2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“When Cunningham writes like himself, and not like an apostle, he is one of love’s greatest witnesses.”

How Isaac Bashevis Singer Preserved European Jewish Life Through Literature

David Stromberg on the Artistic Vision of the Polish-Born American Nobel Laureate

Magnets, How Do They Work? On the Magic of Magnetic Force

Roma Agrawal Explains the Technology Behind Telegraphs, Touchscreens, and More

Zeke Caligiuri on the Incarcerated Writers Who Edited An Anthology on Class

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

Cassidy Hutchinson on Telling Her Story

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

Here is the moment the National Book Award finalists called for a ceasefire.

Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

In Conversation with Ellen Adams in Montréal

Never-Ending Nostalgia: Who and What Inspired Willa Cather

Benjamin Taylor on the Early Years of America's Chronicler of the Great Plains

1848: Europe’s Year of Revolt and Revolution

From Christopher Clark's Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlisted Revolutionary Spring

Why Maurice is Still a Resonant Text for the Queer Audience

David Greven Defends a Merchant Ivory Adaptation