Jones' new novel, Kin, is set in 1950s Louisiana and Atlanta, and tells the story of two young women who grow up next door to each other without their mothers.

The final novel from a titan of Latin American literature follows a critic trying to capture the essence of his national culture.

A professor at Hunter College has built one of the largest special collections of contraband Russian literature in the world.

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