5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Stephen King on Celeste Ng, Lauren Michele Jackson on Namwali Serpell, and More

By Book Marks | September 29, 2022

More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

Martha Anne Toll Recommends Sigrid Nunez, Julie Orringer, Alexandra Danilova, and More

By Martha Anne Toll | September 29, 2022

Saeed Jones on the Poetic Economy of Language

Saeed Jones on the Poetic Economy of Language

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | September 29, 2022

The Impact of <em>The Secret Lives of Church Ladies</em>, Two Years Later

The Impact of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Two Years Later

From the Ursa Short Fiction Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton

By Ursa | September 29, 2022

A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

"Dark academia is academia’s black swan and shadow self."

By Adrienne Raphel | September 28, 2022

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

Chiara Barzini on the Vibrant Poems of the Late Italian Poet

By Chiara Barzini | September 28, 2022

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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
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  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Intimacy and Manipulation: A Reading List of Fictional Diaries

By Elizabeth Brooks | September 28, 2022

Tracking Character Growth in Ellen Raskin’s Beloved Children’s Novel The Westing Game

By NewberyTart | September 28, 2022

15 new books to get cozy with this week.

By Katie Yee | September 27, 2022

Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the “Maxim of Extravagance”

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | September 27, 2022

Kamila Shamsie on Finding the Perfect Writing Space

Kamila Shamsie on Finding the Perfect Writing Space

“Perhaps there is no such thing as my writing space except wherever I happen to find myself.”

By Kamila Shamsie | September 27, 2022

On the Richness of Isaac Babel’s Odessa

On the Richness of Isaac Babel’s Odessa

Read Boris Dralyuk’s New Translation of “Lyubka the Cossack”

By Isaac Babel | September 27, 2022

What <em>Don Quixote</em> Reveals About an Empire At Its Peak

What Don Quixote Reveals About an Empire At Its Peak

Giles Tremlett on the Baroque Decadence of Spain’s Golden Age

By Giles Tremlett | September 27, 2022

Namwali Serpell on the Complex Processes That Create Fiction

Namwali Serpell on the Complex Processes That Create Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Furrows: An Elegy

By Jane Ciabattari | September 27, 2022

Translating in Tandem: A Reading List of Collaborative Translated Literature

Translating in Tandem: A Reading List of Collaborative Translated Literature

Daniel Hahn and Lisa Dillman Recommend Emi Yagi, José Ovejero, Roy Jacobsen, and More

By Daniel Hahn and Lisa Dillman | September 27, 2022

Six Books That Explore Loss Through Poetic Means

Six Books That Explore Loss Through Poetic Means

Juliet Patterson on Picking Up the Pieces with the Help of Literature

By Juliet Patterson | September 27, 2022

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