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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“How do we lie to ourselves so convincingly, and what is the cost of those lies?”

By Book Marks | April 10, 2025

Dinaw Mengestu on PEN America’s Committment to Freedom of Expression

Dinaw Mengestu on PEN America’s Committment to Freedom of Expression

“PEN America’s defense and advocacy must be rendered vigorously and equitably, regardless of who sits in power.”

By Dinaw Mengestu | April 10, 2025

Babies, Wanted and Unwanted: Five Books That Explore Motherhood, Intention, and Desire

Babies, Wanted and Unwanted: Five Books That Explore Motherhood, Intention, and Desire

Uttama Kirit Patel Recommends Constance Debré, Julie Phillips, Anna Hogeland, and More

By Uttama Kirit Patel | April 10, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Jon Hickey Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Jon Hickey Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Katie Kitamura, Denis Johnson, Kyle Edwards, and Others

By Diana Arterian | April 10, 2025

Sheila Sundar on International Scholars

Sheila Sundar on International Scholars

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 10, 2025

Rewatching <em>The Sound of Music</em> in the Age of Tradwives, Trump, and American Fascism

Rewatching The Sound of Music in the Age of Tradwives, Trump, and American Fascism

Meredith Hambrock on Women’s Ambition, Nazism, and Patriarchy on the 60th Anniversary of a Classic Film

By Meredith Hambrock | April 9, 2025

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On the Opaque Origins and Tumultuous Ancient History of Homer’s Odyssey

By Daniel Mendelsohn | April 9, 2025

Portrait of ChatGPT as a Young Artist: Vauhini Vara on Voice, Tech, and Using AI in Writing

By Sarah Viren | April 9, 2025

How Lewis Michaux Channeled a Passion For Knowledge Into Building His Harlem Bookstore

By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson | April 9, 2025

The Publishing Industry Has a Serious Waste Problem, and It Needs to Stop Now

The Publishing Industry Has a Serious Waste Problem, and It Needs to Stop Now

Bookseller Lucy Kogler Has Some Ideas to Make the Book World a Lot More Sustainable

By Lucy Kogler | April 9, 2025

Katie Kitamura Sometimes Falls In Love with Her Characters (and Other Literary Tidbits)

Katie Kitamura Sometimes Falls In Love with Her Characters (and Other Literary Tidbits)

The Author of “Audition” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | April 8, 2025

A Literary Dictionary of the Mothers Who Leave

A Literary Dictionary of the Mothers Who Leave

L. Sasha Gora on “The Abandoners,” “The Price of Salt,” and the Stray Mothers of Literature

By L. Sasha Gora | April 8, 2025

Andrea Long Chu Wants to Write a Dungeons and Dragons Campaign (And Other Goodies)

Andrea Long Chu Wants to Write a Dungeons and Dragons Campaign (And Other Goodies)

The Author of "Authority" Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | April 8, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Amity Gaige, Kevin Nguyen, Annie Hartnett and More

By Teddy Wayne | April 8, 2025

Moby-Dick, Airplanes, and Obsessions Past and Present">“The White Whales of the Sky.Moby-Dick, Airplanes, and Obsessions Past and Present">

Moby-Dick, Airplanes, and Obsessions Past and Present">“The White Whales of the Sky." On Moby-Dick, Airplanes, and Obsessions Past and Present

Kate Folk Explains Her Aviation-Themed Homage to Herman Melville’s Timeless Novel

By Kate Folk | April 8, 2025

Kate Folk on Writing a Contemporary Tribute to an American Classic

Kate Folk on Writing a Contemporary Tribute to an American Classic

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By Jane Ciabattari | April 8, 2025

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