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On the Haunting Quality of Stefan Zweig’s <em>Chess Story</em>

On the Haunting Quality of Stefan Zweig’s Chess Story

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | December 6, 2022

Dear Blank Space: A Literacy Narrative

Dear Blank Space: A Literacy Narrative

Jennifer S. Cheng on the "Distance Between a Sound and its Meaning"

By Jennifer S. Cheng | December 6, 2022

Sarah Manguso is Not Interested in Wasting Words

Sarah Manguso is Not Interested in Wasting Words

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | December 6, 2022

Talking to Robin Miles About the 2022 Best History and Biography Audiobooks

Talking to Robin Miles About the 2022 Best History and Biography Audiobooks

Discussing Zora Neale Hurston’s Essays on Audio

By Behind the Mic | December 6, 2022

The Best Audiobooks of 2022

The Best Audiobooks of 2022

The Year in Literary Listening

By Book Marks | December 6, 2022

How Language Can Be Used to Destroy and Dominate, and How It Can Be Used to Remember and Reclaim

How Language Can Be Used to Destroy and Dominate, and How It Can Be Used to Remember and Reclaim

Jake Skeets on the Violent Reality and Liberatory Potential of Words

By Jake Skeets | December 5, 2022

Best Reviewed
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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 5, 2022

On Teaching and Learning the Language of Care

By Amanda Parrish Morgan | December 5, 2022

“She Could Already Feel Herself as Being Part of the Next World.” Morowa Yejidé on the Interplay Between Life and Death

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 5, 2022

December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Head Into the Holidays with Translations, Prequels, and Debuts from Bora Chung, Mercedes Lackey, and More

By Book Marks | December 2, 2022

’Tis the Season: What 80s Mall Movies Tell Us About an Enduring Site of American Tension

’Tis the Season: What 80s Mall Movies Tell Us About an Enduring Site of American Tension

Sara Bernstein Surveys a Beloved Oeuvre

By Sara Tatyana Bernstein | December 2, 2022

Interview with Joniece Abbott-Pratt: 2022 Best Fiction Audiobooks

Interview with Joniece Abbott-Pratt: 2022 Best Fiction Audiobooks

Discussing Leila Mottley’s Nightcrawlings

By Behind the Mic | December 2, 2022

Yusef Komunyakaa on the Genius and Contradictions of Etheridge Knight

Yusef Komunyakaa on the Genius and Contradictions of Etheridge Knight

“Here’s a poet who possessed a genius for surviving the harsh realities of America.”

By Yusef Komunyakaa | December 2, 2022

What a Novel Set in the Siberia of 1973 Tells Us About the Soviet Union, Women’s Gymnastics, and Contemporary America

What a Novel Set in the Siberia of 1973 Tells Us About the Soviet Union, Women’s Gymnastics, and Contemporary America

Rae Meadows in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 2, 2022

Hiron Ennes on Their Gothic Science Fiction Novel, <em>Leech</em>

Hiron Ennes on Their Gothic Science Fiction Novel, Leech

In Conversation with Brenda Noiseux on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | December 2, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Of New Titles by Cormac McCarthy, Rob Delaney, Russell Banks, and More

By Book Marks | December 1, 2022

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