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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"The terror Shibli evokes intensifies slowly, smoldering, until it is shining off the page."

By Book Marks | October 19, 2023

On the Ending of a Literary Journal

On the Ending of a Literary Journal

John Freeman Says Goodbye to Freeman's

By Freeman's | October 18, 2023

How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

Ritu Mukerji on the Life of Ann Preston and the Enduring Power of Medical Fiction

By Ritu Mukerji | October 18, 2023

Fear, Friendship, and Finding Your Place: Kristen Simmons and Johnny Compton

Fear, Friendship, and Finding Your Place: Kristen Simmons and Johnny Compton

Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre S03E06

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | October 18, 2023

John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

On Nomenclature and Common Courtesy

By John Lee Clark | October 17, 2023

The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

Allison Epstein on the Popularity of World War II Novels, Reform Movements, and Why We Need Historical Stories

By Allison Epstein | October 17, 2023

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Beyond Words: On the Story Within a Single Painting

By Christine Coulson | October 17, 2023

Ye Chun on Bilingualism and Wuwei Writing

By Ye Chun | October 17, 2023

George Saunders on Alteration

By Talk Easy | October 17, 2023

Sally Foreman on Zabel Yesayan

Sally Foreman on Zabel Yesayan

In Conversation with Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | October 17, 2023

Nothing is Lost in Translation: On Basque, Spanish, English and the Language of Dreams

Nothing is Lost in Translation: On Basque, Spanish, English and the Language of Dreams

Kirmen Uribe on Life and Literature Between Languages

By Kirmen Uribe | October 16, 2023

Write Who You Love: J. Ryan Stradal on Memorializing His Mother Through Fiction

Write Who You Love: J. Ryan Stradal on Memorializing His Mother Through Fiction

"Over time I learned how to stare into that loss, a loss that brought more pain and longing than I’d ever felt, and pull her back through it."

By J. Ryan Stradal | October 16, 2023

Stories About Myself: The Narratives and Realities of my Childhood in an Urban Commune

Stories About Myself: The Narratives and Realities of my Childhood in an Urban Commune

Pamela Newton Reflects on Alexander Stille's The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

By Pamela Newton | October 16, 2023

On Safiya Sinclair, Noreen Masud and Exposing the Sins of Our Fathers

On Safiya Sinclair, Noreen Masud and Exposing the Sins of Our Fathers

Lily Dunn on the Aftermath of Writing a Memoir About Fathers

By Lily Dunn | October 16, 2023

Raising the Dead from Paper: Katharine Quarmby on Fiction's Friendly Ghosts

Raising the Dead from Paper: Katharine Quarmby on Fiction's Friendly Ghosts

"Remembering is both an act of restitution and of defiance."

By Katharine Quarmby | October 16, 2023

Celia Brayfield on How Anna Sewell Changed Animal Rights

Celia Brayfield on How Anna Sewell Changed Animal Rights

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 16, 2023

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