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Historical Fiction

Cover of Go On Pretending
Fic­tion
Go On Pretending
Ali­na Adams
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Fic­tion
Blast
Claire Deya; Adriana Hunter, trans.
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Chil­dren’s
The Light Keeper
Karen Levine
Sheila Baslaw
Alice Priest­ley
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Fic­tion
The Star on the Grave
Lin­da Mar­golin Royal
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Fic­tion
Six Days in Bombay
Alka Joshi
Essay

Find­ing Sanc­tu­ary in India

Alka Joshi
April 14, 2025
Excerpt

Excerpt: Sons and Daughters

Chaim Grade, Rose Wald­man
March 24, 2025
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Fic­tion
The Ser­pent Bearer
Jane Rosen­thal
Cover of A Fool's Kabbalah
Fic­tion
A Fool’s Kabbalah
Steve Stern
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Fic­tion
The Mid­wives’ Escape: From Egypt to Jericho
Mag­gie Anton
Essay

Untan­gling His­to­ry: Writ­ing ​‘One Good Thing’

Geor­gia Hunter
March 3, 2025
Essay

Mid­wives and Med­i­cine in Ancient Egypt: Writ­ing His­tor­i­cal Fiction

Mag­gie Anton
March 3, 2025
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Fic­tion
One Good Thing
Geor­gia Hunter
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Fic­tion
Fagin the Thief
Alli­son Epstein
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Fic­tion
The Umbrel­la Mak­er’s Son: A Nov­el of WWII
Tod Lend­ing
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Fic­tion
Last Twi­light in Paris
Pam Jenoff
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