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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The grief is stirred in slowly. It’s a sickroom meditation; the author becomes a stranger in a strange land.”

By Book Marks | September 18, 2025

How Feminists Fought to Formally Recognize Women’s Domestic Labor

How Feminists Fought to Formally Recognize Women’s Domestic Labor

From Emily Callaci's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Wages for Housework”

By Emily Callaci | September 18, 2025

Omar El Akkad on Gaza and Western Empire

Omar El Akkad on Gaza and Western Empire

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 18, 2025

Painting Outside the Lines: On the Life and Work of Abstract Artist Emily Mason

Painting Outside the Lines: On the Life and Work of Abstract Artist Emily Mason

“Her best works—across mediums—came from ceding control, allowing herself to become a ‘conduit’ for the unknown.”

By Elisa Wouk Almino | September 17, 2025

How a Heart Attack Helped Trymaine Lee Find Meaning in Black Survival

How a Heart Attack Helped Trymaine Lee Find Meaning in Black Survival

“A blood clot and a bullet are very different things. But both have the ability to take and twist a life.”

By Trymaine Lee | September 17, 2025

Every Complicated Family is Complicated in Its Own Way: A Reading List

Every Complicated Family is Complicated in Its Own Way: A Reading List

Jeremy B. Jones Recommends Rick Bragg, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Crystal Wilkinson and More

By Jeremy B. Jones | September 17, 2025

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The Fine Art of Defining a Diva

By Jerome Charyn | September 17, 2025

“The Body of Grief as Rice and Butter,” a Poem by Alison Lubar

By Alison Lubar | September 17, 2025

Miriam Toews Pushes Against Silences

By Thresholds | September 17, 2025

Why We’re Still Reading Jane Austen on Her 250th Birthday

Why We’re Still Reading Jane Austen on Her 250th Birthday

Lucy Worsley on Austen’s Desire for Fame and Why Her Books Don’t Truly Celebrate Marriage

By Lucy Worsley | September 16, 2025

Sasha Bonét on Black Motherhood, Fragmented Storytelling, and Untangling History

Sasha Bonét on Black Motherhood, Fragmented Storytelling, and Untangling History

G'Ra Asim Talks to the Author of “The Waterbearers”

By G'ra Asim | September 16, 2025

Why Are There So Few Books About Mothers and Sons?

Why Are There So Few Books About Mothers and Sons?

Sam Sussman on Writing a Book About His Mother

By Sam Sussman | September 16, 2025

How Viking Introduced John Steinbeck, James Joyce and More to American Readers

How Viking Introduced John Steinbeck, James Joyce and More to American Readers

Paul Slovak on Pascal Covici, the Editor Who Nurtured Some of the Most Iconic Names in Literature

By Paul Slovak | September 16, 2025

Angela Flournoy on Writing a Polyphonic Novel of Black Female Friendship

Angela Flournoy on Writing a Polyphonic Novel of Black Female Friendship

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Wilderness”

By Jane Ciabattari | September 16, 2025

How To Raise a Reader in an Age of Digital Distraction

How To Raise a Reader in an Age of Digital Distraction

Jessica Ewing on the Ways Parents Can Promote Thoughtful Technology Use and Sustainable Reading Habits

By Jessica Ewing | September 15, 2025

Finding Inspiration (and Joy) While Drafting Among the Fjords

Finding Inspiration (and Joy) While Drafting Among the Fjords

David Greig on His Creative Process Aboard a Nordic Cruise

By David Greig | September 15, 2025

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