• Features

    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 14, 2022
    The Writing Life

    Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on Writing on Your Own Terms

    By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore  January 14, 2022
    The History of Literature

    “A Poetic Vision of God.” On an Astounding 1903 Letter by Rainer Maria Rilke

    By History of Literature  January 14, 2022
    Dogs

    So, Do Our Dogs Love Us?

    By Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry  January 14, 2022
    Animals

    Books That Showcase the Bond Between Horses and Riders

    By Mimi Matthews  January 14, 2022
    The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

    What Is Miami Herald’s Connie Ogle Reading?

    By The Literary Life  January 14, 2022
    The Common

    Noor Naga on Exploring Alienation and Claustrophobia in Writing from the Arabian Gulf

    By The Common  January 14, 2022
    New Books Network

    “Creatures of Water.” Sue Lynn Tan on the Role of Chinese Mythology in Her Depictions of Dragons

    By New Books Network  January 14, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    Daggers Drawn Edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Read by a Full Cast

    By Behind the Mic   January 14, 2022
    The Maris Review

    “I’m Gonna Die if I Have to Write Another One of These.” Why Jami Attenberg Switched to Memoir

    By The Maris Review  January 13, 2022
    Adaptations

    WATCH: Emily St. John Mandel and Showrunner Patrick Somerville on the Making of Station Eleven

    By The Virtual Book Channel  January 13, 2022
    Adaptations

    Please, Mr. Postman: Revisiting the Broken Hearts of James M. Cain’s Masterpiece

    By Matthew Eng  January 13, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Kathryn Schulz on the Interplay of Joy and Grief in Our Lives

    By Book Dreams  January 13, 2022
    Diarists

    Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

    By Leigh Stein  January 13, 2022
    Just the Right Book

    Sarah Ruhl: Why We Should Love Imperfection and Asymmetry

    By Just the Right Book   January 13, 2022
    Best Reviews of the Week

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 13, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Cynthia Dewi Oka and Jenny Zhang on Writing and Honoring the Unassimilable

    By The Virtual Book Channel  January 13, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Paul Lisicky and Terese Marie Mailhot on the Long-Term Mental Health Effects of the Pandemic

    By Fiction Non Fiction  January 13, 2022
    Blackness

    Lewis R. Gordon on the Development of Black Consciousness

    By Lewis R. Gordon  January 13, 2022
    Family Stories

    A Beautiful Sadness: On the People and Places That Will Forever Haunt Us

    By Hannah Lillith Assadi  January 13, 2022
    Otherppl

    Claire Messud on Getting to Know Your Characters

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 13, 2022
    AIDS

    Edgar Gomez on Sex, Desire, and Going on PrEP

    By Edgar Gomez  January 13, 2022
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    We Have Ways of Making You Talk on the Allied Forces Training Methods

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   January 13, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    Never by Ken Follett, Read by January LaVoy

    By Behind the Mic   January 13, 2022
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Suzanne Ciani on the Advantages of Analog Over Digital

    By The Quarantine Tapes  January 13, 2022
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