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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Is the sad millennial girl going to make it after all? No, of course not.”

By Book Marks | July 18, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Eugene Lim Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Eugene Lim Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Paul Yamazaki, Richard Brautigan, Pamela Lu, and Others

By Diana Arterian | July 18, 2024

Sally Franson and Emily Nussbaum on Reality TV

Sally Franson and Emily Nussbaum on Reality TV

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 18, 2024

Politics and Grace in Early Modern Literature

Politics and Grace in Early Modern Literature

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 18, 2024

What is the Millennial Midlife Crisis Novel?

What is the Millennial Midlife Crisis Novel?

Brittany Allen on Drifting Women, Aphoristic Prose, and Women on the Edge

By Brittany Allen | July 17, 2024

A Visa for a Hobbit: How the Tools of Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Can Help Immigrant Writers

A Visa for a Hobbit: How the Tools of Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Can Help Immigrant Writers

Minsoo Kang on J.R.R. Tolkien and the Surprising Power of Escapism

By Minsoo Kang | July 17, 2024

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  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
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Jeffrey Eugenides and Yiyun Li on Colm Tóibín

By Literary Hub | July 17, 2024

Jeffrey Eugenides on Colm Tóibín, “The Kindest Person in the World”

By Jeffrey Eugenides | July 17, 2024

Yiyun Li on the Master, Colm Tóibín

By Yiyun Li | July 17, 2024

Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

The Author of “Smothermoss” on Victoria Holt, the Gothic Formula, and Loneliness in Life and Lit

By Alisa Alering | July 17, 2024

How Judy Blume’s <em>Deenie</em> Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

How Judy Blume’s Deenie Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

Rachelle Bergstein on Self-Pleasure and Sex Education in Children's Literature

By Rachelle Bergstein | July 16, 2024

What the <em>New York Times</em> Missed: <br>71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

What the New York Times Missed:
71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

A Non-Boring List

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2024

Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “State of Paradise”

By Jane Ciabattari | July 16, 2024

Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

A “Soulful Half-Comic Songbook” of Fiction

By Joy Williams | July 16, 2024

Crooked Parallels: On Alice Munro, Andrea Skinner, and My Mother’s Failure to Protect Me

Crooked Parallels: On Alice Munro, Andrea Skinner, and My Mother’s Failure to Protect Me

For Jonny Diamond the Separation of the Art From the Artist Isn’t the Question

By Jonny Diamond | July 12, 2024

Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships

Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships

The Author of "Significant Others" and "The Other Significant Others" in Conversation

By Literary Hub | July 12, 2024

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