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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Douglas Stuart, Jennifer Egan, Emily St. John Mandel, and more

By Book Marks | April 8, 2022

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Barbara Shulgasser-Parker Illuminates the Perverse Side to the Famed Writer

By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker | April 7, 2022

Chloé Cooper Jones on Self-Erasure, Vulnerability, and Writing About Tennis as a Dodge

Chloé Cooper Jones on Self-Erasure, Vulnerability, and Writing About Tennis as a Dodge

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | April 7, 2022

Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?

Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?

From Beethoven to Leonard Cohen, Susan Cain Wonders About Melancholy and Creativity

By Susan Cain | April 7, 2022

The Power and Necessity of Learning from Books That Reflect Our Communities

The Power and Necessity of Learning from Books That Reflect Our Communities

Luma Mufleh on Designing Culturally Responsive Curricula

By Luma Mufleh | April 7, 2022

Celebrating 100 Episodes of <em>Book Dreams</em> with Book Recs from Past Guests

Celebrating 100 Episodes of Book Dreams with Book Recs from Past Guests

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | April 7, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | April 7, 2022

Scottish university cruelly cancels poor, defenseless, under-read Jane Austen. England panics.

By Jonny Diamond | April 6, 2022

Toward an Alternative Canon of Trauma Literature: A Reading List

By Chantal V. Johnson | April 6, 2022

How Shirley Hughes Captured the Everyday Magic of Childhood

How Shirley Hughes Captured the Everyday Magic of Childhood

Ellen O'Connell Whittet on the Beloved Children's Author

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | April 6, 2022

Welcome to Season 3 of <em>The Cosmic Library</em>

Welcome to Season 3 of The Cosmic Library

Join Us For a Journey Through and Beyond the Hebrew Bible

By The Cosmic Library | April 6, 2022

How Writers Can Best Conceptualize Their Work

How Writers Can Best Conceptualize Their Work

Graeme Simsion on the Key to Developing Engaging Ideas

By Graeme Simsion | April 6, 2022

Morgan Jerkins on Leo Tolstoy, <em>Pachinko</em>, and the sex scene in <em>Sula</em>

Morgan Jerkins on Leo Tolstoy, Pachinko, and the sex scene in Sula

Rapid-fire Book Recs from the Author of Caul Baby

By Book Marks | April 6, 2022

16 hotly-anticipated new books coming out this week.

16 hotly-anticipated new books coming out this week.

By Katie Yee | April 5, 2022

What Can We Learn From the “Life” of the Little Prince?

What Can We Learn From the “Life” of the Little Prince?

Stéphane Garnier on Inner Truth and Lessons From the “Philosopher’s Stone”

By Stéphane Garnier | April 5, 2022

Kaitlyn Greenidge on Toni Morrison, Karen Tei Yamashita, Melissa Broder, and More

Kaitlyn Greenidge on Toni Morrison, Karen Tei Yamashita, Melissa Broder, and More

Rapid-fire Book Recs from the Author of Libertie

By Book Marks | April 5, 2022

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