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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A hallucinatory rummaging through the mind of a broken man.”

By Book Marks | January 18, 2024

Former Biden Speechwriter Nate Rawlings on Claudine Gay, Neil Gorsuch, and the Politics of Plagiarism

Former Biden Speechwriter Nate Rawlings on Claudine Gay, Neil Gorsuch, and the Politics of Plagiarism

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 18, 2024

Why Nonfiction Writers Should Try Writing Fiction (and Vice Versa)

Why Nonfiction Writers Should Try Writing Fiction (and Vice Versa)

Abbott Kahler on How Real Life Informs Fiction

By Abbott Kahler | January 17, 2024

The Music of Other Tongues: On Translating Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry

The Music of Other Tongues: On Translating Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry

Mira Rosenthal and Tomasz Różycki Reflect on Two Decades of Literary Collaboration

By Literary Hub | January 17, 2024

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

Jitka Čejková Commemorates the Centennial of Karel Čapek’s R.U.R.

By Jitka Čejková | January 16, 2024

Transcending the Mundane: On Fictional Characters in Search of Utopias

Transcending the Mundane: On Fictional Characters in Search of Utopias

Tara Isabella Burton Recommends R.O. Kwon, David Burr Gerrard, William Morris, and More

By Tara Isabella Burton | January 16, 2024

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An Ode to Acknowledgements

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Taking Down the System, Seductively: On Women Who Use Beauty as Currency

Taking Down the System, Seductively: On Women Who Use Beauty as Currency

Celine Saintclare Recommends Mona Awad, Emma Cline, Frances Cha, and More

By Celine Saintclare | January 12, 2024

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Hisham Matar, Álvaro Enrigue, Rachel Slade, and More

By Book Marks | January 12, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is not a banal sentence or purple patch to be found in this book, which only a poet could have written.”

By Book Marks | January 11, 2024

The Element That Defines America: Ten Great American Poems (and a Whole Book of Poetry) About Fire

The Element That Defines America: Ten Great American Poems (and a Whole Book of Poetry) About Fire

Katie Peterson Recommends Work by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Douglas Kearney, and More

By Katie Peterson | January 11, 2024

Lauren Groff on Opening a Bookstore in Florida

Lauren Groff on Opening a Bookstore in Florida

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 11, 2024

The Shadow Self of Domestic Stories: A Reading List of Novels Set in Hotels

The Shadow Self of Domestic Stories: A Reading List of Novels Set in Hotels

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By Maria Hummel | January 10, 2024

Autofiction Without the Auto: On Javier Cercas’ Outward-Looking, Self-Centered Fiction

Autofiction Without the Auto: On Javier Cercas’ Outward-Looking, Self-Centered Fiction

Bécquer Seguín Considers the Emergence of a New Type of Literature in Post-Franco Spain

By Bécquer Seguín | January 10, 2024

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