What the Critics Think: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

What the Critics Think: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Liana Fink on David Sedaris, Michele Filgate on Miriam Toews, Cree LeFavour on Claire Vaye Watkins, and more

By Book Marks | October 7, 2021

Elizabeth Wetmore and Kathryn Nuernberger on SB8, the History of Abortion, and <em>Roe v. Wade</em> in Danger

Elizabeth Wetmore and Kathryn Nuernberger on SB8, the History of Abortion, and Roe v. Wade in Danger

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 7, 2021

WATCH: Jen Winston and Adam J. Kurtz on Queer Existential Dread

WATCH: Jen Winston and Adam J. Kurtz on Queer Existential Dread

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | October 7, 2021

José Vadi on Mapping a Changing California

José Vadi on Mapping a Changing California

This Week on Otherppl with Brad Listi

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | October 7, 2021

Dave Eggers on Amazon as Cataclysm and Data’s Creep Into Storytelling

Dave Eggers on Amazon as Cataclysm and Data’s Creep Into Storytelling

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 7, 2021

Randall Kennedy on the Realities and Imaginaries of Race in America

Randall Kennedy on the Realities and Imaginaries of Race in America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 7, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash, Read by JD Jackson

By Behind the Mic | October 7, 2021

Miriam Toews on the “Incredible Empathy” of Steinbeck and Writing Honestly

By Literary Hub | October 6, 2021

In Defense of Poetic Plagiarism

By Sam Riviere | October 6, 2021

On Ancient Aliens, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and the Unhinged Pleasures of Speculative Nonfiction

On Ancient Aliens, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and the Unhinged Pleasures of Speculative Nonfiction

Patrick Allington Reads Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Alongside Chariots of the Gods?

By Patrick Allington | October 6, 2021

Dave Eggers on Escaping Corporate Tech and the Irreplaceable Role of Indie Bookstores

Dave Eggers on Escaping Corporate Tech and the Irreplaceable Role of Indie Bookstores

The Author Discusses His Upcoming Book, The Every

By Corinne Segal | October 6, 2021

How Did Kansas Become Ground Zero For the Imminent Water Crisis?

How Did Kansas Become Ground Zero For the Imminent Water Crisis?

Lucas Bessire on What’s Next for the High Plains

By Lucas Bessire | October 6, 2021

Sanaë Lemoine on the Reveal That Changed Her Life... and Inspired Her Novel

Sanaë Lemoine on the Reveal That Changed Her Life... and Inspired Her Novel

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | October 6, 2021

How Fanfiction Can Inspire a Meaningful Cultural Activism and Challenge Social Stigmas

How Fanfiction Can Inspire a Meaningful Cultural Activism and Challenge Social Stigmas

Milena Popova on the Real-World Impact of the Fandom Community's Discussion of Sexual Consent

By Milena Popova | October 6, 2021

So What Is It About Writers and Emotional Masochism?

So What Is It About Writers and Emotional Masochism?

Bonnie Friedman Breaks Down the Writerly Tendency for Self-Annihilation

By Bonnie Friedman | October 6, 2021

Diane di Prima Remembers Her Friend Freddie Herko

Diane di Prima Remembers Her Friend Freddie Herko

“So it was the summer of ‘54 I met you. Or the spring. Ten years ago. Sat down on a park bench beside you, in the rain.”

By Diane Di Prima | October 6, 2021

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