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A Child of the Weather Underground Reckons with His Family History

In a new memoir, Zayd Ayers Dohrn ’06GSAS recounts a childhood spent partially on the lam and wrestles with his parents’ ideals 

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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism

La Carmina, an award-winning blogger, journalist, and author, offers a spirited defense of the often-misunderstood religion

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The Mysterious Death of Zac Brettler

In London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe ’99CC investigates the murky circumstances surrounding an English teenager who washed up in the Thames

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10 History Books that Will Make You Smarter

All by Columbia alumni

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Stack of books: The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess, Well by Sandro Galea, A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar, Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur, Overthrow by Caleb Crain, The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries by Donald R. Prothero, The Dreamt Land by Mark Arax
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Fall 2019 Reading List

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

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Review: "The Sweetest Fruits"

By Monique Truong ’95LAW

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Review: "Range"

By David Epstein ’02CC, ’04GSAS, ’04JRN

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Review: "The Widow Washington"

By Martha Saxton ’89GSAS

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Dorothy Butler Gilliam: A Newsroom Pioneer

The Washington Post's first Black woman reporter discusses her new memoir, Trailblazer

Book spines: Please Read this Leaflet Carefully, The New Rules of Pregnancy, Rabbits for Food, Instructions for a Funeral, The General's Cook, The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
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Summer 2019 Reading List

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

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Book Review: Working

By Robert A. Caro '68JRN

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Review: Orange World

By Karen Russell '06SOA

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Book Review: "Doing Justice"

A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law, by Preet Bharara '93LAW

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A Feat of Biblical Proportions

Robert Alter ’57CC, a professor of comparative literature at UC Berkeley, has produced a 3,500-page translation of the Hebrew Bible

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Review: Tinderbox

By Robert W. Fieseler ’13JRN

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Book Review: "Am I Dying?!"

By Christopher Kelly ’06CC, ’11PS, ’18PH and Marc Eisenberg ’91CC, ’95PS

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