The 11 Best Book Covers of November

The 11 Best Book Covers of November

Pity You Can't Eat Them, Really

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2021

Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

James Hannaham on Uncensored Reading, Salacious Novels, and Marginalized Authors

By James Hannaham | November 30, 2021

On the Monumental, Lasting Impact of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games

On the Monumental, Lasting Impact of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games

John Feinstein Considers the History of Racial Inequality and Activism in Sports

By John Feinstein | November 30, 2021

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

Kaya Oakes on the Life and Times of the Legendary Activist

By Kaya Oakes | November 30, 2021

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired <em>Frankenstein</em>

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

Timothy Jorgensen on Giovanni Aldini

By Timothy J. Jorgensen | November 30, 2021

How Baseball Legend Satchel Paige Sought to Pacify White Fans

How Baseball Legend Satchel Paige Sought to Pacify White Fans

Luke Epplin Guests on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | November 30, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Patrick Dean on the Ascent of America’s Wildest Peak

By Keen On | November 30, 2021

EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 30, 2021

Shelley Blanton-Stroud On the Different Ways We Mythologize the Past

By The Virtual Book Channel | November 30, 2021

Listen to Chadwick Boseman read <em>Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>.

Listen to Chadwick Boseman read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

By Vanessa Willoughby | November 29, 2021

COVER REVEAL: Northwestern University Press’s collection <em>Growing Up Chicago</em>.

COVER REVEAL: Northwestern University Press’s collection Growing Up Chicago.

By Literary Hub | November 29, 2021

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

Talya Zax Looks to Post-Revolutionary Literature

By Talya Zax | November 29, 2021

Mirion Malle: “Let's Talk About Mental Health Without Pointing Blame”

Mirion Malle: “Let's Talk About Mental Health Without Pointing Blame”

The Author of This is How I Disappear Speaks With Sophie Yanow

By Sophie Yanow | November 29, 2021

On Finally Finding an Authentic Voice (After Writing Several Dozen Books)

On Finally Finding an Authentic Voice (After Writing Several Dozen Books)

Mark Scarbrough Takes the Scenic Route to Memoir Writing

By Mark Scarbrough | November 29, 2021

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose Reads Bolaño, Erpenbeck, Tutuola, and More

By Francine Prose | November 29, 2021

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

Mary K. Holland on Closing the “Open Question” of Wallace’s Misogyny

By Mary K. Holland | November 29, 2021

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