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The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, October Edition

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, October Edition

Chronicles of Lincoln and John Brown, Mid-Century Nuclear Roulette, the Golden Age of Egyptology, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2020

Michiko Kakutani on <br>Why We Love Books

Michiko Kakutani on
Why We Love Books

And on Relevance of Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism Today

By Michiko Kakutani | October 26, 2020

On Patrick Modiano and Perfecting the Art of Repetition

On Patrick Modiano and Perfecting the Art of Repetition

Mark Polizzotti Considers a Writing Career That
Comprises a "Single Work"

By Mark Polizzoti | October 26, 2020

We Have Edgar Allan Poe to Thank for the Detective Story

We Have Edgar Allan Poe to Thank for the Detective Story

Poe Month Continues on The History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | October 26, 2020

Sylvia Plath... Nature Writer?

Sylvia Plath... Nature Writer?

Marlena Williams on the Poet's Fraught Relationship with the Wild

By Marlena Williams | October 23, 2020

Hiroko Oyamada Wrote Her First Book, <em>The Factory</em>, in the Factory Where She Worked

Hiroko Oyamada Wrote Her First Book, The Factory, in the Factory Where She Worked

David Boyd on a Writer Who Follows the Weirdness

By David Boyd | October 23, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

The Enduring Strength and Richness of Kashmir's
Literary Life

By Sharanya Deepak | October 23, 2020

Anne Carson: The Sheer Velocity and Ephemerality of Cy Twombly

By Anne Carson | October 22, 2020

Against the Muse Myth: On Motherhood and the Writing Life

By Molly Spencer | October 22, 2020

Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

From Make Me Rain, a Collection of Poetry and Prose

By Nikki Giovanni | October 21, 2020

After My Partner's Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

After My Partner's Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

Megan Marshall Remembers Scott Harney

By Megan Marshall | October 21, 2020

On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

Polly Barton Reads Where the Wild Ladies Are

By Polly Barton | October 21, 2020

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

From the Russian Empire to the Republic of Letters 

By Czesław Miłosz | October 21, 2020

On Beauty Standards (and Privilege) in Memoir and Fiction

On Beauty Standards (and Privilege) in Memoir and Fiction

The Reading Women Podcast Discusses Carly Findlay and Frances Cha

By Reading Women | October 21, 2020

Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

"He is a myth-maker, but also a dream restorer."

By Marlon James | October 20, 2020

Navigating Crisis: On Asian American Solidarity in a Post-Covid America

Navigating Crisis: On Asian American Solidarity in a Post-Covid America

Daniel Tam-Claiborne on Alexander Chee, Jenny Zhang, and Writing Difference Through Dialogue

By Daniel Tam-Claiborne | October 20, 2020

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