5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“She is invested in the muck of collective life, with all of its brutalities, ironies, and ambivalences.”

By Book Marks | February 15, 2024

Postpartum Publishing: On the Highs and Lows of Bringing a Book Into the World

Postpartum Publishing: On the Highs and Lows of Bringing a Book Into the World

Tawny Lara Explores the Emotional Rollercoaster of Life as a Debut Author

By Tawny Lara | February 15, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kelly Link is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kelly Link is Reading Now and Next

“There are far too many good books in the world... But that’s a good thing, right?”

By Diana Arterian | February 15, 2024

You’ve Got Mail: Poring Over the Love Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

You’ve Got Mail: Poring Over the Love Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Laura McNeal on an Archive of Romance

By Laura McNeal | February 14, 2024

Steeped in War and Erasure: Amitav Ghosh on How Tea Funded the British Empire’s Expansion

Steeped in War and Erasure: Amitav Ghosh on How Tea Funded the British Empire’s Expansion

On the Complex Colonial Histories of Chinese and Indian Tea

By Amitav Ghosh | February 14, 2024

Romance In the White House: What George Washington Wrote To His Wife

Romance In the White House: What George Washington Wrote To His Wife

Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler on Presidential Love Letters Throughout the Centuries

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler | February 14, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir
  • Nonesuch
  • Whidbey
  • A Scandal in Königsberg
  • The Quantity Theory of Morality
  • Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World

“Endlessly Seductive, Endlessly Terrifying.” Lucy Sante on the Idea and Reality of Transition

By Lucy Sante | February 14, 2024

Translating Race: Bruna Dantas Lobato on Jeferson Tenório’s The Dark Side of Skin

By Bruna Dantas Lobato | February 14, 2024

Mycelial Landscapes with Merlin Sheldrake and Barney Steel

By Emergence Magazine | February 14, 2024

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Caryl Churchill's <em>Far Away</em>

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Caryl Churchill's Far Away

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 14, 2024

Jacke Wilson on William Wordsworth

Jacke Wilson on William Wordsworth

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | February 14, 2024

The Gift of Reading Toni Morrison to My Black Daughter in an Age of Book Bans

The Gift of Reading Toni Morrison to My Black Daughter in an Age of Book Bans

Rae Giana Rashad on the Importance of “Beloved,” Being a Black Mother in Texas, and Innocence Versus Experience

By Rae Giana Rashad | February 13, 2024

Literary Loops: Mariah Stovall on the Role of Repetition in Music and Fiction

Literary Loops: Mariah Stovall on the Role of Repetition in Music and Fiction

“I realized music could show me how to balance consistency and novelty.”

By Mariah Stovall | February 13, 2024

Roxana Robinson on Exploring Intimacy and Romance in Old Age

Roxana Robinson on Exploring Intimacy and Romance in Old Age

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Leaving”

By Jane Ciabattari | February 13, 2024

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

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

Featuring Sloane Crosley, Daniel Lefferts, Phillip B. Williams and More

By Teddy Wayne | February 13, 2024

Sophie Pinkham on Sexy Russian Poets

Sophie Pinkham on Sexy Russian Poets

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | February 13, 2024

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