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BEACHES

Edited by Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker

Marlowe, 332 pages, $15.95 paper

Don’t expect lightweight reading in this collection of “Stories by the Sand and Sea,” but a tantalizing array of thoughtful pieces by authors such as Rachel Carson and Jamaica Kincaid. Chicago’s 31st Street beach even makes an appearance–in Cyrus Colter’s story “The Beach Umbrella.” Editors Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker are also the authors of “The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth.”