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The Philosophy of the “Pool Read”

The Philosophy of the “Pool Read”

This Week on the Literary Disco Podcast

By Literary Disco | July 13, 2021

<em>The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story</em>, Edited by John Freeman, Read by Ensemble

The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, Edited by John Freeman, Read by Ensemble

50 Years of Collected Short Fiction

By Behind the Mic | July 13, 2021

How America’s Lack of Basic Support is Shortening Lives

How America’s Lack of Basic Support is Shortening Lives

Peter Sterling in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 12, 2021

Kimberly Ruffin Shares Her Guided Practice of Walking Through the Forest

Kimberly Ruffin Shares Her Guided Practice of Walking Through the Forest

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 12, 2021

Steven Pressfield on the Artist<br> as Warrior

Steven Pressfield on the Artist
as Warrior

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 12, 2021

Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 12, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

Revival Season by Monica West, Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

By Behind the Mic | July 12, 2021

Richard Flanagan on Writing (and Rewriting) Through the Devastating Bushfires in Tasmania and Australia

By The Literary Life | July 9, 2021

David Potter on What Lenin and Luther Can Teach Us About Our Age of Disruption

By Keen On | July 9, 2021

Rebecca Mead on Finding Ways to Keep Reporting Through Lockdown

Rebecca Mead on Finding Ways to Keep Reporting Through Lockdown

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | July 9, 2021

You Want Me to Read <em>What</em>?

You Want Me to Read What?

The Book Dreams Podcast Competes for Off-the-Wall Reading Recs

By Book Dreams | July 9, 2021

<em>The Icepick Surgeon</em> by Sam Kean, Read by Ben Sullivan

The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean, Read by Ben Sullivan

Bringing Together Science and True Crime

By Behind the Mic | July 9, 2021

Imagining a Shakespeare Haunted by Jessicas

Imagining a Shakespeare Haunted by Jessicas

Jessica Barksdale Inclán Talks to C.P. Lesley on New Books Network

By New Books Network | July 9, 2021

Dana Spiotta on the Inevitable Reckonings of Generation X

Dana Spiotta on the Inevitable Reckonings of Generation X

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 8, 2021

How College Rankings Created the Student Debt Crisis

How College Rankings Created the Student Debt Crisis

Susan Paterno in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 8, 2021

<em>The Quiet Boy</em> by Ben H. Winters, Read by William DeMeritt

The Quiet Boy by Ben H. Winters, Read by William DeMeritt

A Fast-Paced and Twisted Story

By Behind the Mic | July 8, 2021

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