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Melanie Newport

cropped image from a book cover of burned out buildings and rubble with yellow text BORN IN FLAMES on top of it

author's pitch: arson and the carceral history of property insurance

Author's Pitch: Indefensible Spaces by Rahim Kurwa

Author's Pitch: Indefensible Spaces by Rahim Kurwa

summer reading wrap-up

summer reading wrap-up

drone view of Old Newgate prison and museum site in lush green Connecticut

it's theme time: early America

view through bars toward light from a darkened jail cell. the jail barred door is open

fresh picks: con men, anti-Indian policing, and more

DEADLY FORCE in yellow font on a black and gray background featuring the barrel of a gun

author's pitch: why it’s time to read DEADLY FORCE