5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“This savage American novel consumed me, as much as I consumed it.”

By Book Marks | November 14, 2024

My Good Friend’s Partner is a Terrible Writer and I HATE IT: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Good Friend’s Partner is a Terrible Writer and I HATE IT: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | November 14, 2024

Double, Double: On the Unsettling Power of Doppelganger Stories

Double, Double: On the Unsettling Power of Doppelganger Stories

Padma Viswanathan Imagines Radically Different Paths Her Life Could Have Taken

By Padma Viswanathan | November 14, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Ishion Hutchinson Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Ishion Hutchinson Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Susan Stewart, Taban Lo Liyong, Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, and Others

By Diana Arterian | November 14, 2024

Among the Ash Heaps and Millionaires: How <em>The Great Gatsby</em> Changed the Landscape of New York City

Among the Ash Heaps and Millionaires: How The Great Gatsby Changed the Landscape of New York City

John Marsh on Robert Moses, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the Culture of Environmental Waste

By John Marsh | November 13, 2024

A Love Song to the Philippines: The Revolutionary Power of Jessica Hagedorn’s <em>Dogeaters</em>

A Love Song to the Philippines: The Revolutionary Power of Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters

Patrick Rosal’s Introduction to a Formative Filipino American Novel

By Patrick Rosal | November 13, 2024

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Didion and Babitz! John Berger! Sylvia Plath! 24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 12, 2024

Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

By W. Ralph Eubanks | November 12, 2024

The Poet of the Revolution: Read Newly Translated Work by One of Egypt’s Most Prominent Poets, Mostafa Ibrahim

By Literary Hub | November 12, 2024

Marguerite Sheffer on Crafting a Collection of Century-Spanning Speculative Fiction

Marguerite Sheffer on Crafting a Collection of Century-Spanning Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Man in the Banana Trees”

By Jane Ciabattari | November 12, 2024

Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel <em>Bel Canto</em> Twenty Years Later

Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel Bel Canto Twenty Years Later

“Through annotation, I saw patterns in the book I’d scarcely been aware of...”

By Ann Patchett | November 11, 2024

On Poetry as Historical Record, the Legacy of Colonialism, and Depicting Disaster in Verse

On Poetry as Historical Record, the Legacy of Colonialism, and Depicting Disaster in Verse

Dorsía Silva Smith in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | November 11, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“With this sly sleight of hand, Senna deftly scrambles hierarchies of race, class, and culture.”

By Book Marks | November 7, 2024

The Book News is Generally... Good?

The Book News is Generally... Good?

Maris Kreizman Finds Some Silver Linings

By Maris Kreizman | November 7, 2024

“A Chubby-Cheeked, Shabby-Blazered Colossus.” How Dylan Thomas Influenced Generations of Poets

“A Chubby-Cheeked, Shabby-Blazered Colossus.” How Dylan Thomas Influenced Generations of Poets

Dai George Remembers the Inventive Wordplay and Freewheeling Life of a Welsh Literary Giant

By Dai George | November 7, 2024

Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Puerto Ricans, Trump, and the Election

Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Puerto Ricans, Trump, and the Election

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 7, 2024

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