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Larry R. Smith is the general editor of the poet's letters to and from e.e. cummings, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Thomas Wolfe, and much more.

In One Person

John Irving's newest is "a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences."

Murder One

Robert Dugoni's newest legal thriller pits attorney David Sloane against murdering gangsters in a crusade that becomes deeply personal.

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