The Inertia of Whiteness in the World of Postwar Publishing

The Inertia of Whiteness in the World of Postwar Publishing

"Big Manhattan book publishers publish hundreds of authors each year, but in their eyes, only a very few really matter."

By Richard Jean So | December 15, 2020

Who is the Narrator of Marcel Proust's <em>In Search of Lost Time</em>?

Who is the Narrator of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time?

Saul Friedländer on the Many Functions of the Most Elusive
Figure in French Literature

By Saul Friedländer | December 15, 2020

Why Humility is Essential in <br>the Face of Nature

Why Humility is Essential in
the Face of Nature

Carl Safina Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 15, 2020

Emily Temple on Trippy Fiction and Summer Camps as Cults

Emily Temple on Trippy Fiction and Summer Camps as Cults

This Week on the So Many Damn Books Podcast

By So Many Damn Books | December 15, 2020

On Sylvia Plath's Use of Tastelessness in <em>Ariel</em>

On Sylvia Plath's Use of Tastelessness in Ariel

Elisa Gabbert Talks to Sandra Newman and
Catherine Nichols on Lit Century

By Lit Century | December 15, 2020

Madhuri Vijay Performs a Passage From Her Novel<br> <em>The Far Field</em>

Madhuri Vijay Performs a Passage From Her Novel
The Far Field

From Our Radio Theater Podcast, Storybound

By Storybound | December 15, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Helen Drutt English on the Essentialness of
Creating by Hand

By The Quarantine Tapes | December 15, 2020

Botany and Revolution: How 18th-Century Naturalists Discouraged Ideas of Liberty

By Time to Eat the Dogs | December 15, 2020

The Best Reviewed Fiction
of 2020

By Book Marks | December 15, 2020

<em>American Cheese</em> by Joe Berkowitz, Read by Charlie Thurston

American Cheese by Joe Berkowitz, Read by Charlie Thurston

Explore the World of Artisan Cheese in America

By Behind the Mic | December 15, 2020

Mute Force: Why #NativeTwitter Couldn't Stop Talking About Baby Yoda

Mute Force: Why #NativeTwitter Couldn't Stop Talking About Baby Yoda

In Which Eric Gansworth Possibly Spoils The Mandalorian

By Eric Gansworth | December 14, 2020

Six Book Critics Walk Into a Zoom to Talk About Autofiction

Six Book Critics Walk Into a Zoom to Talk About Autofiction

A Totally Fictional Story by Marion Winik Featuring
a Martin Amis Cameo

By Marion Winik | December 14, 2020

On the Willie Nelson Country-Pop Crossover That Changed Everything

On the Willie Nelson Country-Pop Crossover That Changed Everything

Michaelangelo Matos Goes Deep on One of 1980s Biggest Duets

By Michaelangelo Matos | December 14, 2020

What Does It Mean to Read Great Food Writing in a Pandemic?

What Does It Mean to Read Great Food Writing in a Pandemic?

J. Kenji López-Alt on Editing an Anthology as Coronavirus Hit

By J. Kenji López-Alt | December 14, 2020

The Best Reviewed Mystery and Crime Fiction of 2020

The Best Reviewed Mystery and Crime Fiction of 2020

Featuring Tana French, Don Winslow, Ivy Pochoda,
Liz Moore, and more

By Book Marks | December 14, 2020

How Newt Gingrich and His Band of Grifters Made Politics Into Entertainment

How Newt Gingrich and His Band of Grifters Made Politics Into Entertainment

Julian E. Zelizer Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 14, 2020

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