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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 14, 2020

Can the Essay Still Surprise Us?

Can the Essay Still Surprise Us?

Suzanne Conklin Akbari Rethinks a Eurocentric Tradition

By Suzanne Conklin Akbari | August 14, 2020

Black Lives Matter in the Public Theater’s <em>Much Ado About Nothing</em>

Black Lives Matter in the Public Theater’s Much Ado About Nothing

Five Perspectives on Race and Shakespeare in 2020

By Arsh Dhillon, Phillip Michalak, Bernadette Looney, Sonia Kangaju, and Charles Onesti | August 14, 2020

"The Stone of Fear"

A Poem by Julia Cimafiejeva

By Julia Cimafiejeva | August 14, 2020

On Mary King Ward, 19th-Century Celebrity Scientist

On Mary King Ward, 19th-Century Celebrity Scientist

(Who Also Happens to be the First Person to Die From a Car Accident)

By Emily Willingham | August 14, 2020

John Giorno: Fighting the Battle of Gay Liberation in a Homophobic World

John Giorno: Fighting the Battle of Gay Liberation in a Homophobic World

Mark Dery on Great Demon Kings, the Memoir of an Icon

By Mark Dery | August 14, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

The Intentional Visual Chaos of Beyoncé and Jay-Z in the Louvre

By Alexis L. Boylan | August 14, 2020

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A Burning, The Changeling, and Palm Springs

By Literary Hub | August 14, 2020

On Rethinking the Relationship Between Religion and Politics in 21st-Century America

By New Books Network | August 14, 2020

Why We Should Still Care About Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial

Why We Should Still Care About Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial

Norman Eisen in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | August 14, 2020

The #ReclaimHerName initiative ignores the authorial choices of the writers it represents.

The #ReclaimHerName initiative ignores the authorial choices of the writers it represents.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 13, 2020

Robert Pattinson is a demonic preacher in the first trailer for <em>The Devil All the Time</em>.

Robert Pattinson is a demonic preacher in the first trailer for The Devil All the Time.

By Dan Sheehan | August 13, 2020

Bob Woodward's new book, <em>Rage</em>, will have

Bob Woodward's new book, Rage, will have "explosive" new material about the president.

By Corinne Segal | August 13, 2020

Bette Midler and Michiko Kakutani are teaming up for a children's book about the hot duck.

Bette Midler and Michiko Kakutani are teaming up for a children's book about the hot duck.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 13, 2020

How Boomers Changed American Family Life (By Getting Divorced)

How Boomers Changed American Family Life (By Getting Divorced)

Jill Filipovic on the Generation That Changed Everything

By Jill Filipovic | August 13, 2020

On Sick Trees, JD Vance, and the Invasive Species of Appalachia

On Sick Trees, JD Vance, and the Invasive Species of Appalachia

Leah Hampton: "Appalachia is insanely complex, and its destruction has been muddy and tangled."

By Leah Hampton | August 13, 2020

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