What is a witch? Unruly, ungovernable. A woman, too sexual or strong-willed for the times. Witch was historically an epithet, given to one who knows the body, the earth, the stars, or even her own mind better than polite society Read more >
November is here, and what a wild November it already seems it will be, particularly for those of us in the United States bracing for the aftermath of our presidential election, for there will almost certainly be chaos regardless of Read more >
In a ceremony today in Montreal, Jury Chair Rana Mitter announced the winner of the 2024 Cundill History Prize, which honors books that “speak to major issues in the present day.” This year’s winner, judged on “historical scholarship, originality, literary Read more >
This week, many readers were shocked to learn that two major papers will not be endorsing a presidential candidate this election cycle—a decision made at the bequest of two billionaires with estate tax in the game. Jeff Bezos, owner of Read more >
October, incredibly, is nearly over, though the end of the month is often just what we look forward to most: Halloween, Samhain, reflections on the passage of time and life alike. (And, because it’s inescapable this year, the election, though Read more >
On October 26th, the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced the winners of the 25th National Translation Awards. The NTAs are awarded, in both poetry and prose, to “literary translators who have made an outstanding contribution to literature in English Read more >
Bernardine Evaristo, president of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) and author of the polyphonic, Booker-Prize-winning Girl, Woman, Other, is paying it forward. And the “it” in question is some primo Kentish real estate. As part and parcel of the RSL’s Read more >
Something’s happening with sex and work this season, culturally-speaking. On screen, Sean Baker’s Anora, a loving profile of an escort on the come-up, is gathering Oscar buzz. On the page, Sally Rooney’s latest, Intermezzo, features a character balancing an IRL Read more >
Have you heard the one about a stone rolling into a book fair, and leaving a complete unknown? Bob Dylan, music icon and Chalamet look-alike, is currently on a European tour and happened to find himself at publishing’s biggest book Read more >
Gary Indiana, the prickly polymath with a dozen lives and careers to his name, has died. He was 74. A fearsome art critic for The Village Voice, a longtime theater and avant-garde filmmaker, a formidable thinker, and a brilliant prose Read more >
I work as the bookstore manager for a bookstore in the Hudson Valley and one of the things that means is that I handle not only the ordering of most of our books, but the unboxing of them as well. Read more >
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Isabella Hammad, Maaza Mengiste, Laila Lalami, Sinan Antoon, Bryan Washington, and Susan Muaddi Darraj are among the hundreds of authors who have signed a petition calling for the reinstatement of Arab American writer Aisha Abdel Gawad, who was dismissed from her position Read more >
Today Hulu released a trailer for the forthcoming Interior Chinatown, a limited series adapted from Charles Yu’s National Book Award-winning novel of the same name. The show—like the book—will follow Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural Read more >
Today, the British Academy announced the winner of the 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, which “celebrates exceptional research and the role of non-fiction in bringing to light new perspectives on global histories and cultural identity.” This Read more >
Last week, the Republican presidential nominee continued a parade of poor room reads with a bizarre dance party. And like Connor Roy’s karaoke pick, Trump’s selections were far from standard. He put on Rufus Wainwright’s cover of “Hallelujah,” and asked Read more >
We’re moving ever deeper into October, that month of mundane and marvelous transformations (and, often, political surprises) and, as always, I have new reads to recommend. Today, you’ll find twenty-four new books in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to consider, with Read more >
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