Booklovers have long debated whether politics belong in online book communities. Readers and authors, including Jodi Picoult, tell us their thoughts.

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Jennifer Rothschild joins the "Crossmap Podcast" to talk about what it was like to go blind at age 15 and how it has shaped ...

The novel depicts an Ireland descending into dictatorship – but Lynch’s dystopian vision reads less like speculation and more ...