The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

Featuring Barack Obama, Natasha Trethewey, Helen Macdonald, Sylvia Plath, The Beatles, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2020

On James Dickey and the Truths<br> That Matter

On James Dickey and the Truths
That Matter

Paul Hendrickson Tells a Story of War and Family

By Paul Hendrickson | December 7, 2020

Doreen St. Félix on June Jordan's Vision of a Black Future

Doreen St. Félix on June Jordan's Vision of a Black Future

"The poet, critic, and teacher June Jordan was also an architect."

By Doreen St. Félix | December 7, 2020

How Can Machines Learn Human Values?

How Can Machines Learn Human Values?

Brian Christian in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 7, 2020

On Translating the Little Known Italian Novel That Anticipated the Anthropocene

On Translating the Little Known Italian Novel That Anticipated the Anthropocene

Frederika Randall Considers the Life and Solitude of Guido Morselli

By Frederika Randall | December 7, 2020

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Dec. 7th to Dec. 13th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Dec. 7th to Dec. 13th

Featuring M. NourbeSe Philip, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, and More

By Kiki Nicole | December 7, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
  • Under Water
  • Paradiso 17
  • The Plans I Have for You
  • In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment
  • Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

Jake Skeets on the Diné Perspective of Time, Memory, and Land

By Emergence Magazine | December 7, 2020

Meredith McCarroll on Diverting Our Attention Away from J. D. Vance and Back to Appalachia

By Reading Women | December 7, 2020

On Big Tech's Moligopolists, the 21st Century's Robber Barons

By New Books Network | December 7, 2020

Why Homer's Wisdom Has Never Been More Relevant

Why Homer's Wisdom Has Never Been More Relevant

Madeline Miller on Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers' Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | December 7, 2020

The Triumph of Broadway After 9/11—and How the Show Will Go on Post-Pandemic

The Triumph of Broadway After 9/11—and How the Show Will Go on Post-Pandemic

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | December 7, 2020

On the Supreme Court's Misinterpretation of the Religion Clauses

On the Supreme Court's Misinterpretation of the Religion Clauses

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | December 7, 2020

Raven Leilani has won the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

Raven Leilani has won the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | December 4, 2020

The Hidden Literary Heritage of <em>Harriet the Spy</em>

The Hidden Literary Heritage of Harriet the Spy

Leslie Brody on the Origins of an Iconic Character

By Leslie Brody | December 4, 2020

On Loneliness and the Superficial Friendships of Men

On Loneliness and the Superficial Friendships of Men

Andrew Reiner: Toward a New, More Emotional Masculinity

By Andrew Reiner | December 4, 2020

Who Gets to Be a Sympathetic Character in <em>The Undoing</em>?

Who Gets to Be a Sympathetic Character in The Undoing?

On Victimhood as a Privilege of Whiteness

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 4, 2020

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