5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It unfurls like a controlled detonation, rich with wonder and catharsis.”

By Book Marks | March 14, 2024

The Barbara Comyns Novel That Got Too Real About Poverty, Giving Birth, and Women’s Lives

The Barbara Comyns Novel That Got Too Real About Poverty, Giving Birth, and Women’s Lives

Avril Horner on the Extraordinary Wildness of “Our Spoons Came from Woolworths”

By Avril Horner | March 14, 2024

Gabriele Pedullà on Reconsidering Machiavelli

Gabriele Pedullà on Reconsidering Machiavelli

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | March 14, 2024

No True Scotsman: Searching for Robert Burns in the Middle of Florida

No True Scotsman: Searching for Robert Burns in the Middle of Florida

Rudi Zygadlo Attempts to Address the Haggis at a Sarasota Country Club

By Rudi Zygadlo | March 13, 2024

The Light and the Dark: Tom Hollander on Playing Truman Capote

The Light and the Dark: Tom Hollander on Playing Truman Capote

“Once you smell how brilliant he was, you feel it's legitimate to show the roiling squalor of his demise.”

By Dan Sheehan | March 13, 2024

Wrangling the Uncertain: On Inviting Surprise Into Your Writing

Wrangling the Uncertain: On Inviting Surprise Into Your Writing

Barrie Jean Borich Explores the Art of Bafflement

By Barrie Jean Borich | March 13, 2024

Best Reviewed
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  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

Frogs, Foxes, and Folklore: Gina Chung on Drawing Inspiration from Korean Folktales

By Gina Chung | March 13, 2024

A Rare Sacred Novel: Tommy Orange on the Genius of Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony

By Tommy Orange | March 12, 2024

The Tale of Genji: A Visual Journey Through the World’s First Novel

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett | March 12, 2024

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

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

Featuring Hala Alyan, Nam Le, Adelle Waldman and More

By Teddy Wayne | March 12, 2024

Rita Bullwinkel on Playing With Fictional Time

Rita Bullwinkel on Playing With Fictional Time

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Headshot”

By Jane Ciabattari | March 12, 2024

New Gabriel Garcia Marquez! Vinson Cunningham! 23 new books out today.

New Gabriel Garcia Marquez! Vinson Cunningham! 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 12, 2024

Anahid Nersessian on Being a Specialist and a Generalist

Anahid Nersessian on Being a Specialist and a Generalist

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | March 12, 2024

Katya Apekina on Talking to Ghosts

Katya Apekina on Talking to Ghosts

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | March 12, 2024

Emily Raboteau and Sarah Viren on Climate Change, Birding, and Social Justice

Emily Raboteau and Sarah Viren on Climate Change, Birding, and Social Justice

A Conversation with the Author of “Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against the Apocalypse”

By Sarah Viren | March 11, 2024

Diane Seuss on Discovering Objectivity Through Aging

Diane Seuss on Discovering Objectivity Through Aging

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 11, 2024

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