5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It was a source of some annoyance to Charles Portis that Shakespeare never wrote about Arkansas.”

By Book Marks | April 13, 2023

A Feminist Before Feminism: A Reading List in Honor of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Boston

A Feminist Before Feminism: A Reading List in Honor of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Boston

Emily Franklin Recommends Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, and More

By Emily Franklin | April 13, 2023

Jinwoo Chong on Taking Three Years to Outline His Novel (and Four Months to Draft It)

Jinwoo Chong on Taking Three Years to Outline His Novel (and Four Months to Draft It)

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 13, 2023

22 (More) Adaptations Better Than the Books They’re Based On

22 (More) Adaptations Better Than the Books They’re Based On

We Asked, You Answered

By Literary Hub | April 12, 2023

The Patterns of Poetry: On the Mathematical and Poetic Value of Numbers

The Patterns of Poetry: On the Mathematical and Poetic Value of Numbers

Sarah Hart Explores the Intersection of Math and Literature

By Sarah Hart | April 12, 2023

Taking Care: Gina Chung on Fostering a Long-Haul Creative Practice

Taking Care: Gina Chung on Fostering a Long-Haul Creative Practice

In Conversation with Guest Host Mira Jacob on Thresholds

By Thresholds | April 12, 2023

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

Alexandra Robbins Wants More Books Written From the Teacher’s Point of View

By Alexandra Robbins | April 12, 2023

Joanna Margaret Reads from Her Debut Novel The Bequest

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | April 12, 2023

Juliette Fay on Writing Complex Older Protagonists

By Juliette Fay | April 12, 2023

Losing My Hearing Showed Me a New Way to Write About the Self

Losing My Hearing Showed Me a New Way to Write About the Self

John Cotter on the Difficulties of Capturing Silence

By John Cotter | April 11, 2023

“There is So Much Material Within the Human Race.” Tara Conklin on Writing Funny

“There is So Much Material Within the Human Race.” Tara Conklin on Writing Funny

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 11, 2023

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers 7 Questions No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers 7 Questions No Wrong Answers

Featuring Gina Chung, Katherine Heiny, Brendan Slocumb and More!

By Teddy Wayne | April 11, 2023

Is <em>Persuasion</em> the Perfect Novel?

Is Persuasion the Perfect Novel?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 11, 2023

25 new books coming out today.

25 new books coming out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 11, 2023

Jinwoo Chong on Executing an Ambitious Book Project

Jinwoo Chong on Executing an Ambitious Book Project

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

By Memoir Nation | April 11, 2023

“It Was a Skeleton of a Book.” Marisa Crane on World-Building in Their Debut Novel 

“It Was a Skeleton of a Book.” Marisa Crane on World-Building in Their Debut Novel 

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

By I'm a Writer But | April 11, 2023

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