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The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2020

The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2020

Featuring Zadie Smith, Helen Macdonald, Claudia Rankine,
Samantha Irby, and more

By Book Marks | December 10, 2020

Michelle Buteau on Translating Her Comedy Into a (Mostly) PG-13 Book

Michelle Buteau on Translating Her Comedy Into a (Mostly) PG-13 Book

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 10, 2020

Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

a democratic socialist."">Paulo Gurgel Valente: "She always described herself as
a democratic socialist."

By Paulo Gurgel Valente | December 10, 2020

I Wrote a Tragic Novel About the 1918 Flu. 14 Years Later, My Family Got COVID

I Wrote a Tragic Novel About the 1918 Flu. 14 Years Later, My Family Got COVID

Thomas Mullen: When the Fictional Veers Into the Real

By Thomas Mullen | December 10, 2020

Chris Jackson on the Privilege of Being an Editor, and Publishing's Systemic Problems

Chris Jackson on the Privilege of Being an Editor, and Publishing's Systemic Problems

Read His Acceptance Speech for The Center for Fiction’s
Medal for Editorial Excellence

By Literary Hub | December 10, 2020

Memorializing History's Dark Corners With Absurdity

Memorializing History's Dark Corners With Absurdity

Keith Lowe Visits Lithuania's Grutas Park

By Keith Lowe | December 10, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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  • Evil Genius

On the Fruitful 'Historic Pain' Beneath Family Interactions (Even—or Especially—the Mundane Ones)

By Well-Versed | December 10, 2020

When a Great Songwriter Turns Poet: On Richard Buckner's New Collection

By Nina MacLaughlin | December 10, 2020

The Private Lives of Shuttered Stores: On Abandoned Interiors

By Mark Hage | December 10, 2020

It's Time to Expand Our Definition of the 'Sharing Economy'

It's Time to Expand Our Definition of the 'Sharing Economy'

Mauro F. Guillen in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 10, 2020

"Your Hair Over the Sea"

A Poem by Paul Celan (Trans., Pierre Joris)

By Paul Celan | December 10, 2020

The Problem of Comparing Allied and Axis Forces

The Problem of Comparing Allied and Axis Forces

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | December 10, 2020

The Perils of the Hype Machine When It Comes to Science and Tech

The Perils of the Hype Machine When It Comes to Science and Tech

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | December 10, 2020

An Interview with Billie Fulford-Brown, Narrator of <em>Headliners</em> by Lucy Parker

An Interview with Billie Fulford-Brown, Narrator of Headliners by Lucy Parker

Celebrating the Best Audiobooks of 2020

By Behind the Mic | December 10, 2020

A New Story By Rachel Kushner: <br>

A New Story By Rachel Kushner:
"The Mayor of Leipzig"

"I personally know the author of this story you’re reading."

By Rachel Kushner | December 9, 2020

On Bourbon, Books, and Writing Your Way Out of Small-Town America

On Bourbon, Books, and Writing Your Way Out of Small-Town America

Wright Thompson Considers What It Means to Find Your Craft

By Wright Thompson | December 9, 2020

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