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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Ryan Ruby on a Moby-Dick Sequel, Pico Iyer on a Pilot's Memoir, Marie-Helene Bertino on a Tale of Vanishing Mothers, and more

By Book Marks | June 30, 2022

In One of Her Last Interviews, Joan Didion Talks to Hari Kunzru About Loss, <em>Blue Nights</em>, and Giving Up the Yellow Corvette

In One of Her Last Interviews, Joan Didion Talks to Hari Kunzru About Loss, Blue Nights, and Giving Up the Yellow Corvette

“Something happened—the ease of my relationship with language disappeared.”

By Hari Kunzru | June 29, 2022

Writing Into the Future: What Motherhood and Creativity Have in Common

Writing Into the Future: What Motherhood and Creativity Have in Common

Alexis Schaitkin on Bringing Babies and Novels Into the World

By Alexis Schaitkin | June 29, 2022

A “Chinese Borges” wrote millions of words of fake Russian history on Wikipedia for a decade.

A “Chinese Borges” wrote millions of words of fake Russian history on Wikipedia for a decade.

By Jonny Diamond | June 28, 2022

19 new books to read in the safety of an air-conditioned room.

19 new books to read in the safety of an air-conditioned room.

By Katie Yee | June 28, 2022

WATCH: Adam Schiff on How Fiction Can Help Us Understand Political Turmoil

WATCH: Adam Schiff on How Fiction Can Help Us Understand Political Turmoil

The California Congressman is Worried About American Democracy

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 28, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

Revisiting Tracy Flick 30 Years Later: Tom Perrotta Talks to Emma Straub

By Literary Hub | June 28, 2022

Joseph Han on American Imperialism and the Korean Forever War

By Jane Ciabattari | June 28, 2022

Samantha Allen on Writing the Sasquatch Slasher Novel the World Needs Right Now

By Samantha Allen | June 28, 2022

Andrew Lipstein on Pseudonyms, Failure, and How to Make a Plot Move

Andrew Lipstein on Pseudonyms, Failure, and How to Make a Plot Move

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | June 28, 2022

Why Elaine Hsieh Chou Wrote Her Novel (from Scratch!) Three Times

Why Elaine Hsieh Chou Wrote Her Novel (from Scratch!) Three Times

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | June 28, 2022

Does Artificial Intelligence Really Have the Potential to Create Transformative Art?

Does Artificial Intelligence Really Have the Potential to Create Transformative Art?

Stephen Marche on the Possible Futures of Machine Creativity

By Stephen Marche | June 27, 2022

The Unnoticed Generation: How Russian Writers in Paris Grappled With the Complexities of Life Between the Wars

The Unnoticed Generation: How Russian Writers in Paris Grappled With the Complexities of Life Between the Wars

Bryan Karetnyk on Translating the Work of Yuri Felsen

By Bryan Karetnyk | June 27, 2022

Let’s Enjoy Books Where Characters Are Openly Queer

Let’s Enjoy Books Where Characters Are Openly Queer

McKayla Coyle Curates a Queer Fantasy Reading List

By McKayla Coyle | June 27, 2022

Mark Kyungsoo Bias on How Hip-Hop Influences His Poetry

Mark Kyungsoo Bias on How Hip-Hop Influences His Poetry

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | June 27, 2022

Is <em>Moby-Dick</em> a Fantasy Novel?

Is Moby-Dick a Fantasy Novel?

Explore Genre This Season on Literary Disco

By Literary Disco | June 27, 2022

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