17 new books to invigorate your December reading.

17 new books to invigorate your December reading.

By Katie Yee | December 6, 2022

In <em>The Super 8 Years</em>, Annie Ernaux Drifts Between Domesticity and Creativity

In The Super 8 Years, Annie Ernaux Drifts Between Domesticity and Creativity

Julia Sirmons on Maternal Performance and the Growth of an Artist, Captured in Family Home Movies

By Julia Sirmons | December 6, 2022

Writing the Historical Mystery Novel: Jane Smiley Explains Her Process

Writing the Historical Mystery Novel: Jane Smiley Explains Her Process

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of A Dangerous Business

By Jane Ciabattari | December 6, 2022

On the Haunting Quality of Stefan Zweig’s <em>Chess Story</em>

On the Haunting Quality of Stefan Zweig’s Chess Story

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | December 6, 2022

Dear Blank Space: A Literacy Narrative

Dear Blank Space: A Literacy Narrative

Jennifer S. Cheng on the "Distance Between a Sound and its Meaning"

By Jennifer S. Cheng | December 6, 2022

Sarah Manguso is Not Interested in Wasting Words

Sarah Manguso is Not Interested in Wasting Words

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

By Memoir Nation | December 6, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Silver Book
  • The Land in Winter
  • Evensong
  • Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
  • The History of Money: A Story of Humanity
  • The American Revolution: An Intimate History

Talking to Robin Miles About the 2022 Best History and Biography Audiobooks

By Behind the Mic | December 6, 2022

The Best Audiobooks of 2022

By Book Marks | December 6, 2022

How Language Can Be Used to Destroy and Dominate, and How It Can Be Used to Remember and Reclaim

By Jake Skeets | December 5, 2022

<em>Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio</em> Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Jonathan Russell Clark on Fascists, Fathers, and Federico Fellini

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 5, 2022

On Teaching and Learning the Language of Care

On Teaching and Learning the Language of Care

Amanda Parrish Morgan on Her First Years in the Classroom

By Amanda Parrish Morgan | December 5, 2022

“She Could Already Feel Herself as Being Part of the Next World.” Morowa Yejidé on the Interplay Between Life and Death

“She Could Already Feel Herself as Being Part of the Next World.” Morowa Yejidé on the Interplay Between Life and Death

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 5, 2022

December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Head Into the Holidays with Translations, Prequels, and Debuts from Bora Chung, Mercedes Lackey, and More

By Book Marks | December 2, 2022

’Tis the Season: What 80s Mall Movies Tell Us About an Enduring Site of American Tension

’Tis the Season: What 80s Mall Movies Tell Us About an Enduring Site of American Tension

Sara Bernstein Surveys a Beloved Oeuvre

By Sara Tatyana Bernstein | December 2, 2022

Interview with Joniece Abbott-Pratt: 2022 Best Fiction Audiobooks

Interview with Joniece Abbott-Pratt: 2022 Best Fiction Audiobooks

Discussing Leila Mottley’s Nightcrawlings

By Behind the Mic | December 2, 2022

Yusef Komunyakaa on the Genius and Contradictions of Etheridge Knight

Yusef Komunyakaa on the Genius and Contradictions of Etheridge Knight

“Here’s a poet who possessed a genius for surviving the harsh realities of America.”

By Yusef Komunyakaa | December 2, 2022

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