I worked on a very fun semiquincentennial feature for this weekend's WSJ. The editors asked me to select 26 novels that tell a story about America's 250 year history. It's not a best-of list, but one that suggests a (necessarily branching) national narrative. Gift link! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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A tour of America’s past through 26 works that captured the country’s character and contradictions.