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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"The terror Shibli evokes intensifies slowly, smoldering, until it is shining off the page."

By Book Marks | October 19, 2023

Dr. Craig R. Smith on Presidential Heart Surgery and Other Stories from the Operating Theater

Dr. Craig R. Smith on Presidential Heart Surgery and Other Stories from the Operating Theater

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 19, 2023

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing and Parenting with Her Husband, Charles

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing and Parenting with Her Husband, Charles

“All this is completely contingent upon the fact that we brought up the kids together.”

By Arwen Curry | October 18, 2023

Where There Is No Doctor: On Navigating Motherhood and Illness

Where There Is No Doctor: On Navigating Motherhood and Illness

Diksha Basu Considers Vulnerability and Self-Diagnosis in the Age of WebMD

By Diksha Basu | October 18, 2023

How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

Ritu Mukerji on the Life of Ann Preston and the Enduring Power of Medical Fiction

By Ritu Mukerji | October 18, 2023

Fear, Friendship, and Finding Your Place: Kristen Simmons and Johnny Compton

Fear, Friendship, and Finding Your Place: Kristen Simmons and Johnny Compton

Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre S03E06

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | October 18, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Ghost-Eye
  • Trash!: A Garbageman's Story
  • As If
  • Good Company
  • Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-And the American Revolution-Transformed Britain
  • Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America

Butcher’s Crossing Betrays the Brilliant Novel That Inspired It

By Michelle Nijhuis | October 18, 2023

The Revolution Will Be Televised: How Mass Media Made Mass Protest

By Vincent Bevins | October 18, 2023

Stories Too Awful to Believe: Adania Shibli on Bombings in Ramallah

By Adania Shibli | October 18, 2023

Vincent Bevins on How to Tend the Flames of Protests

Vincent Bevins on How to Tend the Flames of Protests

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2023

An Open Letter in Support of Adania Shibli From More Than 350 Writers, Editors, and Publishers

An Open Letter in Support of Adania Shibli From More Than 350 Writers, Editors, and Publishers

“They are closing out the space for a Palestinian voice.”

By Literary Hub | October 17, 2023

 “The Interviewer Wants to Know About Fashion”: A Poem by Hala Alyan

 “The Interviewer Wants to Know About Fashion”: A Poem by Hala Alyan

 “Isn’t it a miracle that they come back?”

By Hala Alyan | October 17, 2023

John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

On Nomenclature and Common Courtesy

By John Lee Clark | October 17, 2023

The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

Allison Epstein on the Popularity of World War II Novels, Reform Movements, and Why We Need Historical Stories

By Allison Epstein | October 17, 2023

Beyond Words: On the Story Within a Single Painting

Beyond Words: On the Story Within a Single Painting

Christine Coulson Considers Finding Inspiration in Museum Wall Labels

By Christine Coulson | October 17, 2023

Ye Chun on Bilingualism and <em>Wuwei</em> Writing

Ye Chun on Bilingualism and Wuwei Writing

"Words did not flow. They were squeezed out and then staggered on the page without conviction."

By Ye Chun | October 17, 2023

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