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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Of new books by Elif Batuman, Gary Indiana, Patrick McCabe, and more

By Book Marks | April 21, 2022

WATCH: Colleen Kinder and Friends Present <em>Letter to a Stranger</em>

WATCH: Colleen Kinder and Friends Present Letter to a Stranger

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | April 21, 2022

Asadollah Amraee and Arezoo Salari on the Process of Translating <em>The Elephant of Belfast</em> and Its Resonance in Iran

Asadollah Amraee and Arezoo Salari on the Process of Translating The Elephant of Belfast and Its Resonance in Iran

S. Kirk Walsh Talks to the Iranian Translators of Her Novel

By S. Kirk Walsh | April 21, 2022

On Fictionalizing the Long-Suppressed and Complicated Histories of Holland and Indonesia

On Fictionalizing the Long-Suppressed and Complicated Histories of Holland and Indonesia

Anne Lazurko Explores Colonialism, Revolution, and Family

By Anne Lazurko | April 21, 2022

Austin Kleon on Asking the Right Questions

Austin Kleon on Asking the Right Questions

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | April 21, 2022

Lauren Groff has won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

Lauren Groff has won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

By Emily Firetog | April 20, 2022

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How the Book Industry Turns Its Own Racism into a Marketable Product

By Tajja Isen | April 20, 2022

Jesymn Ward on Discovering for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

By Jesmyn Ward | April 20, 2022

On Writing a Social Novel, Giving Clear Feedback, and Outlasting Doubt

By Literary Hub | April 20, 2022

22 new books to keep an eye out for this week.

22 new books to keep an eye out for this week.

By Katie Yee | April 19, 2022

Emily St. John Mandel on the Narrative Possibilities of Time Travel

Emily St. John Mandel on the Narrative Possibilities of Time Travel

The Author of Sea of Tranquility Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | April 19, 2022

How Did Shakespeare Kill (And Heal) His Characters?

How Did Shakespeare Kill (And Heal) His Characters?

Kathryn Harkup on the Many Ways To Live and Die on the Elizabethan Stage

By Kathryn Harkup | April 19, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tajja Isen is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tajja Isen is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | April 19, 2022

Rules, Rituals, and Laws of Emotion in the Hebrew Bible

Rules, Rituals, and Laws of Emotion in the Hebrew Bible

From Season 3 of The Cosmic Library Podcast

By The Cosmic Library | April 19, 2022

The Bardo of Widowhood: Considering Kathryn Davis’s Meditations on Grief

The Bardo of Widowhood: Considering Kathryn Davis’s Meditations on Grief

Howard Norman Reads Aurelia, Aurélia

By Howard Norman | April 18, 2022

Where Are All the Matriarchies in Fiction?

Where Are All the Matriarchies in Fiction?

G.R. Macallister on a Curiously Neglected Subgenre

By G.R. Macallister | April 18, 2022

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