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John Wilwol

John Wilwol is a teacher and writer living in Washington. His work has also appeared at The Rumpus, The Millions and The Washington Independent Review of Books.

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Great Weekend Reads

This week: the great William Kennedy returns with a Cuban adventure, an inventive look at a man’s discovery of his father, a dystopian take on Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”, and coming of age with no where to go.

Susan Salter Reynolds

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Must Read Novels

From detective noir set in the Warsaw ghetto to a woman who can hear everything, four new novels not to be missed.

Lucy Scholes

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