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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Ryan Ruby on a Moby-Dick Sequel, Pico Iyer on a Pilot's Memoir, Marie-Helene Bertino on a Tale of Vanishing Mothers, and more

By Book Marks | June 30, 2022

WATCH: Keith Gessen on the Profound (and Often Maddening) Experience of Being a Dad

WATCH: Keith Gessen on the Profound (and Often Maddening) Experience of Being a Dad

In Conversation with Jessica Grose at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 30, 2022

How Social Media Is Killing Romantic Love: Can Smart Machines Enable Us to Love Again?

How Social Media Is Killing Romantic Love: Can Smart Machines Enable Us to Love Again?

Debora Spar in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 30, 2022

How the Parallel Pandemics of Covid, Anxiety, and Gun Violence Are Part of the Same Crisis of American Healthcare

How the Parallel Pandemics of Covid, Anxiety, and Gun Violence Are Part of the Same Crisis of American Healthcare

Robert Pearl in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 30, 2022

How a White Racist “Totalitarian” System Permeates American History and Why Reparations Might Be the Only Fix

How a White Racist “Totalitarian” System Permeates American History and Why Reparations Might Be the Only Fix

Baynard Woods in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 30, 2022

<em>Siren Queen</em> by Nghi Vo, Read by Natalie Naudus

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo, Read by Natalie Naudus

A Spellbinding Hollywood Tale

By Behind the Mic | June 30, 2022

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  • The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary

How Costumes and Conventions Brought Sci-Fi Fans Together in the Early 20th Century

By Andrew Liptak | June 29, 2022

Jamie Bartlett on the Biggest Crypto Scam of All and the Heartless Bulgarian Cryptoqueen Behind It

By Keen On | June 29, 2022

Alex Balk on the Bittersweetness of Encountering a Beloved Childhood Toy

By Alex Balk | June 29, 2022

Austin Kleon on the Gift of Obscurity

Austin Kleon on the Gift of Obscurity

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 29, 2022

Jason Mott on the Power of Routine, and Tackling Writer’s Block by Writing Badly

Jason Mott on the Power of Routine, and Tackling Writer’s Block by Writing Badly

The Author of Hell of a Book Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | June 29, 2022

Benjamín Labatut Reads from <em>When We Cease to Understand the World</em>

Benjamín Labatut Reads from When We Cease to Understand the World

On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

By Storybound | June 29, 2022

The Knife’s Edge Between Dopesickness and Delusional Hope: Keri Blakinger on Her First Week in Jail

The Knife’s Edge Between Dopesickness and Delusional Hope: Keri Blakinger on Her First Week in Jail

“I walked out of my cell into a brave new world I still did not understand.”

By Keri Blakinger | June 29, 2022

Why 1997 Was a Pivotal Year in the Life of George Michael

Why 1997 Was a Pivotal Year in the Life of George Michael

Princess Diana’s Death, Ellen, and the Fear of Coming Out

By James Gavin | June 29, 2022

Nope, Not a Trend: On the Modern Origins and Evolution of Bisexual Identity

Nope, Not a Trend: On the Modern Origins and Evolution of Bisexual Identity

Julia Shaw Considers the Skepticism, Panic, and Growing Accessibility of Being Bi

By Julia Shaw | June 29, 2022

Writing Into the Future: What Motherhood and Creativity Have in Common

Writing Into the Future: What Motherhood and Creativity Have in Common

Alexis Schaitkin on Bringing Babies and Novels Into the World

By Alexis Schaitkin | June 29, 2022

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