In recent years, and in particular since the election of Barack Obama, the religious conversation in America has been dominated by calls for progressives to move beyond “partisanship” by reaching out
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What are the boundaries between imagination and delusion? When Ella’s father John dies unexpectedly, she learns that the past she believed in never really happened. For more than twenty years, Ella ha
A haunting meditation on love, loss, companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark, Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is one of the most important and influential sho
“Compelling, shocking, and gritty with intrigue.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“A real eye-opener that questions how well the country’s security is being protected.”—Kirkus (starred review)A grou
George Saunders’ Pastoralia is an exaggerated dystopia of late capitalist America, merging the spirit of James Thurber with the world of the Simpsons. In his entry in Ig’s acclaimed Bookmarked series,
