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

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

Featuring New Titles by Richard Powers, Rabih Alameddine, Amia Srinivasan, Ruth Ozeki, and more

By Book Marks | September 24, 2021

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

Biographer Jacques Berlinerblau on the Death of Critical Distance

By Jacques Berlinerblau | September 24, 2021

Not Just Sex: An Oral History of <em>Grey’s Anatomy</em> Trickiest Medical Scenes

Not Just Sex: An Oral History of Grey’s Anatomy Trickiest Medical Scenes

“You can sit in the writers’ room and be like, ‘Oh, we’re going do a craniotomy...’”

By Lynette Rice | September 24, 2021

Climate Change is Here... So How Do We Adapt?

Climate Change is Here... So How Do We Adapt?

Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani Look to the Past for Global and Local Solutions

By Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani | September 24, 2021

WATCH: Kima Jones Reads James Cagney’s Poem “Identity to Burn”

WATCH: Kima Jones Reads James Cagney’s Poem “Identity to Burn”

“Poetry is the most honest way for me to express my gratitude to the literary community.”

By Kima Jones | September 24, 2021

P. Djèlí Clark on Imagining an Anti-Colonial 1900s Cairo

P. Djèlí Clark on Imagining an Anti-Colonial 1900s Cairo

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | September 24, 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

Interview with a Journal: The Georgia Review

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 24, 2021

How Can We Recapture the Ambition and Hope of the Space-Race Days?

By Open Source | September 24, 2021

Here is the shortlist for the 2021 Cundill History Prize.

By Snigdha Koirala | September 23, 2021

Sigh: Kansas City parents are protesting a library over a children’s book about puberty.

Sigh: Kansas City parents are protesting a library over a children’s book about puberty.

By Walker Caplan | September 23, 2021

Oh god: nonsensical conservative polemic <em>American Marxism</em> has sold a million copies.

Oh god: nonsensical conservative polemic American Marxism has sold a million copies.

By Jonny Diamond | September 23, 2021

LIVESTREAM: The 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist Announcement

LIVESTREAM: The 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist Announcement

Who Will Win the World’s Richest Nonfiction Prize in English?

By Literary Hub | September 23, 2021

This “human library” in Copenhagen allows visitors to check out people.

This “human library” in Copenhagen allows visitors to check out people.

By Walker Caplan | September 23, 2021

Will the Foundation Series Finally Do Justice to the Novels of Isaac Asimov?

Will the Foundation Series Finally Do Justice to the Novels of Isaac Asimov?

Jay Gabler Tells a Long, Sad Story of Failed Sci-Fi Adaptations

By Jay Gabler | September 23, 2021

Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

“Manhattan Island is pretty much shimmer all day long.”

By Eileen Myles | September 23, 2021

Why Blues Singer Bessie Smith’s Bewitching Narratives Remain Eerily Relevant

Why Blues Singer Bessie Smith’s Bewitching Narratives Remain Eerily Relevant

Jackie Kay on the Life, Nuanced Legacy, and Celebrity of the Empress of the Blues

By Jackie Kay | September 23, 2021

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