5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"We come away troubled, unsettled—and in some subtle way changed."

By Book Marks | June 20, 2024

"Wrong Winds," a Poem by Ahmad Almallah

"I see the crowds coming to fill / their cups with your darkness."

By Ahmad Almallah | June 20, 2024

The Paradox of the Contemporary Southern Writer

The Paradox of the Contemporary Southern Writer

Levi Vonk on Summer Brenner's "Dust" and the Necessary Work of Writing About the South

By Levi Vonk | June 18, 2024

How Much of This is True? On the Subtle Nuances of Memoir and Autofiction

How Much of This is True? On the Subtle Nuances of Memoir and Autofiction

“We are all unreliable narrators, recounting our stories through the filters of perception and memory.”

By Matt Young | June 18, 2024

Ananda Lima on Conquering Pre-Publication Anxiety With Crafting

Ananda Lima on Conquering Pre-Publication Anxiety With Crafting

“I had to let go of my fear or embarrassment. Make mistakes, have things look a little wonky. Laugh at myself.”

By Ananda Lima | June 18, 2024

Dreaming in English of Dreaming in Kashmiri: What You Can Only Express in One Language

Dreaming in English of Dreaming in Kashmiri: What You Can Only Express in One Language

Priyanka Mattoo on the Complexities of Living in a Multicultural Family

By Priyanka Mattoo | June 18, 2024

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  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

How a Young Harriet Tubman Found Solace in Syncretic Religion

By Tiya Miles | June 18, 2024

Finding What Works: Alex DiFrancesco on Transness and Spirituality

By Alex DiFrancesco | June 18, 2024

Morgan Talty on Rejecting “Exoticized Foreknowledge”

By I'm a Writer But | June 18, 2024

Nicholson Baker on Finding His Likeness

Nicholson Baker on Finding His Likeness

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 18, 2024

How Joni Mitchell Pioneered Her Own Form of Artistic Genius

How Joni Mitchell Pioneered Her Own Form of Artistic Genius

Ann Powers on the Long and Continuing Struggle of Women Artists For Recognition On Their Own Terms

By Ann Powers | June 17, 2024

Francine Prose on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of the 1970s

Francine Prose on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of the 1970s

“We were not supposed to notice the gap between what we were supposed to feel and what we felt.”

By Francine Prose | June 17, 2024

In the Beginning... Why Every Novel Needs an Origin Story

In the Beginning... Why Every Novel Needs an Origin Story

Patrick Nathan on the Process of Creating New Fictional Universes

By Patrick Nathan | June 17, 2024

How Colorism Impacts Black Women’s Physical and Mental Health

How Colorism Impacts Black Women’s Physical and Mental Health

Layal Liverpool on Racist Beauty Standards and the Hidden Harms of Hair Relaxers

By Layal Liverpool | June 17, 2024

Winning the Culture War Against Queer Kids’ Books

Winning the Culture War Against Queer Kids’ Books

Michael Leali Imagines a World Where Queer Kids Have Access to Books That Celebrate Their Identities

By Michael Leali | June 17, 2024

The Limitations of Autobiography: Jill Ciment on Continually Revising the Past

The Limitations of Autobiography: Jill Ciment on Continually Revising the Past

Michelle Hart Talks to the Author of “Consent”

By Michelle Hart | June 17, 2024

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