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5 December Books You Might Have Missed

5 December Books You Might Have Missed

Icelandic Noir, Marital Secrets, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | January 9, 2020

The Renegade Ideas Behind the Rise of American Pragmatism

The Renegade Ideas Behind the Rise of American Pragmatism

William James, Charles Peirce, and the Questions That Roiled Them

By John Kaag and Douglas Anderson | January 9, 2020

How Beck Dorey-Stein Ended Up at the White House From a Craiglist Ad

How Beck Dorey-Stein Ended Up at the White House From a Craiglist Ad

The Author of From the Corner of the Oval talks with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | January 9, 2020

Hermione Hoby, Kanishk Tharoor, and Cherise Wolas on Self-Doubt

Hermione Hoby, Kanishk Tharoor, and Cherise Wolas on Self-Doubt

Onstage Conversations From the LIC Reading Series

By LIC Reading Series | January 9, 2020

Why We Love <br>Untranslatable Words

Why We Love
Untranslatable Words

David Shariatmadari on the Allure of Undefinable Concepts

By David Shariatmadari | January 8, 2020

The Safe Havens and No-Go Zones for 20th-Century Black American Travelers

The Safe Havens and No-Go Zones for 20th-Century Black American Travelers

Candacy Taylor Plots the Uncertain Journeys Along Route 66

By Candacy Taylor | January 8, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Chuck Palahniuk on the Importance of Not Boring
Your Reader

By Chuck Palahniuk | January 8, 2020

What Lotería Means to Me—And My Writing

By Yvette Benavides | January 8, 2020

Two Poems by Abdulla Pashew

By Abdulla Pashew | January 8, 2020

Sarah Moss on Ghost Walls, Violence Against Women, and Social Structures

Sarah Moss on Ghost Walls, Violence Against Women, and Social Structures

The Author of Ghost Wall in Conversation with Reading Women's Kendra Winchester

By Reading Women | January 8, 2020

Miranda Popkey: What Happens If You Start Thinking of Your Life as a Narrative?

Miranda Popkey: What Happens If You Start Thinking of Your Life as a Narrative?

Kristin Iversen in Conversation with the Author
of Topics of Conversation

By Kristin Iversen | January 7, 2020

On the Mathematical Problem of Human Creativity

On the Mathematical Problem of Human Creativity

Kit Yates Considers the Ramifications of Automating Problem Solving

By Kit Yates | January 7, 2020

Has Listening Become<br> a Lost Art?

Has Listening Become
a Lost Art?

Kate Murphy on the Evolving Modes of Communication
in the 21st Century

By Kate Murphy | January 7, 2020

Chloé Hilliard on Confronting Racist Stereotypes in Hollywood's Casting Rooms

Chloé Hilliard on Confronting Racist Stereotypes in Hollywood's Casting Rooms

"Hollywood doesn’t like their black women subtle."

By Chloé Hilliard | January 7, 2020

Chuck Palahniuk on His Childhood Love of Ellery Queen and Writing in a Good Mood

Chuck Palahniuk on His Childhood Love of Ellery Queen and Writing in a Good Mood

The Author of Consider This Answers Five Questions From Lit Hub

By Literary Hub | January 7, 2020

12 Books You Should Read<br> in January

12 Books You Should Read
in January

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | January 7, 2020

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