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Caitlyn Jenner, Rachel Dolezal and instability in gender and race
Sociologist Rogers Brubaker examines transgender and transracial differences
Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa talk about music
Musical conversations between two of the most famous Japanese artists
A boy’s-eye view of the Vietnam War
A terrific graphic memoir from Marcelino Truong recalls events from his childhood uprooted to Saigon
Why Sigmund Freud still cannot be dismissed
A new and compelling biography about the Austrian psychoanalyst
A memoir that grapples with loss, one book at a time
Peter Orner’s book of essays explores the loss of his father, his failed marriage and the immovable, sometimes tragic, force of plot
Fairy tales with a creepy twist, from the so-called decadent school
A collection of stories reacting to the political and socio-economic turmoil of 19th-century France
In Michael Chabon’s hopeful latest, the moon is everywhere
Michael Chabon’s new novel is richly written—even if it is plotted a bit lazily
A new book on Grigori Rasputin unveils the man behind the myth
With remarkable new research into his diaries, letters, police files and more, Douglas Smith’s new book ’Rasputin’ separates fact from lurid fiction
How rock ’n’ roll got so white
Academic Jack Hamilton looks at how so-called rock music became whitewashed