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The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2021

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2021

Featuring Tom Stoppard, Michelle Zauner, Mike Nichols, D. H. Lawrence, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2021

Thwarted Passions, Private Lives: On Out-of-Control Characters in Literary Fiction

Thwarted Passions, Private Lives: On Out-of-Control Characters in Literary Fiction

Lisa Harding Recommends Her Favorite Morbidly Fascinating Narratives

By Lisa Harding | December 7, 2021

Uli Beutter Cohen on Subway Book Trends and Reading Habits

Uli Beutter Cohen on Subway Book Trends and Reading Habits

This Week on the So Many Damn Books Podcast

By So Many Damn Books | December 7, 2021

On the Complex Historical and Contemporary Terrain of African Literature

On the Complex Historical and Contemporary Terrain of African Literature

Jessica Powers Talks to Kwasi Konadu, Trevor Getz, Lizzy Attree, Wendy Urban-Mead, Holly Y. McGee, and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu for #readingAfrica

By Literary Hub | December 7, 2021

Revisiting <em>Sunday in the Park with George</em> in the Wake of Sondheim’s Death

Revisiting Sunday in the Park with George in the Wake of Sondheim’s Death

Rob Weinert-Kendt Guests on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | December 7, 2021

Why Ted Flanagan Wants His Readers to Be a Little Frustrated (At First)

Why Ted Flanagan Wants His Readers to Be a Little Frustrated (At First)

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | December 7, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

How Stories Can Transcend Author, Culture, and History

By The Cosmic Library | December 7, 2021

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2021

When You Start an Indie Press With Your Life Partner

By Beth Kephart | December 6, 2021

AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2021

AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2021

A Year of Literary Listening

By Book Marks | December 6, 2021

Cornel West on Frantz Fanon, One of the Great Revolutionary Intellectuals of the 20th Century

Cornel West on Frantz Fanon, One of the Great Revolutionary Intellectuals of the 20th Century

“Decolonization implies the urgent need to thoroughly challenge the colonial situation.”

By Cornel West | December 6, 2021

On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic <em>Slaughterhouse Five</em>

On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Slaughterhouse Five

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 6, 2021

The Work of Living Goes On: Rereading <em>Mrs Dalloway</em> During an Endless Pandemic

The Work of Living Goes On: Rereading Mrs Dalloway During an Endless Pandemic

Colin Dickey Finds Deeper Dystopian Meaning in Virginia Woolf’s Classic

By Colin Dickey | December 6, 2021

Janice Lee on the Interconnectedness of Suffering

Janice Lee on the Interconnectedness of Suffering

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 6, 2021

Hisham Matar on the Migratory Fictions of Joseph Conrad

Hisham Matar on the Migratory Fictions of Joseph Conrad

The Author of The Return Reconsiders the Story, “Amy Foster”

By Hisham Matar | December 3, 2021

The Literary Case for Slasher Films and the Horrors of Reality TV

The Literary Case for Slasher Films and the Horrors of Reality TV

Samantha Allen on the Trauma of Elimination, from Black Christmas to Love Island

By Samantha Allen | December 3, 2021

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