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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 | August 21, 2020

Four decades after her father, Lucy Ellmann has won the £10,000 James Tait Black prize.

Four decades after her father, Lucy Ellmann has won the £10,000 James Tait Black prize.

By Aaron Robertson | August 21, 2020

See the design proposals for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota.

See the design proposals for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota.

By Corinne Segal | August 21, 2020

Here's what it was like to cross the Atlantic with Oscar Wilde.

Here's what it was like to cross the Atlantic with Oscar Wilde.

By Corinne Segal | August 21, 2020

One Way to Write About a Millennial Protagonist? Don't Settle on a Single Form.

One Way to Write About a Millennial Protagonist? Don't Settle on a Single Form.

Emma Jane Unsworth on Writing a Multi-Format Novel

By Emma Jane Unsworth | August 21, 2020

Dear <em>Catcher in the Rye</em>: <br>A Love Letter

Dear Catcher in the Rye:
A Love Letter

Mary O’Connell on Her Favorite Book and Its Conflicted Legacy

By Mary O'Connell | August 21, 2020

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

Why Have We Failed to Protect Coal Miners?

By Chris Hamby | August 21, 2020

Do All Pugs Go to Heaven? On Conceptions of an Animal Afterlife

By Scott Cheshire | August 21, 2020

Growing Up With Ray Bradbury's Ghost in Waukegan, Illinois

By Colleen Abel | August 21, 2020

John Freeman on How Citizenship is an Active Thing

John Freeman on How Citizenship is an Active Thing

This Week on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | August 21, 2020

On the Similarities (and Differences) Between Donald Trump and Teddy Roosevelt

On the Similarities (and Differences) Between Donald Trump and Teddy Roosevelt

David Gessner in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | August 21, 2020

A new fellowship will fund a year-long study of Octavia Butler's work.

A new fellowship will fund a year-long study of Octavia Butler's work.

By Aaron Robertson | August 20, 2020

Jake Gyllenhaal will star in an adaptation of writer/editor/Solo cup urinator Dan Mallory's story.

Jake Gyllenhaal will star in an adaptation of writer/editor/Solo cup urinator Dan Mallory's story.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 20, 2020

What does it mean that Spotify is moving into audiobooks?

What does it mean that Spotify is moving into audiobooks?

By Jonny Diamond | August 20, 2020

Rachel Bloom, creator of <em>Crazy Ex-Girlfriend</em>, is publishing a book.

Rachel Bloom, creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, is publishing a book.

By Katie Yee | August 20, 2020

Want to throw a wrench in your reading habit? Read the fantastical life of a saint.

Want to throw a wrench in your reading habit? Read the fantastical life of a saint.

By Aaron Robertson | August 20, 2020

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