Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?

Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?

From Beethoven to Leonard Cohen, Susan Cain Wonders About Melancholy and Creativity

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The Power and Necessity of Learning from Books That Reflect Our Communities

The Power and Necessity of Learning from Books That Reflect Our Communities

Luma Mufleh on Designing Culturally Responsive Curricula

By Luma Mufleh | April 7, 2022

Celebrating 100 Episodes of <em>Book Dreams</em> with Book Recs from Past Guests

Celebrating 100 Episodes of Book Dreams with Book Recs from Past Guests

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | April 7, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

On New Books by Douglas Stuart, Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Jennifer Egan, and More

By Book Marks | April 7, 2022

Scottish university cruelly cancels poor, defenseless, under-read Jane Austen. England panics.

Scottish university cruelly cancels poor, defenseless, under-read Jane Austen. England panics.

By Jonny Diamond | April 6, 2022

Toward an Alternative Canon of Trauma Literature: A Reading List

Toward an Alternative Canon of Trauma Literature: A Reading List

Chantal V. Johnson Recommends Books That Move Beyond the Trauma Plot

By Chantal V. Johnson | April 6, 2022

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How Shirley Hughes Captured the Everyday Magic of Childhood

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How Writers Can Best Conceptualize Their Work

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Morgan Jerkins on Leo Tolstoy, <em>Pachinko</em>, and the sex scene in <em>Sula</em>

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Rapid-fire Book Recs from the Author of Caul Baby

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16 hotly-anticipated new books coming out this week.

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What Can We Learn From the “Life” of the Little Prince?

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Stéphane Garnier on Inner Truth and Lessons From the “Philosopher’s Stone”

By Stéphane Garnier | April 5, 2022

Kaitlyn Greenidge on Toni Morrison, Karen Tei Yamashita, Melissa Broder, and More

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Defying Classification: An Introduction to Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction

Defying Classification: An Introduction to Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction

Victor Fernando R. Ocampo Recommends the Best of a Growing Genre

By Victor Fernando R. Ocampo | April 4, 2022

The 1990s: A Surreal (and Sociopathic?) Era in America

The 1990s: A Surreal (and Sociopathic?) Era in America

Candice Wuehle on Books That Remember (and Resist) a Weird Moment in This Country

By Candice Wuehle | April 4, 2022

Douglas Stuart on Masculinity and the Long Literary Tradition of the Gang Novel

Douglas Stuart on Masculinity and the Long Literary Tradition of the Gang Novel

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