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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Vivian Gornick on Janet Malcolm’s Posthumous Memoir, Reginald Dwayne Betts on an Oral History of Rikers, and More

By Book Marks | February 23, 2023

Everything You Need to Know About Polarizing British-Irish Filmmaker Martin McDonagh

Everything You Need to Know About Polarizing British-Irish Filmmaker Martin McDonagh

Why Do People Love Him? Why Do People Hate Him? Does He Have a Famous Girlfriend?

By Dan Sheehan | February 23, 2023

Delia Cai on the Gift That Immigrant Parents Give Their Children

Delia Cai on the Gift That Immigrant Parents Give Their Children

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 23, 2023

Poet Anthony Anaxagorou on Language and the Interaction of Colonialism and Patriarchy

Poet Anthony Anaxagorou on Language and the Interaction of Colonialism and Patriarchy

The Author of Heritage Aesthetics in Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | February 23, 2023

The Struggle is Real: A Reading List of Messy, (Es)Strange(d), Surreal Families

The Struggle is Real: A Reading List of Messy, (Es)Strange(d), Surreal Families

J.A. Tyler Recommends Tim O’Brien, Peter Markus, Alison Bechdel, and More

By J. A. Tyler | February 23, 2023

London Bookseller James Gilbert on the Art of Recommending Books

London Bookseller James Gilbert on the Art of Recommending Books

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | February 23, 2023

Best Reviewed
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  • 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

“A Character’s Real Interiority is Often the Fuel.” Rebecca Makkai on Slowing Down to Build Momentum

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 22, 2023

On Fleishman Is in Trouble and the Sex and the City Problem

By Rebecca Ackermann | February 22, 2023

From Ghostbusters to H.P. Lovecraft: A Cultural History of Slime

By Susanne Wedlich | February 22, 2023

Untangling the Wolf: Erica Berry on Fairytales, Fear, and Dismantling Narratives

Untangling the Wolf: Erica Berry on Fairytales, Fear, and Dismantling Narratives

Martha Anne Toll Talks to the Author of Wolfish

By Martha Anne Toll | February 22, 2023

12 new books to get your hands on this week.

12 new books to get your hands on this week.

By Katie Yee | February 21, 2023

The Battle for the Black Soul: On the Poetic Embodiment of the Black Preacher

The Battle for the Black Soul: On the Poetic Embodiment of the Black Preacher

Gregory Pardlo Contextualizes James Weldon Johnson’s God’s Trombones for the Contemporary Era

By Gregory Pardlo | February 21, 2023

Matthew Salesses: Setting Restrictions Leads You to Narrative Possibilities

Matthew Salesses: Setting Restrictions Leads You to Narrative Possibilities

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 21, 2023

Jai Chakrabarti on Fostering Community Through Storytelling

Jai Chakrabarti on Fostering Community Through Storytelling

The Author of A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | February 21, 2023

Louise Dennys: Stories from a Publishing Legend

Louise Dennys: Stories from a Publishing Legend

This Week on Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | February 21, 2023

“I Start, You Finish.” Nita Prose on Letting the Reader Fill in the Blanks

“I Start, You Finish.” Nita Prose on Letting the Reader Fill in the Blanks

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | February 21, 2023

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