5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“What sets Taffa's memoir apart is its study of the political, racial and ancestral forces that shape a life.”

By Book Marks | March 1, 2024

Read Stanislav Belsky’s Poems of<br> Wartime Kyiv

Read Stanislav Belsky’s Poems of
Wartime Kyiv

“We are moving to a new office / we will be packed, like herring, / into separate boxes...” Translated by Olga Mikolaivna

By Literary Hub | March 1, 2024

There Are Bigger Problems<br> in the World Than “Anti­se­mit­ic Lit­er­ary-Relat­ed Inci­dents”

There Are Bigger Problems
in the World Than “Anti­se­mit­ic Lit­er­ary-Relat­ed Inci­dents”

Maris Kreizman on the Jewish Book Council’s New Initiative

By Maris Kreizman | February 29, 2024

February’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

February’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring New Titles by Leslie Jamison, Sloane Crosley, Lucy Sante, and More

By Book Marks | February 29, 2024

The 11 Best Book Covers of February

The 11 Best Book Covers of February

Winter’s Last Gasp (We Hope)

By Emily Temple | February 29, 2024

February’s Best Reviewed Fiction

February’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Tommy Orange, Francis Spufford, Kelly Link, and More

By Book Marks | February 29, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Adoption, Abortion, Autonomy: On the Literature of Reproductive Justice

By Gretchen Sisson | February 29, 2024

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of February

By Audiofile Magazine | February 29, 2024

How Richard Wright’s Native Son Eventually Made It to the Big Screen

By Charlene Regester | February 29, 2024

Rachel Bitecofer on Democratic Strategies to Counter Republicans in the 2024 Election

Rachel Bitecofer on Democratic Strategies to Counter Republicans in the 2024 Election

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 29, 2024

Announcing <em>Voyage Into Genre</em> Live!

Announcing Voyage Into Genre Live!

Our Podcast with Tor Books hits the road!

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | February 28, 2024

Phillipa Gregory on How the Norman Invasion Brought Patriarchy to England

Phillipa Gregory on How the Norman Invasion Brought Patriarchy to England

“There are more penises than English women in the Bayeux Tapestry.”

By Philippa Gregory | February 28, 2024

Uncovering the Incredible Story of a Romance Between Two Prisoners in Auschwitz

Uncovering the Incredible Story of a Romance Between Two Prisoners in Auschwitz

Keren Blankfeld on Researching a Gripping Love Story and the Challenges of Writing About Someone Who Isn't There

By Keren Blankfeld | February 28, 2024

From the Reservation to the River: On the Complexities of Writing About a Native Childhood

From the Reservation to the River: On the Complexities of Writing About a Native Childhood

Deborah Taffa on Acknowledging America’s Genocide of Native People

By Deborah Taffa | February 28, 2024

A Vanishing World: On Europe’s Disappearing Peasantry

A Vanishing World: On Europe’s Disappearing Peasantry

Patrick Joyce Explores the Social and Cultural Transformation of Rural Life

By Patrick Joyce | February 28, 2024

Sororal Death and Sad, Sexy Icons: Emmeline Clein on Eating Disorder Memoirs and the Contagion of Identification

Sororal Death and Sad, Sexy Icons: Emmeline Clein on Eating Disorder Memoirs and the Contagion of Identification

“For all the girls who weren’t wrong and all the girls who were.”

By Emmeline Clein | February 28, 2024

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