Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies

Featuring Joy Harjo, Winfred Rembert, Dawn Turner, and more

By Book Marks | September 29, 2021

13 new books to look forward to this week.

13 new books to look forward to this week.

By Katie Yee | September 29, 2021

On Jamaica Kincaid’s Prescient, Unapologetic <em>Lucy</em>

On Jamaica Kincaid’s Prescient, Unapologetic Lucy

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | September 28, 2021

On Loving, Losing, and Returning to Poetry

On Loving, Losing, and Returning to Poetry

Ari Honarvar Traces Her Relationship to Rumi, Her Mother, and Her Persian Identity

By Ari Honarvar | September 28, 2021

What Did Critics Think of Cormac McCarthy’s <em>The Road</em> When It First Came Out?

What Did Critics Think of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road When It First Came Out?

“An exquisitely bleak incantation...” “A little showy, a little glib...”

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

<em>So Many Damn Books</em> on Not Owning That Many Damn Books

So Many Damn Books on Not Owning That Many Damn Books

This Week on the So Many Damn Books Podcast

By So Many Damn Books | September 28, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

By Christopher Sorrentino | September 27, 2021

Sophie Ward on Jane Eyre, Macho Sluts, and To Kill a Mockingbird

By Book Marks | September 27, 2021

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Lauren Arrington on the Poets of Rapallo and Women’s Forgotten Involvement

By Lauren Arrington | September 27, 2021

Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

Megan Milks Recommends Kiese Laymon, Sofia Samatar, and Others

By Megan Milks | September 27, 2021

On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

Casey Kayser Discusses the Barriers that Hold Women Playwrights Back

By Casey Kayser | September 27, 2021

On William Sidney Porter and His Legacy Within the American Short Story

On William Sidney Porter and His Legacy Within the American Short Story

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 27, 2021

Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

By Jonny Diamond | September 24, 2021

Do Fictional Critiques of the Wealthy Ever Really . . . Work?

Do Fictional Critiques of the Wealthy Ever Really . . . Work?

Andrew Martin and Benjamin Nugent Discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald on His Birthday

By Andrew Martin & Benjamin Nugent | September 24, 2021

Centuries Before <em>Fifty Shades</em>, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Centuries Before Fifty Shades, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Leigh Cowart on the Success of Sadomasochistic Books from 1800s Russia to the Present

By Leigh Cowart | September 24, 2021

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