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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 new titles by Beth Macy, Édouard Louis, Sidik Fofana, Nuar Alsadir, and More

By Book Marks | August 19, 2022

Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

“Politics is how we fight it out on the ground.”

By Mary Gaitskill | August 19, 2022

If Nietzsche Was a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity

If Nietzsche Was a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity

Justin Gregg in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 19, 2022

The Books That Help Beth Macy Find Threads of Hope While Writing About Trauma

The Books That Help Beth Macy Find Threads of Hope While Writing About Trauma

A Reading List for Alleviating Panic in the Face of Secondary Trauma

By Beth Macy | August 19, 2022

The Prophet of the Andes: A Latin American Journey to the Promised Land

The Prophet of the Andes: A Latin American Journey to the Promised Land

Graciela Mochkofsky in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 19, 2022

On Carlos Ghosn and the Limits of Davos Man and the Globalized Neoliberal Order

On Carlos Ghosn and the Limits of Davos Man and the Globalized Neoliberal Order

Hans Greimel & William Sposato in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 19, 2022

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  • Exit Party
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  • Our Noble Selves
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  • The Newer World
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  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

A young Russian soldier has written a scathing account of Putin’s inept war.

By Jonny Diamond | August 18, 2022

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

By Maud Newton | August 18, 2022

What a New Translation of Beowulf Says About Extinction

By Lydia Pyne | August 18, 2022

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

“I did not grow up with children’s books about Japanese American incarceration. There were not many.”

By Brandon Shimoda | August 18, 2022

Steven W. Thrasher on How Viruses Affect Economic Mobility As Much As Health

Steven W. Thrasher on How Viruses Affect Economic Mobility As Much As Health

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 18, 2022

The PRH Trial Has Revealed a Barely Hidden Scorn for Independent Publishers

The PRH Trial Has Revealed a Barely Hidden Scorn for Independent Publishers

Margot Atwell of Feminist Press on the Importance of Indies

By Margot Atwell | August 18, 2022

Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 18, 2022

Beyond the Anthropocentric: When Plants Become Literary Characters

Beyond the Anthropocentric: When Plants Become Literary Characters

Coco Picard Recommends Elif Shafak, Sheila Heti, and More

By Coco Picard | August 18, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog’s eye goo."

By Book Marks | August 18, 2022

Why Her Intensely Complicated and Complex Life Made Colette a Great Writer

Why Her Intensely Complicated and Complex Life Made Colette a Great Writer

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | August 18, 2022

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