Blood on All Our Hands: Gunnhild Øyehaug on Adania Shibli’s <em>Minor Detail</em>

Blood on All Our Hands: Gunnhild Øyehaug on Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail

“The book had overwhelmed me, among other things, because of this: shame at how little I actually knew.”

By Gunnhild Øyehaug | February 12, 2024

“A Thousand Eulogies Are Exported to the Comma.” Of Syntax and Genocide

“A Thousand Eulogies Are Exported to the Comma.” Of Syntax and Genocide

Nicki Kattoura on the Impossibility of Writing About the Destruction of Gaza

By Nicki Kattoura | February 12, 2024

Stories That Astonish and Take Risks: Ten New Children’s Books Out in February

Stories That Astonish and Take Risks: Ten New Children’s Books Out in February

Caroline Carlson Recommends Katherine Marsh, Zohreh Ghahremani, Adam Gidwitz, and More

By Caroline Carlson | February 12, 2024

Jordan Pérez on Understanding Womanhood Through Nature and Learning Poetic Restraint

Jordan Pérez on Understanding Womanhood Through Nature and Learning Poetic Restraint

The Author of “Santa Tarantula” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Jordan Pérez | February 12, 2024

Less is More: Shannon Reed on Re-Learning How to Read

Less is More: Shannon Reed on Re-Learning How to Read

“Reading is no longer a race that I might win, but a lifelong companion.”

By Shannon Reed | February 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 Sheila Heti, Francis Spufford, The Bee Gees, and More

By Book Marks | February 9, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Mass Mothering
  • Autobiography of Cotton
  • Good People
  • Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
  • The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

The Physics of Fiction: How Art and Science Inspire Each Other

By Paul Halpern | February 9, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | February 8, 2024

Jacinda Townsend and James Bernard Short on American Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 8, 2024

Yiyun Li on Georges Bernanos’ <em>Mouchette</em>

Yiyun Li on Georges Bernanos’ Mouchette

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 7, 2024

Between Tragedy and Wit: Andrew Ewell on William Styron’s Classic, <em>Sophie’s Choice</em>

Between Tragedy and Wit: Andrew Ewell on William Styron’s Classic, Sophie’s Choice

“Styron reminds us that storytelling isn’t an intrusion upon the lives of others, but is in fact an affirmation of all that which connects us.”

By Andrew Ewell | February 7, 2024

Adhaar Noor Desai on Analyzing Shakespeare's Manuscripts

Adhaar Noor Desai on Analyzing Shakespeare's Manuscripts

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | February 7, 2024

Faith, Witches, Grief, and Smoke: New Poetry Books to Read in February

Faith, Witches, Grief, and Smoke: New Poetry Books to Read in February

David Woo Recommends Seven Collections to Add to Your TBR

By David Woo | February 6, 2024

Margaret Atwood! Anne Carson! Robot writers! 24 new books out today.

Margaret Atwood! Anne Carson! Robot writers! 24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 6, 2024

Vengeful Goddesses, Panther Zorro, and Time Travel Valleys: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Vengeful Goddesses, Panther Zorro, and Time Travel Valleys: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Mysteries and Adventures from Robert Jackson Bennett, Jeff Noon, Melissa Albert, and More

By Natalie Zutter | February 5, 2024

Writing Ugly: Kirsty Gunn on Novelist Rosalind Belben’s Unappealing Appeal

Writing Ugly: Kirsty Gunn on Novelist Rosalind Belben’s Unappealing Appeal

“This writer wants to show us that the ugly side of life is life’s necessary hemisphere.”

By Kirsty Gunn | February 5, 2024

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