Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | May 14, 2021

Fun fact: Courtney Love read Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” for her Mickey Mouse Club audition.

Fun fact: Courtney Love read Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” for her Mickey Mouse Club audition.

By Dan Sheehan | May 14, 2021

“I have walked through many lives”: Listen to Stanley Kunitz read his poem “The Layers.”

“I have walked through many lives”: Listen to Stanley Kunitz read his poem “The Layers.”

By Walker Caplan | May 14, 2021

Evelyn Waugh’s twelve-bedroom house—complete with party barn—is now for sale.

Evelyn Waugh’s twelve-bedroom house—complete with party barn—is now for sale.

By Walker Caplan | May 14, 2021

This surreal seaside library will transport you into the clouds.

This surreal seaside library will transport you into the clouds.

By Walker Caplan | May 14, 2021

Apparently the Brontës all died so early because they spent their lives drinking graveyard water.

Apparently the Brontës all died so early because they spent their lives drinking graveyard water.

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

Raven Leilani has won the Dylan Thomas Prize.

By Walker Caplan | May 14, 2021

John Lithgow on performing William Maxwell’s So Long, See You Tomorrow.

By Walker Caplan | May 14, 2021

Pride and Property:
On the Homes of Jane Austen

By Phyllis Richardson | May 14, 2021

How an Irish Barman Created a Home for New York’s Literary Elite

How an Irish Barman Created a Home for New York’s Literary Elite

Sharon DeBartolo Carmack on Her Family Legacy

By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack | May 14, 2021

Why Are Creepy Children So Compelling?

Why Are Creepy Children So Compelling?

A. J. Gnuse on Our Misplaced Fear of the Gothic

By A. J. Gnuse | May 14, 2021

A Brief History of the <em>New York Times</em> Wedding Announcements

A Brief History of the New York Times Wedding Announcements

Cate Doty on the Evolution of a Society Mainstay

By Cate Doty | May 14, 2021

Barry Jenkins’ <em>Underground Railroad</em> is Even More Challenging Than the Novel

Barry Jenkins’ Underground Railroad is Even More Challenging Than the Novel

You Will Not Be Able to Look Away

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2021

Nathan Bomey: Political Unity Isn’t the Goal

Nathan Bomey: Political Unity Isn’t the Goal

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | May 14, 2021

Chasing the Hollywood Dream: <br>A Reading List

Chasing the Hollywood Dream:
A Reading List

Katherine St. John and Books That Bring Celebrity to Life

By Katherine St. John | May 14, 2021

Olivia Laing on Writing the Global Story of Liberation

Olivia Laing on Writing the Global Story of Liberation

The Author of Everybody Discusses Power and Freedom

By Olivia Laing | May 14, 2021

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