8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Read in June

8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Read in June

Natalie Zutter Recommends Cli-Fi, Time Travel, Magical Circuses, and More

By Natalie Zutter | June 5, 2023

Why <em>The Turn of the Screw</em> Haunts Us 125 Years Later

Why The Turn of the Screw Haunts Us 125 Years Later

“That queasy opacity is at the heart of the novella’s power... The reader is never sure what, exactly, is happening.”

By Kate Griffin | June 5, 2023

The Most Important Formerly Homeless American Writer Needs Help

The Most Important Formerly Homeless American Writer Needs Help

Dan Simon on Lee Stringer and Their Friendship of 25 Years

By Dan Simon | June 5, 2023

“I Tried To Be Witness to Him.” Sebastian Barry on Writing Characters That Have Survived Trauma

“I Tried To Be Witness to Him.” Sebastian Barry on Writing Characters That Have Survived Trauma

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 5, 2023

Alexander Chee Recommends Natalia Ginzburg’s Novella <em>Valentino</em>

Alexander Chee Recommends Natalia Ginzburg’s Novella Valentino

“A story as devastating as it is hilarious.”

By Alexander Chee | June 5, 2023

Erotic Writer and Eponym of Sadism: How Marquis de Sade Became the Scandalizing Writer He Was

Erotic Writer and Eponym of Sadism: How Marquis de Sade Became the Scandalizing Writer He Was

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 5, 2023

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The Booker Revisited: Why Everyone Should Read The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard

By Lucy Scholes | June 2, 2023

A Guide to the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s Literary Offerings

By Jihane Bousfiha | June 2, 2023

Luis Alberto Urrea on Family Stories and the Work of Witnessing

By Luis Alberto Urrea | June 2, 2023

Logan Steiner on Learning Life Lessons From <em>Anne of Green Gables</em>

Logan Steiner on Learning Life Lessons From Anne of Green Gables

“Anne continues to help me see how much more possibility exists in the world for unbridled expression.”

By Logan Steiner | June 2, 2023

Elliot Ackerman imagines an America of President Al Gore in Which There is Technology That Can Resurrect Dead People

Elliot Ackerman imagines an America of President Al Gore in Which There is Technology That Can Resurrect Dead People

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 2, 2023

André Naffis-Sahely on the Power of Time, Temporality, and Memory

André Naffis-Sahely on the Power of Time, Temporality, and Memory

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of High Desert

By Peter Mishler | June 2, 2023

Andrew Krivak on War, Language, Memory, and Why ChatGPT Will Never Understand Beauty

Andrew Krivak on War, Language, Memory, and Why ChatGPT Will Never Understand Beauty

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 2, 2023

Mirrors Rarely Exist: Zara Raheem on Finding Muslim Women in Fiction

Mirrors Rarely Exist: Zara Raheem on Finding Muslim Women in Fiction

“Muslim women cannot be squeezed into neat little boxes.”

By Zara Raheem | June 2, 2023

Look, Think, Share with Friends: Bea Setton Breaks Down Her Writing Process

Look, Think, Share with Friends: Bea Setton Breaks Down Her Writing Process

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 2, 2023

How Emma Mieko Candon’s Frustration With “Capitalist AI Doomsday Mythology” Inspired Her New Book

How Emma Mieko Candon’s Frustration With “Capitalist AI Doomsday Mythology” Inspired Her New Book

In Conversation with Brenda Noiseux and Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | June 2, 2023

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