This week brings new releases from Joy Williams, Simon Winchester and Tracy K. Smith, among other talented writers.

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The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has left his post, marking another disruption in a year of staff ...

Erivo says she found parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character, Elphaba. Her new memoir is called Simply More: A Book for Anyone who Has Been Told They're Too Much.