Pantheons of the Past in the Present: A Reading List of Modern African Books Based on Mythology

Pantheons of the Past in the Present: A Reading List of Modern African Books Based on Mythology

Wole Talabi Recommends Namina Forna, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, and More

By Wole Talabi | November 3, 2023

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 Carlo Rovelli, Tananarive Due, Alice McDermott, Caster Semenya, and More

By Book Marks | November 3, 2023

Love and Looking: On What We (Don't) See Together

Love and Looking: On What We (Don't) See Together

Devorah Baum Considers the Role of Observation in Art and Romance

By Devorah Baum | November 2, 2023

Jesse David Fox On Cheap Laughs

Jesse David Fox On Cheap Laughs

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | November 2, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"By revisiting and retelling the same stories from her past, she shows that any given account is incomplete."

By Book Marks | November 2, 2023

Shir Alon and Joseph Farag on Palestinian Literature

Shir Alon and Joseph Farag on Palestinian Literature

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 2, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Silvia Garcia-Moreno on Dracula’s Depictions and Descendants

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia | October 31, 2023

On The Many Hauntings of Langston Hughes

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 31, 2023

“A monster can look like whatever it wants”: On the Allure of Literary Monsters

By Adrian Van Young | October 31, 2023

The Scariest, Creepiest, and Most Frightening Animals in Fiction

The Scariest, Creepiest, and Most Frightening Animals in Fiction

Justin C. Key Finds the Best (or Worst?) in Horror

By Justin C Key | October 31, 2023

Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

Tyler Malone on the Canker in the Classroom

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2023

A Master Class in Words: On the Vitality and Vividness of <em>The Iliad</em>'s Opening Lines

A Master Class in Words: On the Vitality and Vividness of The Iliad's Opening Lines

Robin Lane Fox Considers the Movement of Homer's Epic

By Robin Lane Fox | October 30, 2023

America's First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

America's First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 30, 2023

October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring New Titles by Safiya Sinclair, Nathan Thrall, Hilary Mantel, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2023

October's Best Reviewed Fiction

October's Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Jhumpa Lahiri, Teju Cole, Benjamín Labatut, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2023

Molly McGhee on the Importance of Acknowledgments

Molly McGhee on the Importance of Acknowledgments

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 26, 2023

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