center, Suite 290, Middletown, CT W: Connecticut Center for the Book Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel With her trademark humor, pitch-perfect voice, and sly perspective on the human heart, Amy Poeppel crafts a love letter to modern family...
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Pell Center, Salve Regina University, 100 Ochre Point Avenue, RI 02840 W: Rhode Island Center for the Book Zorrie by Laird Hunt From prize-winning, acclaimed author Laird Hunt, a poignant novel about a woman searching for her place in the...
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20 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301 W: Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library The Den by Abi Maxwell With echoes of The Scarlet Letter, this is a luminous, hypnotic story of youth, sex, and power that...
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674 Brighton Avenue, Portland, ME 04102 W: Maine Humanities Council | Home of the Harriet P. Henry Center for the Book Beneficence: a Novel by Meredith Hall This is a radiant novel of goodness and love—both its gifts and its...
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