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Dexter Fletcher on Rocket Man, Jessica Andrews' novel Saltwater, artists as activists, Folio Prize winner. Show more

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Tommy is 19 and was excluded from nine schools. He tells his story of rejection, frustration and hope and meets his old teacher to confront what happened. Show more

In 2009, Mennonite women in a far-flung Bolivian colony reported mass rape. Now leaders of this insular Christian community are campaigning to free the convicted men. Show more

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