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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Levine is a gifted performance artist of literary fiction—part French existentialist and part comic bomb-thrower.”

By Book Marks | April 18, 2024

My “Friend” Keeps Sending Me Their Writing and I Need It To Stop: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My “Friend” Keeps Sending Me Their Writing and I Need It To Stop: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | April 18, 2024

Jen Silverman on Generational Divides in American Politics

Jen Silverman on Generational Divides in American Politics

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 18, 2024

Facing That Which Haunts You: Ethel Rohan on Writing About Grief

Facing That Which Haunts You: Ethel Rohan on Writing About Grief

“For most of my life, I’ve suffered in shame and silence while the men who hurt me got away scot-free.”

By Ethel Rohan | April 18, 2024

Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 17, 2024

The Time I Stole Tama Janowitz’s <em>Slaves of New York</em> and Couldn’t Stop Reading It

The Time I Stole Tama Janowitz’s Slaves of New York and Couldn’t Stop Reading It

Elwin Cotman on His Frustration and Enchantment with a True 1980s Classic

By Elwin Cotman | April 16, 2024

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How Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon Forged a Literary and Romantic Bond

By Michael Korda | April 16, 2024

Contemporary Literary Novels Are Haunted by the Absence of Money

By Naomi Kanakia | April 16, 2024

The Sound of C: On Giving a Voice to the Words of Others

By Lissa Soep | April 16, 2024

The Literary Outsider: How Barbara Comyns Wrote Her Way to <em>The Juniper Tree</em>

The Literary Outsider: How Barbara Comyns Wrote Her Way to The Juniper Tree

Sarah McClung on the Author’s Lifelong Creative Development

By Sarah McClung | April 15, 2024

How To Write Egoless Prose, At Least For a Little While

How To Write Egoless Prose, At Least For a Little While

Steve Almond Offers Some Strategies to Help Make Writer’s Block Work For You

By Steve Almond | April 15, 2024

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 Leigh Bardugo, Alexandra Fuller, Anne Lamott, and More

By Book Marks | April 12, 2024

50 Ways to End a Poem

50 Ways to End a Poem

Emily Skaja Has Some Recommendations for Making a Strong Exit

By Emily Skaja | April 12, 2024

Yes, But Can You Really Explain the Difference Between Morals and Ethics?

Yes, But Can You Really Explain the Difference Between Morals and Ethics?

Eli Burnstein on the Subtle Nuances of the English Language

By Eli Burnstein | April 12, 2024

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

Kelly E. Hill on Women Defying Societal Norms in the Nineteenth Century

By Kelly E. Hill | April 12, 2024

Busting Genre, in Style: Geoff Dyer on the Joy of Writing “Unpublishable” Books

Busting Genre, in Style: Geoff Dyer on the Joy of Writing “Unpublishable” Books

George Makari Talks to the Author of “The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings”

By George Makari | April 11, 2024

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