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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The narrator’s voice is an extraordinary hybrid of a boy’s plaintive innocence and a man’s wry reflection.”

By Book Marks | January 9, 2025

Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers

Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers

Naomi Day Examines What It’s Like to Be a Black Writer of Speculative Fiction

By Naomi Day | January 9, 2025

I Want to Write About This Jerk Who Ghosted Me: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Want to Write About This Jerk Who Ghosted Me: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | January 9, 2025

Ream Shukairy on Syria After Assad

Ream Shukairy on Syria After Assad

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 9, 2025

Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Irvin Weathersby Jr. on Racist Cops, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the Traumatic Memory of Spending a Night in Chains

By Irvin Weathersby Jr. | January 8, 2025

Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of <em>A Room of One’s Own</em>

Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of A Room of One’s Own

From a New Introduction to Virginia Woolf's Classic, Oft-Misunderstood Essay

By Lauren Groff | January 7, 2025

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By Literary Hub | January 7, 2025

Bylines and Big Edits: How a Career in Journalism Taught Elizabeth Harris the Techniques of Fiction

By Elizabeth Harris | January 7, 2025

Zora Neale Hurston! The real-life Hester Prynne! Y2K! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 7, 2025

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

The Author of “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children” in Conversation with Sandra Guzmán

By Sandra Guzmán | January 3, 2025

Deer! Dystopia! Patrick Stewart! MLK’s definitive bio! 21 books out in paperback this January.

Deer! Dystopia! Patrick Stewart! MLK’s definitive bio! 21 books out in paperback this January.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 3, 2025

Fighting for Book Workers’ Rights, Battling Book Bans, and Other Literary Resolutions For 2025

Fighting for Book Workers’ Rights, Battling Book Bans, and Other Literary Resolutions For 2025

Maris Kreizman Looks Ahead to the New Year

By Maris Kreizman | January 2, 2025

Jane Austen! Zora Neale Hurston! Hanif Kureishi! 27 New Paperbacks Out This January.

Jane Austen! Zora Neale Hurston! Hanif Kureishi! 27 New Paperbacks Out This January.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 2, 2025

20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2025

20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2025

Looking Ahead to the Year’s SFF Offerings From Amal el-Mohtar, Daryl Gregory, Katherine Addison, R.F. Kuang, and Many More

By Natalie Zutter | January 2, 2025

A Constant Reinvention of Language: Looking Ahead to 2025 in Poetry

A Constant Reinvention of Language: Looking Ahead to 2025 in Poetry

Rebecca Morgan Frank and Christopher Spaide Showcase Some of This Year's Most Exciting Forthcoming Titles

By Literary Hub | January 2, 2025

The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of 2025

The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of 2025

Caroline Carlson Asks Dahlia Adler, Jashar Awan, Rachel Ekstrom Courage and Others About The KidLit They're Most Looking Forward To This Year

By Caroline Carlson | January 2, 2025

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