The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, November Edition

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, November Edition

Featuring Barack Obama, Celia Paul, a Vermeer Thief, and More

By Book Marks | November 25, 2020

Announcing <em>Reading Women</em>’s 2020 Fiction Award Shortlist

Announcing Reading Women’s 2020 Fiction Award Shortlist

Brit Bennett, Bernardine Evaristo, Susan Abulhawa, and More

By Reading Women | November 25, 2020

<em>So Many Damn Books</em> Has Some Ideas for Your Holiday Wishlist

So Many Damn Books Has Some Ideas for Your Holiday Wishlist

Chris and Drew Open the Phone Lines for a
Recommendation Extravaganza

By So Many Damn Books | November 25, 2020

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, November Edition

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, November Edition

Featuring art thieves, Nazi-resistors, medieval scientists, and more

By Book Marks | November 24, 2020

Wayne Macauley on <br>Gerald Murnane's Most Memorable Book

Wayne Macauley on
Gerald Murnane's Most Memorable Book

Considering "Cultural Cringe" and the Issue of Literary Influence

By Wayne Macauley | November 24, 2020

On Arnold Lobel's Preoccupation With Solitude in <em>Frog and Toad</em>

On Arnold Lobel's Preoccupation With Solitude in Frog and Toad

From Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | November 24, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
  • Under Water
  • Paradiso 17
  • The Plans I Have for You
  • In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment
  • Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

When Adrienne Rich Refused The National Book Award

By Hilary Holladay | November 23, 2020

Danger and Depth in Literary Thrillers: This Month's Audiobook Recommendations

By James Tate Hill | November 23, 2020

What Happened to the Classic Western? It Got Better

By History of Literature | November 23, 2020

David Rieff on Anguish and Suffering in Susan Taubes's <em>Divorcing</em>

David Rieff on Anguish and Suffering in Susan Taubes's Divorcing

"She was far more than the doomed artist."

By David Rieff | November 20, 2020

What Sets Prose Poetry Apart from the Lyric?

What Sets Prose Poetry Apart from the Lyric?

Two Poets on the Mystery and Concreteness of the Prosaic

By Paul Hetherington and Cassandra Atherton | November 20, 2020

A Literary History of the Writerly Love Affair with Bookstores

A Literary History of the Writerly Love Affair with Bookstores

Jorge Carrión: All Bookshops Are Local and Global

By Jorge Carrión | November 19, 2020

Ann Quin: Understated, Tragic Innovator of the British Novel

Ann Quin: Understated, Tragic Innovator of the British Novel

Brian Evenson Looks at Quin's Second Novel, Three

By Brian Evenson | November 19, 2020

How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

Julia Alvarez on Voyage in the Dark

By Julia Alvarez | November 18, 2020

The Intergenerational Kindred Spirits in <em>Pictures of Hollis Woods</em>

The Intergenerational Kindred Spirits in Pictures of Hollis Woods

This Week on The NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | November 18, 2020

What Makes a Great <br>American Essay?

What Makes a Great
American Essay?

Talking to Phillip Lopate About Thwarted Expectations, Emerson, and the 21st-Century Essay Boom

By Phillip Lopate | November 17, 2020

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