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15 new books to help you get through the week.

15 new books to help you get through the week.

By Katie Yee | May 24, 2022

Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

“She seems to be expressing a solitariness that is unusual, anti-romantic.”

By Elizabeth Hardwick | May 23, 2022

How Contemporary Chinese Literature Made Western Modernism Its Own

How Contemporary Chinese Literature Made Western Modernism Its Own

Yan Lianke on the Concept of “Mythorealism”

By Yan Lianke and Carlos Rojas | May 23, 2022

Funny Books for an Unfunny World: A Reading List

Funny Books for an Unfunny World: A Reading List

Dennard Dayle on the Books That Embrace “Maniacal Laughter”

By Dennard Dayle | May 23, 2022

Considering the Morals of Kierkegaard’s <em>Fear and Trembling</em>

Considering the Morals of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling

From the The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 23, 2022

Naming the Unnamed: On the Many Uses of the Letter X

Naming the Unnamed: On the Many Uses of the Letter X

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza Considers X as a Symbol of Prohibition and Expansion

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | May 20, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

A Conversation About Music, Memory, and the Topographies of Writing

By Literary Hub | May 20, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | May 20, 2022

Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis and the Erotics of Power

By Queers at the End of the World | May 20, 2022

Brian Alan Ellis on Making “Garden Variety Pain” Readable and Unique

Brian Alan Ellis on Making “Garden Variety Pain” Readable and Unique

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | May 20, 2022

Khan Wong on Hula Hooping, Asexuality, and Creating the Universe of His Debut Novel

Khan Wong on Hula Hooping, Asexuality, and Creating the Universe of His Debut Novel

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | May 20, 2022

Annie Harnett on What Living in a Cemetery Meant to Her Novel

Annie Harnett on What Living in a Cemetery Meant to Her Novel

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 19, 2022

Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

On the Translatability and “Secret Essence” of Calvino’s Language

By Jhumpa Lahiri | May 19, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The plot twist, when it arrives, is not in itself ridiculous but the execution is.”

By Book Marks | May 19, 2022

The Spirit of Ukrainian Resistance: Five Poems by Marjana Savka

The Spirit of Ukrainian Resistance: Five Poems by Marjana Savka

“As if god’s optics weren’t aiming straight for your heart.”

By Literary Hub | May 18, 2022

How Greenwich Village Bohemians Found Their Way to Provincetown

How Greenwich Village Bohemians Found Their Way to Provincetown

John Taylor Williams on Two Radical Communities

By John Taylor Williams | May 18, 2022

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