5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"The novel treats its characters like hogs to the slaughter."

By Book Marks | July 17, 2025

Ed Park on <em>An Oral History of Atlantis</em>

Ed Park on An Oral History of Atlantis

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 17, 2025

Patricia J. Williams on Martha S. Jones's <em>The Trouble of Color</em>

Patricia J. Williams on Martha S. Jones's The Trouble of Color

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 16, 2025

Dear Fanny, Don’t Worry, I Know You’re Dead

Dear Fanny, Don’t Worry, I Know You’re Dead

Ezra Fox on Working With Fanny Howe on Her Last Book

By Ezra Fox | July 14, 2025

Following the Poet’s Path: A Daughter’s Journey to Japan In Search of Closure

Following the Poet’s Path: A Daughter’s Journey to Japan In Search of Closure

Rebecca Chace on Matsuo Bashō and the Life and Death of Her Mother, the Poet Jean Valentine

By Rebecca Chace | July 14, 2025

What Age-Gap Relationships Reveal About Power, Sex, Love, and Desire

What Age-Gap Relationships Reveal About Power, Sex, Love, and Desire

Hattie Williams on Novels by Kirsten Reed, Coco Mellors, Jenny Erpenbeck, and More

By Hattie Williams | July 14, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • On Morrison
  • Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour
  • So Old, So Young
  • Rebel English Academy
  • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
  • Evil Genius

The Politics of Care and Resistance in the Work of a Forgotten Pulitzer Prize-Winner

By Deborah Williams | July 14, 2025

Even Better the Second (or Third, or Fourth...) Time: In Praise of Re-Reading

By Kathy Wang | July 14, 2025

Other Worlds, Other Futures: On Black Panther and the Dream of Escapist Emancipation

By Ekow Eshun | July 11, 2025

Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White

Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White

“I think writing is mainly work.”

By Sam Weller | July 11, 2025

Irenosen Okojie on Creating New Mythologies

Irenosen Okojie on Creating New Mythologies

In Praise of the Excitement of Reinterpretation

By Irenosen Okojie | July 11, 2025

Genre is a Container, Not a Cage, a Tool, Not a Limitation

Genre is a Container, Not a Cage, a Tool, Not a Limitation

Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante on the Importance Writing Outside Your Comfort Zone

By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante | July 11, 2025

War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

On the Occasion of Nairobi Litfest Wanjeri Gakuru Recommends Joan Thatiah, Michelle Angwenyi, Billy Kahora, and More

By Wanjeri Gakuru | July 11, 2025

Edmund White: Remembering a Doyen of LGBTQ+ Literature and His Mentorship

Edmund White: Remembering a Doyen of LGBTQ+ Literature and His Mentorship

Michael T. Luongo on the Loss of a Great Writer and Mentor

By Michael T. Luongo | July 11, 2025

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 Gary Shteyngart, King Tut, Helen Schulman, and More

By Book Marks | July 11, 2025

“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

On One of America’s Great Poets, Gone at 84

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 10, 2025

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