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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“When I put down the book, I felt I was waking after a vivid, portentous dream.”

By Book Marks | June 1, 2023

Cancel Club: Jane Roper on Online Shame, Responsibility, and Fame

Cancel Club: Jane Roper on Online Shame, Responsibility, and Fame

Jane Roper in Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 1, 2023

The Lesser-Known Novel of the 1950s That Presaged Queer Liberation

The Lesser-Known Novel of the 1950s That Presaged Queer Liberation

Cat Sebastian on the Unexpected Power of Mary Renault’s The Charioteer

By Cat Sebastian | June 1, 2023

Boundaries Dissolve: Joanna Biggs on Reading Ferrante With Other Women

Boundaries Dissolve: Joanna Biggs on Reading Ferrante With Other Women

“Things fall apart, but the reader never loses hope.”

By Joanna Biggs | June 1, 2023

From the Ashes of Failure: On Cary Grant, Crop Dusters, and Character Arcs

From the Ashes of Failure: On Cary Grant, Crop Dusters, and Character Arcs

Meg Shaffer Considers How Hitchcock Needed North by Northwest to Be a Hit

By Meg Shaffer | June 1, 2023

From a Toxic Set of Norms: Maureen Ryan on Why We Ought to <em>Burn It Down</em>

From a Toxic Set of Norms: Maureen Ryan on Why We Ought to Burn It Down

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | June 1, 2023

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Hope and Survival: Jeff Hobbs on the Juvenile Justice System

By Just the Right Book | June 1, 2023

The Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir

By Kelly McMasters | May 31, 2023

How to Brainwash Yourself: Grace Lavery on the Devices of Trans Identity in Literature

By Grace Lavery | May 31, 2023

Part of Our World: On the Mermaids of Walt Disney, Hans Christian Andersen, and W.B. Yeats

Part of Our World: On the Mermaids of Walt Disney, Hans Christian Andersen, and W.B. Yeats

Gabrielle Bellot: “The mermaid is the Other; she is also us.”

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 31, 2023

Why David Sedaris Still Keeps His Daily Diary

Why David Sedaris Still Keeps His Daily Diary

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | May 31, 2023

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

The Month in Literary Listening

By Literary Hub | May 31, 2023

Elise Loehnen on Why Women Should Indulge Their Sinful Sides

Elise Loehnen on Why Women Should Indulge Their Sinful Sides

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 31, 2023

How to Start a Literary Magazine

How to Start a Literary Magazine

Declan Meade in Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 31, 2023

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Writing a Violent Story with Love

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Writing a Violent Story with Love

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

By Memoir Nation | May 31, 2023

Zachary Zane Reads from <em>Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto</em>

Zachary Zane Reads from Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | May 31, 2023

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