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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Jennifer Egan on Elizabeth Strout, Rumaan Alam on Jonathan Franzen, and more

By Book Marks | October 21, 2021

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Everyone Has to Start Somewhere

By Emily Temple | October 20, 2021

Chelsea G. Summers on Anaïs Nin, <em>Dracula</em>, and <em>The Bloody Chamber</em>

Chelsea G. Summers on Anaïs Nin, Dracula, and The Bloody Chamber

Rapid-fire Book Recs from the Author of A Certain Hunger

By Book Marks | October 20, 2021

“I Did Not Want Her Name to Be Synonymous with Madness.” Heather Clark on Writing Sylvia Plath

“I Did Not Want Her Name to Be Synonymous with Madness.” Heather Clark on Writing Sylvia Plath

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | October 20, 2021

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

Brad Kessler on Settler Narratives and the Violence That Haunts American Land and Literature

By Brad Kessler | October 20, 2021

On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

Dodie Bellamy Reads Paula Modersohn-Becker

By Dodie Bellamy | October 20, 2021

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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
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  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • 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

8 Great Novels That Take Place Over the Course of a Day

By Sonya Huber | October 19, 2021

Tiphanie Yanique on Moving Beyond Traditional Hero Narratives

By Jane Ciabattari | October 19, 2021

How Photography Shaped Wright Morris’s Fiction

By Lit Century | October 19, 2021

Seeking Solace in <em>Go Ask Alice</em> as a Queer Teen

Seeking Solace in Go Ask Alice as a Queer Teen

Nathan Smith Finds Hints of Hope in a Literary Hoax

By Nathan Smith | October 19, 2021

Forrest Gander on Grief, Translation, and Sharing Joy in Times of Suffering

Forrest Gander on Grief, Translation, and Sharing Joy in Times of Suffering

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 19, 2021

TaraShea Nesbit on Tove Jansson, <em>Matilda</em>, and <em>The Autobiography of Malcolm X</em>

TaraShea Nesbit on Tove Jansson, Matilda, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of Beheld

By Book Marks | October 19, 2021

On the Various, Multipurposed Manuscripts of Canterbury Tales

On the Various, Multipurposed Manuscripts of Canterbury Tales

Mary Wellesley on the Researchers Who Spent 16 Years Discovering the Full Poem

By Mary Wellesley | October 19, 2021

16 new books to look for this week.

16 new books to look for this week.

By Katie Yee | October 19, 2021

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Nickolas Butler on Writing as an Act of Service and the Power of Local News

By Nickolas Butler | October 18, 2021

“The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of <em>Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</em>

“The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

How John le Carré's Masterpiece Was First Received

By Book Marks | October 18, 2021

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