Dylanalia, Deep Data, and More: New and Noteworthy Nonfiction This May

Dylanalia, Deep Data, and More: New and Noteworthy Nonfiction This May

Featuring New Books by Olivia Laing, Sarah Schulman, and Annette Gordon-Reed

By Literary Hub | May 5, 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | May 5, 2021

Stacey Abrams’s out-of-print romance novels have been picked up by Penguin Random House.

Stacey Abrams’s out-of-print romance novels have been picked up by Penguin Random House.

By Walker Caplan | May 4, 2021

Cross Your Legs, Stretch Your Hymen, Toss Your Ambition: The World According to Early “Marriage Classes”

Cross Your Legs, Stretch Your Hymen, Toss Your Ambition: The World According to Early “Marriage Classes”

Danielle Dreilinger on the College Courses That
Sought to Reduce Divorce

By Danielle Dreilinger | May 4, 2021

WATCH: Niall Ferguson on the Increasing Levels of Human Incompetence When Handling Disasters

WATCH: Niall Ferguson on the Increasing Levels of Human Incompetence When Handling Disasters

In conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 4, 2021

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Kavita Bedford Recommends Work By Valeria Luiselli, Olivia Laing, and More

By Kavita Bedford | May 3, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

By Clayton Wickham | May 3, 2021

Eula Biss on How Motherhood Radicalized Adrienne Rich

By Eula Biss | April 30, 2021

Luke Menand on George Orwell’s Vision of Freedom

By Open Source | April 30, 2021

Rebecca Solnit: How Donald Trump Wanted the End of History

Rebecca Solnit: How Donald Trump Wanted the End of History

A Hundred Days Into the New Era, Looking Back on the Old

By Rebecca Solnit | April 29, 2021

Our Great American Myths: On the Public Discourse About Immigration

Our Great American Myths: On the Public Discourse About Immigration

Cecilia Muñoz Considers Policy Debates, the US-Mexico Border, and the Trump Administration

By Cecilia Muñoz | April 29, 2021

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the Women Leading the Farmers’ Protests in India

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the Women Leading the Farmers’ Protests in India

In Conversation with Naveen Kishore
on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 29, 2021

Pasadena City College President Erika Endrijonas on Leveling the Playing Field

Pasadena City College President Erika Endrijonas on Leveling the Playing Field

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | April 29, 2021

Jhumpa Lahiri has weighed in on the Amanda Gorman translation controversy.

Jhumpa Lahiri has weighed in on the Amanda Gorman translation controversy.

By Walker Caplan | April 28, 2021

False Memories and Manufactured Myths: Growing Up in a Conspiracy Theory Household

False Memories and Manufactured Myths: Growing Up in a Conspiracy Theory Household

Faith Merino Wonders How We All Got So Much Wrong

By Faith Merino | April 28, 2021

Light the Fire and Fan the Flames: Surviving China’s Cultural Revolution

Light the Fire and Fan the Flames: Surviving China’s Cultural Revolution

Kent Wong on a Childhood Amid Unstable and Dangerous Times

By Kent Wong | April 27, 2021

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