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The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2021

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2021

Featuring Kazuo Ishiguro, Alexandra Kleeman, Jeff VanderMeer, Anthony Doerr, and more

By Book Marks | December 8, 2021

Denise Williams on Interrogating “Guilty Pleasures”

Denise Williams on Interrogating “Guilty Pleasures”

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | December 8, 2021

David Bodanis On How Nice Guys, In Fact, Do Not Finish Last

David Bodanis On How Nice Guys, In Fact, Do Not Finish Last

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 8, 2021

Gioia Diliberto on the Dark Side of Coco Chanel

Gioia Diliberto on the Dark Side of Coco Chanel

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 8, 2021

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Amir Abdullah

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Amir Abdullah

Celebrating Black Boy Joy and the Best Kids Audiobooks

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Eating to Extinction: A Conversation with Food Journalist Dan Saladino

Eating to Extinction: A Conversation with Food Journalist Dan Saladino

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The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

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How Do You Kill a God? On Captain Cook’s Ill-Fated Arrival in Hawaii

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Thwarted Passions, Private Lives: On Out-of-Control Characters in Literary Fiction

Thwarted Passions, Private Lives: On Out-of-Control Characters in Literary Fiction

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Jude Brewer Performs His Short Story “Buzzy”

Jude Brewer Performs His Short Story “Buzzy”

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Uli Beutter Cohen on Subway Book Trends and Reading Habits

Uli Beutter Cohen on Subway Book Trends and Reading Habits

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On the Complex Historical and Contemporary Terrain of African Literature

On the Complex Historical and Contemporary Terrain of African Literature

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By Literary Hub | December 7, 2021

What Propelled Vivian Maier’s Earliest New York Photographs?

What Propelled Vivian Maier’s Earliest New York Photographs?

Ann Marks on the Birth of an Artist

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Revisiting <em>Sunday in the Park with George</em> in the Wake of Sondheim’s Death

Revisiting Sunday in the Park with George in the Wake of Sondheim’s Death

Rob Weinert-Kendt Guests on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | December 7, 2021

Why Ted Flanagan Wants His Readers to Be a Little Frustrated (At First)

Why Ted Flanagan Wants His Readers to Be a Little Frustrated (At First)

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