5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“She will not let us have the happy ending we might prefer.”

By Book Marks | September 12, 2024

More Guns, More Money: How America Turned Weapons Into a Consumer Commodity

More Guns, More Money: How America Turned Weapons Into a Consumer Commodity

From Andrew C. McKevitt's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Gun Country”

By Andrew C. McKevitt | September 12, 2024

On the Yemeni Jewish Tradition of Musical Storytelling

On the Yemeni Jewish Tradition of Musical Storytelling

Ayelet Tsabari Finds Her Literary Voice Through Her Ancestors

By Ayelet Tsabari | September 12, 2024

Ten Books That Reveal Myanmar for the Complex Mosaic It Is

Ten Books That Reveal Myanmar for the Complex Mosaic It Is

Elizabeth Shick Recommends Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, Karen Connelly, Charmaine Craig and More

By Elizabeth Shick | September 12, 2024

“The Belfast Pogrom: Some Observations,” a Poem by Paul Muldoon

“The Belfast Pogrom: Some Observations,” a Poem by Paul Muldoon

From the Collection “Joy in Service on Rue Tagore”

By Paul Muldoon | September 12, 2024

On Memory’s Ghosts and the Search for the Perfect Writing Space

On Memory’s Ghosts and the Search for the Perfect Writing Space

Karen Salyer McElmurray: “Some days in my writing room, I really can hear my own breath.”

By Karen Salyer McElmurray | September 12, 2024

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  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Why Aimie K. Runyan Spent Her First Literary Paycheck on a Coffee Mug

By Aimie K. Runyan | September 11, 2024

Indigenous Agency: How Native Americans Put Limits on European Colonial Domination

By Kathleen DuVal | September 11, 2024

Loving White Boys While Black: On Beauty, Desire and Learning Self-Love

By Lester Fabian Brathwaite | September 11, 2024

Finding the Strangeness in the Everyday: A Conversation With Srikanth Reddy

Finding the Strangeness in the Everyday: A Conversation With Srikanth Reddy

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of “Underworld Lit”

By Peter Mishler | September 11, 2024

When Threats of Violence Come to University Libraries

When Threats of Violence Come to University Libraries

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Impact of Bomb Threats and the Rhetoric of School Shooters

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | September 11, 2024

“Copper Anniversary,” a Poem by Zan de Parry

“Copper Anniversary,” a Poem by Zan de Parry

From the Collection “Cold Dogs”

By Zan de Parry | September 11, 2024

Documenting Shifting Landscapes with Kalyanee Mam

Documenting Shifting Landscapes with Kalyanee Mam

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 11, 2024

How a Small Town Murder in Oklahoma Sparked a Supreme Court Battle Over Tribal Sovereignty

How a Small Town Murder in Oklahoma Sparked a Supreme Court Battle Over Tribal Sovereignty

Rebecca Nagle on the Independence of the Muscogee Nation

By Rebecca Nagle | September 10, 2024

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

The Author of “Magically Black and Other Essays” Reflects on Serena Williams, Gang Signs, and “Scaring the White Folks”

By Jerald Walker | September 10, 2024

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

From Joya Chatterji's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Shadows at Noon”

By Joya Chatterji | September 10, 2024

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