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17 new books to invigorate your December reading.

17 new books to invigorate your December reading.

By Katie Yee | December 6, 2022

In <em>The Super 8 Years</em>, Annie Ernaux Drifts Between Domesticity and Creativity

In The Super 8 Years, Annie Ernaux Drifts Between Domesticity and Creativity

Julia Sirmons on Maternal Performance and the Growth of an Artist, Captured in Family Home Movies

By Julia Sirmons | December 6, 2022

Writing the Historical Mystery Novel: Jane Smiley Explains Her Process

Writing the Historical Mystery Novel: Jane Smiley Explains Her Process

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of A Dangerous Business

By Jane Ciabattari | December 6, 2022

On the Haunting Quality of Stefan Zweig’s <em>Chess Story</em>

On the Haunting Quality of Stefan Zweig’s Chess Story

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | December 6, 2022

Dear Blank Space: A Literacy Narrative

Dear Blank Space: A Literacy Narrative

Jennifer S. Cheng on the "Distance Between a Sound and its Meaning"

By Jennifer S. Cheng | December 6, 2022

Diksha Basu: What Do You Do When You See Someone Reading Your Book in Public?

Diksha Basu: What Do You Do When You See Someone Reading Your Book in Public?

This Week on Twitterverse, a Show About Tweets and the Writers Who Send Them

By Twitterverse | December 6, 2022

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Sarah Manguso is Not Interested in Wasting Words

By Memoir Nation | December 6, 2022

How to Live in France and Write Novels About Fine Food and Wine

By Keen On | December 6, 2022

Cultural Geography and Mutual Enthusiasm: A Late Conversation with Stephen Sondheim

By D.T. Max | December 6, 2022

Talking to Robin Miles About the 2022 Best History and Biography Audiobooks

Talking to Robin Miles About the 2022 Best History and Biography Audiobooks

Discussing Zora Neale Hurston’s Essays on Audio

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Why New York Should Be Savored on Foot Rather Than From an Automobile

Why New York Should Be Savored on Foot Rather Than From an Automobile

Michael Kimmelman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 6, 2022

What Do FDR, Trump, and Lincoln Have in Common? The Worst Transitions of Presidential Power in American History

What Do FDR, Trump, and Lincoln Have in Common? The Worst Transitions of Presidential Power in American History

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By Keen On | December 6, 2022

The Best Audiobooks of 2022

The Best Audiobooks of 2022

The Year in Literary Listening

By Book Marks | December 6, 2022

How Language Can Be Used to Destroy and Dominate, and How It Can Be Used to Remember and Reclaim

How Language Can Be Used to Destroy and Dominate, and How It Can Be Used to Remember and Reclaim

Jake Skeets on the Violent Reality and Liberatory Potential of Words

By Jake Skeets | December 5, 2022

“There’s No Story to Tell About Swimming.” Madeleine Watts on How to Quiet the Mind

“There’s No Story to Tell About Swimming.” Madeleine Watts on How to Quiet the Mind

Introducing When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

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<em>Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio</em> Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Jonathan Russell Clark on Fascists, Fathers, and Federico Fellini

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