Archive of the Forgotten: Charles Yu on Jonathan Lethem’s <em>Motherless Brooklyn</em> and <em>The Fortress of Solitude</em>

Archive of the Forgotten: Charles Yu on Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude

“There has always been this energy, back-of-the-store energy... Lethem has channeled that energy.”

By Charles Yu | September 3, 2024

Editing Without Ego: How Katharine S. White Quietly Shaped <em>The New Yorker</em>’s Writers

Editing Without Ego: How Katharine S. White Quietly Shaped The New Yorker’s Writers

Amy Reading on Artistic Collaboration, Egotistical Male Editors, and the Idea of the Genius Editor

By Amy Reading | September 3, 2024

Sounds, Signs, and Elegies: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read This September

Sounds, Signs, and Elegies: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read This September

Rebecca Morgan Frank Recommends Raymond Antrobus, Oliver Baez Bendorf, Kinsale Drake, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | September 3, 2024

Edwidge Danticat! Rachel Kushner! Danzy Senna! 27 new books out today.

Edwidge Danticat! Rachel Kushner! Danzy Senna! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 3, 2024

August’s Best Reviewed Fiction

August’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Jo Hamya, Elif Shafak, Yoko Ogawa, and More

By Book Marks | August 30, 2024

August’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

August’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Christopher Isherwood, Indie Bookstores, Audre Lorde, and More

By Book Marks | August 30, 2024

Best Reviewed
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  • Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Under the Falls
  • The Responsible Party
  • Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art
  • A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • Hocus Pocus
  • Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit

AudioFile’s Most Anticipated Audiobooks of September

By Audiofile Magazine | August 30, 2024

Zadie Smith! Jesmyn Ward! Ben Lerner! Naomi Klein! 26 books out in paperback this September.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 30, 2024

Author Profiles Are No Replacement for Book Criticism But I Love Them Anyway

By Maris Kreizman | August 29, 2024

Smarter Than You Think? On the Literary Side of <em>Friends</em>

Smarter Than You Think? On the Literary Side of Friends

Greg Cwik Examines the Reading Habits in the Iconic 90s Sitcom

By Greg Cwik | August 29, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Just as there is no single method of selling out, there is no single art monster.”

By Book Marks | August 29, 2024

Joshua Kaplan on AP3 and the Future of American Militias

Joshua Kaplan on AP3 and the Future of American Militias

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 29, 2024

The Best Novel About 21st-Century Male Loneliness Was Written in 1989

The Best Novel About 21st-Century Male Loneliness Was Written in 1989

Tobias Carroll on M. John Harrison’s Rock Climbing Novel, “Climbers”

By Tobias Carroll | August 28, 2024

Love in the Time of Hillbilly Elegy: On JD Vance’s Appalachian Grift

Love in the Time of Hillbilly Elegy: On JD Vance’s Appalachian Grift

Justin Wymer Knows a Snake When He Sees One

By Justin Wymer | August 27, 2024

As a Writer, You Can Never Collect Too Many Endings

As a Writer, You Can Never Collect Too Many Endings

Steve Edwards on the Gathering of Life’s Infinite Moments

By Steve Edwards | August 27, 2024

A New Asian American Boom: A Reading List of the Cambodian American Experience

A New Asian American Boom: A Reading List of the Cambodian American Experience

Bunkong Tuon Recommends Anthony Veasna So, Vichet Chum, Sokunthary Svay, and More

By Bunkong Tuon | August 26, 2024

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