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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Michael Mann’s Heat Sequel, Biographies of Jim Thorpe and Kiki de Montparnasse, and More

By Book Marks | August 12, 2022

How Vietnamese Immigrants on the Gulf Coast in the Seventies Successfully Fought Back Against the KKK

How Vietnamese Immigrants on the Gulf Coast in the Seventies Successfully Fought Back Against the KKK

Kirk Wallace Johnson in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 12, 2022

Writers and Liars: On Fact, Fiction, and Truth

Writers and Liars: On Fact, Fiction, and Truth

Leslye Penelope Considers the Line Between “Truthy” and Truth

By Leslye Penelope | August 12, 2022

The Tech Industry Isn’t a Meritocracy: Why All Start-Up Boards Should Have More Women and People of Color

The Tech Industry Isn’t a Meritocracy: Why All Start-Up Boards Should Have More Women and People of Color

Brad Feld in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 12, 2022

Dwyer Murphy on the Romantic Optimism in L.A. and South Florida Crime Novels

Dwyer Murphy on the Romantic Optimism in L.A. and South Florida Crime Novels

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | August 12, 2022

Elaine Castillo on Why Everything is Political

Elaine Castillo on Why Everything is Political

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 11, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Elif Batuman on the Cult of Family in Get Out

By Open Form | August 11, 2022

Remembering Afghanistan’s Wars: Jamil Jan Kochai on Shifting Storytellers and Forms

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 11, 2022

WATCH: Lynne Tillman and Katie Kitamura Discuss Mothercare

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 11, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The author achieves a sustained, operatic balance of comedy, grief and despair that is worth the wait.”

By Book Marks | August 11, 2022

Chris Martin on Poetry, Autism, and the Joy of Working With Neurodiverse Writers

Chris Martin on Poetry, Autism, and the Joy of Working With Neurodiverse Writers

"It’s a dance: forever angling toward the autonomy of the student while ensuring that they are not alone."

By Chris Martin | August 11, 2022

A Beautiful, Sacred Thing: Megan Giddings on Going to the Movies To Invoke Anger

A Beautiful, Sacred Thing: Megan Giddings on Going to the Movies To Invoke Anger

Or, Finding the Line Between Art and Entertainment

By Megan Giddings | August 11, 2022

The Overlooked History of the Civil Rights Queen, Constance Baker Motley

The Overlooked History of the Civil Rights Queen, Constance Baker Motley

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | August 11, 2022

Elizabeth Alexander: How Do You Keep Yourself Safe But Not Live in Fear?

Elizabeth Alexander: How Do You Keep Yourself Safe But Not Live in Fear?

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | August 11, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kendra Allen is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kendra Allen is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | August 11, 2022

The Carlos Ghosn Story: A Modern-Day Greek Tragedy or the Parable of a Shameless Criminal Mastermind?

The Carlos Ghosn Story: A Modern-Day Greek Tragedy or the Parable of a Shameless Criminal Mastermind?

Nick Kostov in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 11, 2022

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