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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Why do we need to see writers (or anyone) at their most open and despairing to be convinced that they are also human?”

By Book Marks | April 24, 2025

Jodie Hare on the Politics of Neurodiversity

Jodie Hare on the Politics of Neurodiversity

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 24, 2025

Lucia Berlin vs. Raymond Carver: <BR>Who Is the Real Patron Saint of Realism?

Lucia Berlin vs. Raymond Carver:
Who Is the Real Patron Saint of Realism?

Or, Who We [Should] Talk About When We Talk About Realism

By Julien C. Levy | April 23, 2025

Writing With Four Hands: Anne and Claire Berest on Writing a Novel Together as Sisters

Writing With Four Hands: Anne and Claire Berest on Writing a Novel Together as Sisters

A Conversation Between the Authors of “Gabriële” (As Translated by Michael Reynolds)

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2025

The Acid Queen: Rosemary Woodruff Leary, the Invisible Woman of Western Psychedelia

The Acid Queen: Rosemary Woodruff Leary, the Invisible Woman of Western Psychedelia

Susannah Cahalan on the Disappearing Acts and Unseen Influences of Timothy Leary’s Wife

By Susannah Cahalan | April 23, 2025

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> on How Dostoevsky’s Fiction Surpassed Dostoevsky

The Cosmic Library on How Dostoevsky’s Fiction Surpassed Dostoevsky

Featuring Andrew Martin, Katherine Bowers, and more

By The Cosmic Library | April 23, 2025

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  • Etna
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  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything
  • The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • The Blue Flame

Radhika Jones on Change

By The Critic and Her Publics | April 22, 2025

The Quiet Trauma of the Uprooted: Confronting the Origin Myths of Cuban Refugee Families

By Ana Hebra Flaster | April 22, 2025

Words as Borders, Weapons, Traps: Sarah Aziza on Being a Palestinian Writer Today

By Sarah Aziza | April 22, 2025

Lydia Millet on the Challenges of Writing In the Here and Now

Lydia Millet on the Challenges of Writing In the Here and Now

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of "Atavists"

By Jane Ciabattari | April 22, 2025

A Mystic, a Poet, an Old Friend: Haleh Liza Gafori on the Enduring Power of Rumi

A Mystic, a Poet, an Old Friend: Haleh Liza Gafori on the Enduring Power of Rumi

“In the midst of life’s challenges, his lines are lifelines.”

By Haleh Liza Gafori | April 22, 2025

Put Your Butt in the Chair: Inside the Simple Alchemy of Making Art

Put Your Butt in the Chair: Inside the Simple Alchemy of Making Art

Elisha Cooper Shares His Creative Routine and Why It Works For Him

By Elisha Cooper | April 21, 2025

Of Malady and Mortality: Five Books to Read When Your Spouse Is Diagnosed with Cancer

Of Malady and Mortality: Five Books to Read When Your Spouse Is Diagnosed with Cancer

Ariel Gore Recommends Audre Lorde, Barbara Ehrenreich, Teva Harrison, and More

By Ariel Gore | April 21, 2025

“Indian Hockey Kicks Ass.” On Finding Meaning in Another Nation’s Pastime

“Indian Hockey Kicks Ass.” On Finding Meaning in Another Nation’s Pastime

Kyle Edwards on Writing Fiction Inspired by the Struggles and Hopes of Canada’s Indigenous Nations

By Kyle Edwards | April 21, 2025

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Series Editor Jenny Minton Quigley on the Timeless Power of Channeling Truth Through Imagination

By Jenny Minton Quigley | April 21, 2025

Is Translating Your Own Writing Really “Translation”?

Is Translating Your Own Writing Really “Translation”?

Sibila Petlevski: “I have no pretension to speak on behalf of nature, but rather I let the green of the leaves speak for me.”

By Sibila Petlevski | April 21, 2025

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