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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“By weaving in folklore and ample wonder, Obreht gives her climate fiction ancient roots.”

By Book Marks | March 21, 2024

Time-Slips and Body Hopping: Eight Great Novels of Time Travel

Time-Slips and Body Hopping: Eight Great Novels of Time Travel

James Goodhand Recommends Kate Atkinson, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Georgi Gospodinov, and More

By James Goodhand | March 21, 2024

Telling Everything All at Once: A Conversation with Michael Ondaatje

Telling Everything All at Once: A Conversation with Michael Ondaatje

Howard Norman Talks to Poet-Cum-Novelist About His First Collection in 25 Years

By Howard Norman | March 20, 2024

I Could Have Been Harsher: Lauren Oyler on Judging and Being Judged

I Could Have Been Harsher: Lauren Oyler on Judging and Being Judged

The Author of “No Judgment” Talks With Janet Manley About Intellectual Anxiety

By Janet Manley | March 20, 2024

“The Act of Writing is a Haunting Experience.” A Roundtable on Community, Craft, and Ghosts

“The Act of Writing is a Haunting Experience.” A Roundtable on Community, Craft, and Ghosts

Jenny Irish Talks with Her Former Students, Writers Kalani Pickhart, Winslow Schmelling, Christina D’Antoni, and Arya Naidu

By Literary Hub | March 20, 2024

Colorism, Code-Switching, and Shapeshifting: Readings on Biracial Identity

Colorism, Code-Switching, and Shapeshifting: Readings on Biracial Identity

Ela Lee Recommends Celeste Ng, Brit Bennett, Ella King, and More

By Ela Lee | March 20, 2024

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J. Edward Chamberlin on How Words Shape Our World

By History of Literature | March 20, 2024

Why a New Adaptation of The Master and Margarita is Setting Russian Society Aflame

By Cameron Manley | March 19, 2024

Percival Everett! Téa Obreht! Michael Ondaatje! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 19, 2024

What Elizabeth Bishop and Marianne Moore Learned From Each Other

What Elizabeth Bishop and Marianne Moore Learned From Each Other

Rachel Cohen on an Epistolary Friendship Between Two Giants of American Poetry

By Rachel Cohen | March 19, 2024

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Writing in Times of Sickness and Health

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Writing in Times of Sickness and Health

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Tree Doctor”

By Jane Ciabattari | March 19, 2024

Marriage Plots Are Soooo Last Season: 8 Novels About Divorce

Marriage Plots Are Soooo Last Season: 8 Novels About Divorce

Rowan Beaird Recommends James Salter, Katie Kitamura, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and More

By Rowan Beaird | March 19, 2024

30 New Books Critics Think You Should Read Right Now

30 New Books Critics Think You Should Read Right Now

NBCC Board Members Review This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists

By Literary Hub | March 18, 2024

How Translating a Novel About Emily Dickinson Got Rhonda Mullins Through the Pandemic

How Translating a Novel About Emily Dickinson Got Rhonda Mullins Through the Pandemic

On Dominique Fortier's “Pale Shadows,” the Frictionlessness of Death, and More

By Rhonda Mullins | March 18, 2024

Writer, Woman, Playwright, Spy: How Espionage Influenced Aphra Behn’s Writing

Writer, Woman, Playwright, Spy: How Espionage Influenced Aphra Behn’s Writing

Valorie Castellanos Clark on the Covert Quests of the First Woman to Make a Living Writing in English

By Valorie Castellanos Clark | March 18, 2024

Between Assimilation and Authenticity: On Navigating Discourses Around Asian American Literary Identity

Between Assimilation and Authenticity: On Navigating Discourses Around Asian American Literary Identity

Laura Chow Reeve Considers Her Great Aunt Virginia Lee's Novel, “The House That Tai Ming Built”

By Laura Chow Reeve | March 18, 2024

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