5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Kafka seems both genius and ingenue, and the contradiction brings him closer to us.”

By Book Marks | May 2, 2024

I Don’t Want to Talk to My Coworker About Their Stupid Writing: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Don’t Want to Talk to My Coworker About Their Stupid Writing: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 2, 2024

Professors, Priests, Provosts, Manholes, and More: 7 Poetry Books to Read This May

Professors, Priests, Provosts, Manholes, and More: 7 Poetry Books to Read This May

Rebecca Morgan Frank Recommends Catherine Barnett, Jeremy Michael Clark, Ann Jäderlund, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | May 2, 2024

Boel Westin on Tove Jansson

Boel Westin on Tove Jansson

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 2, 2024

Paul Auster has died at age 77.

Paul Auster has died at age 77.

By Jonny Diamond | May 1, 2024

Hero of a Cult of One: On Loving Cormac McCarthy’s Early Work

Hero of a Cult of One: On Loving Cormac McCarthy’s Early Work

Jason K. Friedman Considers the Enduring Creative Influence of a Now-Beloved American Writer

By Jason K. Friedman | May 1, 2024

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Zombies, Zmora, and Zo Much More: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter | May 1, 2024

Lorrie Moore! Drew Gilpin Faust! Gay lit galore! 27 books out in paperback this May.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 1, 2024

The Cosmic Library Reads Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Wakefield"

By The Cosmic Library | May 1, 2024

Rachel Khong on the Power and Potential of Not Knowing

Rachel Khong on the Power and Potential of Not Knowing

Nicole Chung Talks to the Author of “Real Americans”

By Nicole Chung | April 30, 2024

Dorothy Chan! Erik Larson! Aimee Nezhukumatathil! 20 new books out today.

Dorothy Chan! Erik Larson! Aimee Nezhukumatathil! 20 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 30, 2024

An (Ongoing) Taxonomy of the Sad Rich Girls of Literature

An (Ongoing) Taxonomy of the Sad Rich Girls of Literature

Sanibel Lazar Proposes a System of Classification for Unhappy Endings Born of Blessed Circumstances

By Sanibel | April 29, 2024

Closing the Literary Circle: Marc Berley on Editing the Work of Gordon Lish

Closing the Literary Circle: Marc Berley on Editing the Work of Gordon Lish

"No one, I learned, appreciates the care and effort of an editor more than Lish."

By Marc Berley | April 29, 2024

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of April

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of April

The Month in Listening Literarily

By Audiofile Magazine | April 29, 2024

Anne Lamott on Secrets

Anne Lamott on Secrets

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 29, 2024

Elwin Cotman on Creating New Forms

Elwin Cotman on Creating New Forms

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | April 29, 2024

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