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Blake Bailey’s Philip Roth biography, dropped by W.W. Norton over allegations of sexual misconduct by the author, comes out next month in paperback.

The author and war correspondent dealt with trauma by hitting the road on foot. “Freedom” documents his journey and rethinks American ideals.

Family Books is latest L.A. seller to fall victim to the pandemic

Jim Shepard has earned a cult following for refashioning history’s horrors. “Phase Six,” about a future pandemic, is his timeliest novel yet.