Living Through a Plague: <br>A Reading List

Living Through a Plague:
A Reading List

Rishi Reddi Recommends Fiction From the Past to Understand
Our Current Times

By Rishi Reddi | April 27, 2020

Ander Monson: Take Criticism Like the Spice Girls

Ander Monson: Take Criticism Like the Spice Girls

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 27, 2020

The Letters of the Alphabet Are Some of the Oldest Forms of Storytelling

The Letters of the Alphabet Are Some of the Oldest Forms of Storytelling

Fowzia Karimi on the Draw of Illustrated Narratives

By Fowzia Karimi | April 27, 2020

William Galston: Is Our Current Moment Another 1933?

William Galston: Is Our Current Moment Another 1933?

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | April 27, 2020

<em>Behind the Mic</em>: On Poetry and British Humor with Alison Larkin

Behind the Mic: On Poetry and British Humor with Alison Larkin

In Conversation with Jo Reed on the Comfort and Humor of Poetry in Isolation

By Behind the Mic | April 27, 2020

Make a Family Comic With <em>The Believer</em>

Make a Family Comic With The Believer

A Virtual Workshop Led by Mira Jacob

By The Virtual Book Channel | April 26, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stations
  • West of Loveland
  • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
  • Sweet Pea
  • The Pen: A Human History
  • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

An Afternoon with Julia Alvarez on Afterlife

By The Virtual Book Channel | April 26, 2020

Losing Language, an Essay by Camille T. Dungy

By Emergence Magazine | April 26, 2020

Time for Nerd Jeopardy! (A Literary Trivia Game Show)

By The Virtual Book Channel | April 24, 2020

<em>Behind the Mic</em>: On <em>Separation Anxiety</em> by Laura Zigman, read by Courtney Patterson

Behind the Mic: On Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman, read by Courtney Patterson

Feeling Anxious? Wear Your Pet!

By Behind the Mic | April 24, 2020

The Kristen Arnett Show: Hanif Abdurraqib on Time, Failure, and Las Vegas Buffets

The Kristen Arnett Show: Hanif Abdurraqib on Time, Failure, and Las Vegas Buffets

The Author of The Crown Ain’t Worth Much on The Kristen Arnett Show

By The Virtual Book Channel | April 24, 2020

Julia Hobsbawm on Social Health in Complex Times

Julia Hobsbawm on Social Health in Complex Times

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | April 24, 2020

In Teaching Stories of Disaster, Hope Lies Hidden in Plain Sight

In Teaching Stories of Disaster, Hope Lies Hidden in Plain Sight

Jane Costlow on Learning at a Distance During a Pandemic

By Jane Costlow | April 24, 2020

Syria's Doomed Struggle for Independence After WWI

Syria's Doomed Struggle for Independence After WWI

Elizabeth F. Thompson on a Diplomatic Ruse That Transformed the Middle East

By Elizabeth F. Thompson | April 24, 2020

When Enemies of Coffee Tried to Destroy Morning in America

When Enemies of Coffee Tried to Destroy Morning in America

On W.O. Atwater and Frederick Winslow Taylor

By Augustine Sedgewick | April 24, 2020

<em>The Week in Books LIVE</em>:<br> The Best Reviewed Books of the Week and More

The Week in Books LIVE:
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week and More

With Book Marks Editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee

By The Virtual Book Channel | April 24, 2020

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