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Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | February 19, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: <br>Milkweed Editions

Interview with an Indie Press:
Milkweed Editions

Introducing a New Series Getting to Know Some of Our Favorite Publishers

By Corinne Segal | February 19, 2021

Getting Lost in the Libraries of Paris Researching WWII

Getting Lost in the Libraries of Paris Researching WWII

Janet Skeslien Charles Finds Her Way to Her New Book 

By Janet Skeslien Charles | February 19, 2021

Power and Control: On the Very Rare Case of a Male Witch’s Execution

Power and Control: On the Very Rare Case of a Male Witch’s Execution

Kathryn Nuernberger Considers Society's Failure to Protect Victims, Then and Now

By Kathryn Nuernberger | February 19, 2021

A Brief Literary History of Gay and Lesbian Bars

A Brief Literary History of Gay and Lesbian Bars

Jeremy Atherton Lin on Finding Sites of Literary Sociability

By Jeremy Atherton Lin | February 19, 2021

How Walmart's Early Exploitation of Women Kickstarted an Economy of Underpaid Workers

How Walmart's Early Exploitation of Women Kickstarted an Economy of Underpaid Workers

Sarah Jaffe in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | February 19, 2021

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  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • Departure(s)
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood

How We Get Free: On Genealogical Quests and Unknown Family History

By Michelle D. Commander | February 19, 2021

A Brief History of Women’s Liberation Movements in America

By Alix Kates Shulman and Honor Moore | February 19, 2021

Elizabeth McCulloch on the Ecological Sins of Floridians

By New Books Network | February 19, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>here is the sweet hand</em> by francine j. harris

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: here is the sweet hand by francine j. harris

Megan Labrise on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Megan Labrise | February 19, 2021

Can a robot write a play? We’ll find out this month.

Can a robot write a play? We’ll find out this month.

By Walker Caplan | February 18, 2021

Netflix is turning Lupita Nyong’o's children's book into an animated musical.

Netflix is turning Lupita Nyong’o's children's book into an animated musical.

By Dan Sheehan | February 18, 2021

A new Amor Towles novel is hitting shelves this October.

A new Amor Towles novel is hitting shelves this October.

By Walker Caplan | February 18, 2021

Brit Bennett, Amanda Gorman, and Ijeoma Oluo are TIME’s “next” most influential people of 2021.

Brit Bennett, Amanda Gorman, and Ijeoma Oluo are TIME’s “next” most influential people of 2021.

By Walker Caplan | February 18, 2021

Take a look inside this infinite stack of books (not your TBR pile).

Take a look inside this infinite stack of books (not your TBR pile).

By Jonny Diamond | February 18, 2021

The Struggle to Define Wilderness: On Encountering John Muir in Bear Country

The Struggle to Define Wilderness: On Encountering John Muir in Bear Country

Bjorn Dihle: “The locals weren’t sure what to make of Muir when he confessed he had no interest in gold.”

By Bjorn Dihle | February 18, 2021

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