The Award-Winning Novels<br> of 2020

The Award-Winning Novels
of 2020

The Books That Took Home This Year's Biggest Literary Prizes

By Book Marks | December 17, 2020

'Many Haws, Cold Toes.' And Other Arcane Ways of Saying It's Going to Snow a Lot

'Many Haws, Cold Toes.' And Other Arcane Ways of Saying It's Going to Snow a Lot

We Should All Talk About the Weather Like This

By Sally Coulthard | December 17, 2020

Trumpism: The Movement That Will Outlast Its Leader

Trumpism: The Movement That Will Outlast Its Leader

Cynthia Tucker on the Future of the Far Right in America

By Cynthia Tucker | December 17, 2020

Rabih Alameddine's Year in Reading: Poetry Edition

Rabih Alameddine's Year in Reading: Poetry Edition

"You know that I hate end-of-year lists..."

By Rabih Alameddine | December 17, 2020

Hope on the Horizon: Charles Baxter and Mike Alberti on Despair and Renewal in Fiction

Hope on the Horizon: Charles Baxter and Mike Alberti on Despair and Renewal in Fiction

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 17, 2020

How the Specter of Islam Fueled European Colonization in the Americas

How the Specter of Islam Fueled European Colonization in the Americas

Alan Mikhail Considers the Historical Ripples of Islamophobia

By Alan Mikhail | December 17, 2020

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Casey Plett: What Does It
Mean to Belong?

By Literary Hub | December 17, 2020

Could We Design the Internet to Function Like a Public Park?

By Keen On | December 17, 2020

Abortion is Already a Whisper-Network Procedure All Over America

By Christa Parravani | December 17, 2020

The Austrian Writer Whose Forgotten Plays Inspired His Greatest Work of Fiction

The Austrian Writer Whose Forgotten Plays Inspired His Greatest Work of Fiction

Genese Grill on Robert Musil's Intellectual and Creative Life

By Genese Grill | December 17, 2020

Danielle Evans on Writing the Subterranean Story

Danielle Evans on Writing the Subterranean Story

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | December 17, 2020

White Noise, White Silence: Who Gets to Be Loud in<br> Today's America?

White Noise, White Silence: Who Gets to Be Loud in
Today's America?

Kelly Coyne on “the Sonic Color Line”

By Kelly Marie Coyne | December 17, 2020

Jess Walter on the Challenge of the Contemporary Novelist (Well, One of Them Anyway)

Jess Walter on the Challenge of the Contemporary Novelist (Well, One of Them Anyway)

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 17, 2020

On Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess's Absurd Mission to Broker Peace

On Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess's Absurd Mission to Broker Peace

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | December 17, 2020

Harryette Mullen on Finding Her Poems as She Walks Through Los Angeles

Harryette Mullen on Finding Her Poems as She Walks Through Los Angeles

In Conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | December 17, 2020

Elle Hearns on Leading a Movement for Black Trans Lives

Elle Hearns on Leading a Movement for Black Trans Lives

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | December 17, 2020

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