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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Merve Emre on Roald Dahl, Sam Adler-Bell on John le Carré, and More

By Book Marks | January 5, 2023

Kashana Cauley on How the Black Panthers Inspired Our Modern Gun Control Movement

Kashana Cauley on How the Black Panthers Inspired Our Modern Gun Control Movement

This Week on The Maris Review

By The Maris Review | January 5, 2023

Life Advice for Book Lovers: “My husband is really not into reading books.”

Life Advice for Book Lovers: “My husband is really not into reading books.”

Book Recommendations for the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | January 5, 2023

<em>Brotherless Night</em> & Friends: V.V. Ganeshananthan with Curtis Sittenfeld and Whitney Terrell on Editing A Work in Progress

Brotherless Night & Friends: V.V. Ganeshananthan with Curtis Sittenfeld and Whitney Terrell on Editing A Work in Progress

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 5, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Parini Shroff is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Parini Shroff is Reading Now and Next

Zadie Smith, Susan Choi, Lily King and More

By Diana Arterian | January 5, 2023

21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023

21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023

Featuring Writing by Ann Leckie, Kelly Link, Victor LaValle, Arkady Martine, and Many More

By Natalie Zutter | January 4, 2023

Best Reviewed
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  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Elon Musk misunderstands fictional dystopias (and his role in our real dystopia).

By Jonny Diamond | January 4, 2023

On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

By Yardenne Greenspan | January 4, 2023

Bill McKibben on the Joys of Writing a Serialized Novel

By Bill McKibben | January 4, 2023

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

"It’s possible that carrying around cracks in the first foundation... helps a person accept a cosmos flawed at its core."

By Ken Babstock | January 4, 2023

Why I Had to Get Older to Write About Youth

Why I Had to Get Older to Write About Youth

Allegra Goodman on Finding the Necessary Distance to Write up Close

By Allegra Goodman | January 4, 2023

On Transforming Oral History Into Historical Fiction

On Transforming Oral History Into Historical Fiction

Aanchal Malhotra Tells the Story of Indian Partition

By Aanchal Malhotra | January 4, 2023

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

V.V. Ganeshananthan on Writing About Sri Lanka

By V.V. Ganeshananthan | January 4, 2023

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 4, 2023

“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 4, 2023

The Tech Community Needs To Be Humble to Survive What Will Be a Challenging 2023

The Tech Community Needs To Be Humble to Survive What Will Be a Challenging 2023

Brad Feld in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 4, 2023

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