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The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2021

The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2021

Featuring Haruki Murakami, Brandon Taylor, Elizabeth McCracken, Kevin Barry, Lily King, and more

By Book Marks | December 9, 2021

On the Fleeting Wonder of Youth and the Surreal Permanence of Motherhood

On the Fleeting Wonder of Youth and the Surreal Permanence of Motherhood

Mira Ptacin Reflects on the Vulnerabilities of New Parenthood

By Mira Ptacin | December 9, 2021

Stephen Graham Jones on the Archetypes of a Slasher Narrative

Stephen Graham Jones on the Archetypes of a Slasher Narrative

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 9, 2021

On Opera’s Indisputable Rules of Gravity

On Opera’s Indisputable Rules of Gravity

Matthew Aucoin Considers the Constraints and Liberation of an Art Form

By Matthew Aucoin | December 9, 2021

Jay Parini on His Encounter with Jorge Luis Borges

Jay Parini on His Encounter with Jorge Luis Borges

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 9, 2021

Roisin Kiberd on the Solipsism of Social Media

Roisin Kiberd on the Solipsism of Social Media

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 9, 2021

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Secrets of the Sea: On the Hidden Past of Orford Ness and the Residue of Human Destruction

By Polly Crosby | December 9, 2021

“The Calling of St. Matthew”

By Adam Zagajewski | December 9, 2021

Understanding the Universe: A Conversation with Astronomer Emily Levesque

By Book Dreams | December 9, 2021

WATCH: Myisha Cherry and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Liberatory Possibilities of Lordean Rage

WATCH: Myisha Cherry and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Liberatory Possibilities of Lordean Rage

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By The Virtual Book Channel | December 9, 2021

How the Mosul Book Forum Became a Hub of Expression in a Struggling City

How the Mosul Book Forum Became a Hub of Expression in a Struggling City

Hannah McCarthy on Efforts to Rebuild Cultural Spaces After the Islamic State's Brutal Campaign

By Hannah McCarthy | December 9, 2021

Tanya Talaga on Cultural Genocide’s Link to Indigenous Suicides

Tanya Talaga on Cultural Genocide’s Link to Indigenous Suicides

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 9, 2021

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Louis Ozawa

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Louis Ozawa

Honoring Facing the Mountain and the Best History and Biography Audiobooks

By Behind the Mic | December 9, 2021

Frank Vogl on the Global Fight Against Corruption

Frank Vogl on the Global Fight Against Corruption

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 9, 2021

Ian Toll on the Lead Up to the Pearl Harbor Attack

Ian Toll on the Lead Up to the Pearl Harbor Attack

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | December 9, 2021

Rise Up in Anger and Hope: How Eruptive Protests Can Propel Urgent Issues to the Center of Political Debate

Rise Up in Anger and Hope: How Eruptive Protests Can Propel Urgent Issues to the Center of Political Debate

David Palumbo-Liu on Strategic Disruption As Power

By David Palumbo-Liu | December 9, 2021

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