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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The author achieves a sustained, operatic balance of comedy, grief and despair that is worth the wait.”

By Book Marks | August 11, 2022

Chris Martin on Poetry, Autism, and the Joy of Working With Neurodiverse Writers

Chris Martin on Poetry, Autism, and the Joy of Working With Neurodiverse Writers

"It’s a dance: forever angling toward the autonomy of the student while ensuring that they are not alone."

By Chris Martin | August 11, 2022

A Beautiful, Sacred Thing: Megan Giddings on Going to the Movies To Invoke Anger

A Beautiful, Sacred Thing: Megan Giddings on Going to the Movies To Invoke Anger

Or, Finding the Line Between Art and Entertainment

By Megan Giddings | August 11, 2022

Is This Real Life? Do We Live in a Computer Simulation or Not?

Is This Real Life? Do We Live in a Computer Simulation or Not?

Sabine Hossenfelder Addresses a Burning Question (For Some)

By Sabine Hossenfelder | August 11, 2022

The Overlooked History of the Civil Rights Queen, Constance Baker Motley

The Overlooked History of the Civil Rights Queen, Constance Baker Motley

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | August 11, 2022

Elizabeth Alexander: How Do You Keep Yourself Safe But Not Live in Fear?

Elizabeth Alexander: How Do You Keep Yourself Safe But Not Live in Fear?

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | August 11, 2022

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  • Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team
  • A Good Person

When Silence is Heard: Telling the Stories of Women During the Partition of India

By Melody Razak | August 11, 2022

Radical Lesbians and Active Desire: On Rita Mae Brown and the Lesbian Political Movement

By Nona Willis Aronowitz | August 11, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kendra Allen is Reading Now and Next

By Diana Arterian | August 11, 2022

“The Connection.” A Poem by Jana Prikryl

“The Connection.” A Poem by Jana Prikryl

From Her New Collection, Midwood

By Jana Prikryl | August 11, 2022

The Carlos Ghosn Story: A Modern-Day Greek Tragedy or the Parable of a Shameless Criminal Mastermind?

The Carlos Ghosn Story: A Modern-Day Greek Tragedy or the Parable of a Shameless Criminal Mastermind?

Nick Kostov in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 11, 2022

Profit AND Social Responsibility? How Today’s Leaders Should Confront Our Toughest Problems

Profit AND Social Responsibility? How Today’s Leaders Should Confront Our Toughest Problems

Wendy Smith in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 11, 2022

Remembering the US War in Afghanistan and the Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter

Remembering the US War in Afghanistan and the Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter

Major Tom Schueman and Zainullah Zaki in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 11, 2022

The Battle of Atlantic, 80 Years Later

The Battle of Atlantic, 80 Years Later

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | August 11, 2022

<em>Horse</em> by Geraldine Brooks, Read by a Full Cast

Horse by Geraldine Brooks, Read by a Full Cast

A Thought-Provoking American Tale

By Behind the Mic | August 11, 2022

What Does Animal Grief Tell Us About How They Understand Death?

What Does Animal Grief Tell Us About How They Understand Death?

Justin Gregg on Mourning Rituals and Death Wisdom

By Justin Gregg | August 10, 2022

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