The Power of Music in Fiction: A Reading List

The Power of Music in Fiction: A Reading List

Emme Lund Recommends Books Kristen Arnett, C.R. Foster, Andrew Sean Greer, and More

By Emme Lund | February 18, 2022

Nomi Stolzenberg on How a Group of American Hasidic Jews Established Its Own Local Government

Nomi Stolzenberg on How a Group of American Hasidic Jews Established Its Own Local Government

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 18, 2022

How Deanna Raybourn (Reluctantly) Started Writing Historical Fiction

How Deanna Raybourn (Reluctantly) Started Writing Historical Fiction

In Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | February 18, 2022

<em>Wild Swan</em> by Patti Callahan, Read by Cynthia Erivo

Wild Swan by Patti Callahan, Read by Cynthia Erivo

Glorious Listening

By Behind the Mic | February 18, 2022

What Are You Blurbing, Deesha Philyaw?

What Are You Blurbing, Deesha Philyaw?

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | February 18, 2022

Brendan Slocumb on Racism in the Classical Music World

Brendan Slocumb on Racism in the Classical Music World

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | February 17, 2022

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The Socialite, Property Developer, and Bigamist Who Had Everyone in 18th Century Europe Talking

By Catherine Ostler | February 17, 2022

What Exactly Do Words Taste Like?

By Guy Leschziner | February 17, 2022

WATCH: An Evening of Genre- and Gender-Fluid magic with Grace Lavery and Elif Batuman

By The Virtual Book Channel | February 17, 2022

The Award is the Book: Randall Mann on Poetry Awards, Contests, and Diversity

The Award is the Book: Randall Mann on Poetry Awards, Contests, and Diversity

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 17, 2022

Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | February 17, 2022

Sheila Heti on Feeling Estranged from the Facts of Existence

Sheila Heti on Feeling Estranged from the Facts of Existence

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 17, 2022

The Creation of Yourself: On the Flow and Fugue of Dance

The Creation of Yourself: On the Flow and Fugue of Dance

Olivia Campbell Considers the Legendary Absorption of the Dancer

By Olivia Campbell | February 17, 2022

What Is China Reading Right Now?

What Is China Reading Right Now?

Megan Walsh on the “Little Emperors” of Contemporary Chinese Literature

By Megan Walsh | February 17, 2022

Angela Stent on How Putin Created a Paranoid and Polarized World

Angela Stent on How Putin Created a Paranoid and Polarized World

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 17, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Alexandra Kleeman on Sheila Heti, Rachel Khong on Julie Otsuka, Lauren Michele Jackson on Zora Neale Hurston, and more

By Book Marks | February 17, 2022

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