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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Stephen King on Celeste Ng, Lauren Michele Jackson on Namwali Serpell, and More

By Book Marks | September 29, 2022

More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

Martha Anne Toll Recommends Sigrid Nunez, Julie Orringer, Alexandra Danilova, and More

By Martha Anne Toll | September 29, 2022

Saeed Jones on the Poetic Economy of Language

Saeed Jones on the Poetic Economy of Language

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | September 29, 2022

The Impact of <em>The Secret Lives of Church Ladies</em>, Two Years Later

The Impact of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Two Years Later

From the Ursa Short Fiction Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton

By Ursa | September 29, 2022

How Trust, Power, and Credit Have Shaped America Over the Last Two Hundred Years

How Trust, Power, and Credit Have Shaped America Over the Last Two Hundred Years

Bruce Carruthers In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 28, 2022

A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

"Dark academia is academia’s black swan and shadow self."

By Adrienne Raphel | September 28, 2022

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The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

By Chiara Barzini | September 28, 2022

Intimacy and Manipulation: A Reading List of Fictional Diaries

By Elizabeth Brooks | September 28, 2022

WATCH: Emma Ramadan on Translating Marguerite Duras’s Panics

By The Virtual Book Channel | September 28, 2022

Interview with an Indie Press: Coach House Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Coach House Books

On Publishing the Unexpected, Adventurous, and Exceptional

By Corinne Segal | September 28, 2022

How Amnesia Helped Ingrid Rojas Contreras Tell Her Family’s Stories

How Amnesia Helped Ingrid Rojas Contreras Tell Her Family’s Stories

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | September 28, 2022

Tracking Character Growth in Ellen Raskin’s Beloved Children’s Novel <em>The Westing Game</em>

Tracking Character Growth in Ellen Raskin’s Beloved Children’s Novel The Westing Game

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | September 28, 2022

Chelsea Martin on Accepting Her Writing Voice

Chelsea Martin on Accepting Her Writing Voice

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 28, 2022

Michael Pedersen Reads from <em>Boy Friends</em>

Michael Pedersen Reads from Boy Friends

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | September 28, 2022

A Profane, Insane, Hilarious, and Disgusting Horror Novel About a Mother-In-Law from Hell

A Profane, Insane, Hilarious, and Disgusting Horror Novel About a Mother-In-Law from Hell

Ainslie Hogarth in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 28, 2022

Elsie Robinson, the Most Popular American Woman Writer You’ve Never Heard Of

Elsie Robinson, the Most Popular American Woman Writer You’ve Never Heard Of

Allison Gilbert in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 28, 2022

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