Your Week in Virtual Book Events, May 24th to May 28th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, May 24th to May 28th

Featuring Lauren Groff, Larissa Pham, and More

By Rasheeda Saka | May 24, 2021

Salman Rushdie has weighed in on the Philip Roth biography controversy.

Salman Rushdie has weighed in on the Philip Roth biography controversy.

By Walker Caplan | May 21, 2021

Here's the winner of the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.

Here's the winner of the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.

By Walker Caplan | May 21, 2021

Does a Color Exist If We Don’t Have a Name For It?

Does a Color Exist If We Don’t Have a Name For It?

Adam Rogers on the Gap Between Concept and Language

By Adam Rogers | May 21, 2021

What Does Untouchable Mean During India’s Covid Crisis?

What Does Untouchable Mean During India’s Covid Crisis?

Saikat Majumdar Considers Echoes of Class and Caste in the Middle of a Pandemic

By Saikat Majumdar | May 21, 2021

Michael Lewis on Writing an “Oddly Reassuring Story About American Government”

Michael Lewis on Writing an “Oddly Reassuring Story About American Government”

In Conversation with Christopher Lydon on Radio Open Source

By Open Source | May 21, 2021

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  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

To Be a Person: Barrett Swanson and Jordan Kisner in Conversation

By Jordan Kisner | May 21, 2021

Who Were the First Humans to Start Cooking Meat? And Why?

By Alex Bezzerides | May 21, 2021

When a Year in the Life of Your Last-Chance Debut Novel Coincides with a Global Pandemic

By Claire Cox | May 21, 2021

The Curious Case of William S. Baekeland: Billionaire Adventurer or World-Class Scammer?

The Curious Case of William S. Baekeland: Billionaire Adventurer or World-Class Scammer?

Dave Seminara Gets Mixed Up in the Subculture of Extreme Travelers

By Dave Seminara | May 21, 2021

John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

"The first is the phase of the pit and the pendulum."

By John McPhee | May 21, 2021

With Nationalism on the Rise, Is There a Future for the Center Left?

With Nationalism on the Rise, Is There a Future for the Center Left?

John Judis in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 21, 2021

Interview with a Journal: <em>Apogee</em>

Interview with a Journal: Apogee

Everything You Need to Know About the Biannual Journal Where Marginalized Writers Are the First Priority

By Vanessa Willoughby | May 21, 2021

Why You Won’t Catch Ralph Nader Complaining About Food

Why You Won’t Catch Ralph Nader Complaining About Food

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | May 21, 2021

Peek inside Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s annotated law school textbook.

Peek inside Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s annotated law school textbook.

By Walker Caplan | May 20, 2021

Doubleday is doubling down on Stacey Abrams thrillers.

Doubleday is doubling down on Stacey Abrams thrillers.

By Dan Sheehan | May 20, 2021

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