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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

“She Is Not Me.” What Reading to Your Children Teaches You About Yourself

“She Is Not Me.” What Reading to Your Children Teaches You About Yourself

Olivia A. Cole on Representation, Parenthood and the Power of Children’s Literature

By Olivia A. Cole | November 14, 2024

Meet the 2024 National Book <Br>Award Finalists

Meet the 2024 National Book
Award Finalists

Quick Questions for the Year's Best Writers, Poets, and Translators

By Literary Hub | November 13, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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

By John Marsh | November 13, 2024

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

By Patrick Rosal | November 13, 2024

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

By Linda Grant | November 13, 2024

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

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

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

“Books and stories can be a light that leads toward the pursuit of truth in what might be dark times.”

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

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

The “Tofranil Poems,” Translated by Abdelrahman ElGendy

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

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Juhea Kim, Daniel M. Lavery, Alan Lightman and More

By Teddy Wayne | 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 Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

On Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

Julian Zabalbeascoa Explores His Family’s Experience of the Spanish Civil War Through Fiction

By Julian Zabalbeascoa | November 11, 2024

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