When Lily Braun-Arnold arrived on campus in the fall of 2022, she came with one extra item on her first-year to-do list—negotiate a book deal. Her debut novel, The Last Bookstore on Earth, released ...

Madeleine Thien’s allusive novel features a father-daughter duo, migrants from China who find refuge at the Sea, a run-down resort literally on the margins of time and space. Wui and 10-year-old Lina ...