Washington City Paper Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Johns Hopkins professor Michelle Brafman’s Swimming with Ghosts centers around the lead-up and fall-out of the 2012 derecho, and the family drama that follows its course. Brafman discusses the novel June 3 at Politics and Prose on Connecticut Avenue NW. https://t.co/zWke7ABNh7

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Lynn Nottage’s previous, Pulitzer Prize-winning play follows a labor strike in Reading, Pennsylvania. Her latest production is set in the same town, this time, at a truck-stop restaurant called Clyde’s, where the crew swap sandwich recipes and hard truths. https://t.co/Ve0lqW9rGt

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The Watershed's production of Irish playwright Mark O'Rowe’s three-women play The Approach is an enigma of love and friendship and a highlight of this year's Capital Fringe Festival. https://t.co/RDfvy0DvCN

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The weekend's frigid temperatures pair perfectly with a good book. City Paper contributor Wayne Catan recommends Up With the Sun from D.C.-based Thomas Mallon, the author best known for historical fiction stand-outs like Watergate and Landfall. https://t.co/IFnDH6Pww1

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Celest Ng, the author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere, will be at the MLK Memorial Library this evening to chat about her latest novel, Our Missing Hearts, with novelist Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Find event details at the link. https://t.co/HDcGKEILmv

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Folger Shakespeare Library’s Reading Room Series showcased original plays adapted from William Shakespeare’s most prominent works. The event embraced the Bard's many contributions to the arts, while still resisting the oppressive culture he advanced. https://t.co/o76ptttS1H

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On Saturday, June 17, Mary Kay Zuravleff will be in conversation with Alice McDermott at Politics and Prose to discuss her fourth novel, American Ending. This spring, the book made the coveted list of Oprah Winfrey’s Best Books for Spring. https://t.co/vcX6M1Vqdc

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The weekend's frigid temperatures pair perfectly with a good book. City Paper contributor Wayne Catan recommends Up With the Sun from D.C.-based Thomas Mallon, the author best known for historical fiction stand-outs like Watergate and Landfall. https://t.co/IFnDH6Pww1

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Ocean Vuong's debut collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds, considers his family’s war-ravaged country, a father’s darkness, and the trauma of a people forced to flee. https://t.co/xjTAo132bJ

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Shakespeare Theatre Company’s The Merchant of Venice runs through April 24. In our review, Chris Klimek writes that despite a brilliant performance by John Douglas Thompson as Shylock, the production leaves you wanting less. https://t.co/MHWhRMhQGL

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