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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is no greater vindication of the suspicion that poor taste is a form of moral deficiency than the initial reception that greeted Hillbilly Elegy.”

By Book Marks | July 25, 2024

I’m Jealous of My Friend’s Writing Success: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I’m Jealous of My Friend’s Writing Success: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 25, 2024

Vendettas, Gatekeepers, and Prima Donnas: (Very) Bad Mentors in Fiction

Vendettas, Gatekeepers, and Prima Donnas: (Very) Bad Mentors in Fiction

Jean Marc Ah-Sen Recommends Paige Cooper, Allegra Hyde, César Aira, and More

By Jean Marc Ah-Sen | July 25, 2024

Poetry’s Mysterious Power: A Conversation With Dara Barrois/Dixon

Poetry’s Mysterious Power: A Conversation With Dara Barrois/Dixon

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of “Extremely Expensive Mystical Experiences for Astronauts”

By Peter Mishler | July 25, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Cristina Beltrán, Judith Butler, John Capgrave, and Others

By Diana Arterian | July 25, 2024

Harry Siegel on the Supreme Court, Bribery, and Scofflaws

Harry Siegel on the Supreme Court, Bribery, and Scofflaws

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 25, 2024

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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

“Weapons of Health Destruction...” How Colonialism Created the Modern Native American Diet

By Andrea Freeman | July 24, 2024

What the Epic of Gilgamesh Reveals About Sumerian Society

By Paul Cooper | July 24, 2024

On Writing—and Then Becoming—the “Other”

By Mathangi Subramanian | July 24, 2024

Vacation Mode: On the Literary Relationship Between Travel and Madness

Vacation Mode: On the Literary Relationship Between Travel and Madness

Kate Preziosi on Recent Books by Rachel Lyon, Scarlett Thomas, and Kimberly King Parsons

By Kate Preziosi | July 24, 2024

Jen Hadfield on Annie Dillard’s <em>Pilgrim at Tinker Creek</em>

Jen Hadfield on Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 24, 2024

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on Protecting Mauna Kea

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on Protecting Mauna Kea

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 24, 2024

All Living Creatures: Do Animals Deserve Political Rights and Representation?

All Living Creatures: Do Animals Deserve Political Rights and Representation?

Brandon Keim Considers the Human Case for Giving a Voice to the Voiceless

By Brandon Keim | July 23, 2024

Seeing Green: Why We Should All Be Paying Attention to Plants

Seeing Green: Why We Should All Be Paying Attention to Plants

Klaudia Khan on the Arrogance of Anthropocentrism and the Overlooked Wonders of the Natural World

By Klaudia Khan | July 23, 2024

Lev Grossman on Adapting Arthurian Legends For a World in Turmoil

Lev Grossman on Adapting Arthurian Legends For a World in Turmoil

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Bright Sword”

By Jane Ciabattari | July 23, 2024

Shalom Auslander on the First Story He Was Ever Told

Shalom Auslander on the First Story He Was Ever Told

“The first part of You Suck is known as The Old Testament.”

By Shalom Auslander | July 23, 2024

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