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Against the Struggling Single Mom Trope in Romance Novels

Against the Struggling Single Mom Trope in Romance Novels

Rosalynn Tyo Picks a Bone with a Subgenre

By Rosalynn Tyo | May 12, 2023

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

Sam Leith Has Some Serious Ideas

By Sam Leith | May 12, 2023

“They Are the Mothers!” From Goethe to Cusk, Halting Progress for Moms

“They Are the Mothers!” From Goethe to Cusk, Halting Progress for Moms

Jennifer Banks Wants to Drag Motherhood Out of the Mud

By Jennifer Banks | May 12, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Tom Hanks, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Héctor Tobar, and More

By Book Marks | May 12, 2023

John Wray on the One Book That Has Helped Him Become a Better Writer

John Wray on the One Book That Has Helped Him Become a Better Writer

“I’m talking about an unassuming trade paperback, published a few decades back, with a deceptively un-sexy title.”

By John Wray | May 12, 2023

Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

Jonathan Russell Clark Traces the Evolution of a Pretty Depressing Character

By Jonathan Russell Clark | May 12, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Mirror, Mirror: On the Intersection of Beauty, Power, and Motherhood

By Mona Awad | May 12, 2023

Readings from the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology

By The Literary Life | May 12, 2023

The Five Devils is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

By Laura Valenza | May 12, 2023

Garth Risk Hallberg Goes Behind the Scenes of the <em>City on Fire</em> Adaptation

Garth Risk Hallberg Goes Behind the Scenes of the City on Fire Adaptation

”The interior was so fully realized and so maximized for pothead goofing off that I didn’t want to leave.”

By Garth Risk Hallberg | May 11, 2023

To Heal the Planet, We Must Heal Ourselves: Ben Okri Proposes New Visions For Our Collective Future

To Heal the Planet, We Must Heal Ourselves: Ben Okri Proposes New Visions For Our Collective Future

“The climate crisis is not really about the climate. It’s about us.”

By Ben Okri | May 11, 2023

Jeff VanderMeer’s <em>Veniss Underground</em> Reveals the World by Breaking Its Boundaries

Jeff VanderMeer’s Veniss Underground Reveals the World by Breaking Its Boundaries

Charles Yu Reflects on a New Edition of Vandermeer's Powerfully Weird First Novel

By Charles Yu | May 11, 2023

Stephen Marche Explains Why Technologies Like ChatGPT Will Make Creators More Valuable Than Ever

Stephen Marche Explains Why Technologies Like ChatGPT Will Make Creators More Valuable Than Ever

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 11, 2023

The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s <em>Big Two-Hearted River</em>

The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River

“The burned landscape and the desolate swamp in that case could stand for a writer’s creative unconscious.”

By John N. Maclean | May 11, 2023

This Eagle Would Eat Your Toddler If It Had The Chance

This Eagle Would Eat Your Toddler If It Had The Chance

Adam Hart on Our Shared History With Predators

By Adam Hart | May 11, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Of new books by Tom Hanks, Emma Cline, Haruki Murukami, and More

By Book Marks | May 11, 2023

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