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Strout, Solnit, Porter: Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Strout, Solnit, Porter: Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles from Elizabeth Strout, Anthony Horowitz, Rebecca Solnit, Billy Porter, and more

By Book Marks | October 22, 2021

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

How the Author of Veronica Tries to Honor the World

By Mary Gaitskill | October 22, 2021

David Shariatmadari on What Etymology Can Teach Us About Culture (and Happiness)

David Shariatmadari on What Etymology Can Teach Us About Culture (and Happiness)

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | October 22, 2021

On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

Oscar Oswald Considers Theocritus, Layli Long Soldier, and the Search for a Wild Poetry

By Oscar Oswald | October 22, 2021

On the Very Human Importance of Walking: A Reading List

On the Very Human Importance of Walking: A Reading List

Katherine May Recommends Solnit, Strayed, Bunyan, and More

By Katherine May | October 22, 2021

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

Sara B. Franklin on a True Poet of Our Times

By Sara B. Franklin | October 21, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
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  • The Six Loves of James I

The Perpetual Timeliness of Tess of the D'Urbervilles

By Janet Beard | October 21, 2021

Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

By The Maris Review | October 21, 2021

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | October 21, 2021

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Everyone Has to Start Somewhere

By Emily Temple | October 20, 2021

Chelsea G. Summers on Anaïs Nin, <em>Dracula</em>, and <em>The Bloody Chamber</em>

Chelsea G. Summers on Anaïs Nin, Dracula, and The Bloody Chamber

Rapid-fire Book Recs from the Author of A Certain Hunger

By Book Marks | October 20, 2021

“I Did Not Want Her Name to Be Synonymous with Madness.” Heather Clark on Writing Sylvia Plath

“I Did Not Want Her Name to Be Synonymous with Madness.” Heather Clark on Writing Sylvia Plath

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | October 20, 2021

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

Brad Kessler on Settler Narratives and the Violence That Haunts American Land and Literature

By Brad Kessler | October 20, 2021

On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

Dodie Bellamy Reads Paula Modersohn-Becker

By Dodie Bellamy | October 20, 2021

8 Great Novels That Take Place Over the Course of a Day

8 Great Novels That Take Place Over the Course of a Day

Sonya Huber Recommends Virginia Woolf, Ian McEwan, Bernadette Mayer, and More

By Sonya Huber | October 19, 2021

Tiphanie Yanique on Moving Beyond Traditional Hero Narratives

Tiphanie Yanique on Moving Beyond Traditional Hero Narratives

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Monster in the Middle

By Jane Ciabattari | October 19, 2021

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