What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring Douglas Stuart, Jennifer Egan, Emily St. John Mandel, and more
An Essay About Men: Considering the Inner Worlds of Those Who Are Taught to Deny Them
Holly Haworth on Robert Bly, Toxic Masculinity, and the Hole at the Center of Our World
“Unlivable and Untenable.” Molly McGhee on the Punishing Life of Junior Publishing Employees
In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction
How—and Why—Did Cultural Tastes for Spicy Food Develop?
Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli Explore the Functions of Seemingly Random Preferences
Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me
Barbara Shulgasser-Parker Illuminates the Perverse Side to the Famed Writer
It’s Time to Reframe the Legacy of 70s Screenwriter Carole Eastman
Chris Stanton on the Easy-to-Mythologize Reclusive Perfectionist
Chloé Cooper Jones on Self-Erasure, Vulnerability, and Writing About Tennis as a Dodge
In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast
How Watching Men’s Figure Skating Helped Me Fall Back in Love with Writing
Jenny Tinghui Zhang on Protecting Your Joy
In Praise of Tobey “Mopey” Maguire, Middle School Hero
Danya Kukafka in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form
Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?
From Beethoven to Leonard Cohen, Susan Cain Wonders About Melancholy and Creativity
How Acting in True Crime Shows Allowed Me to Write the Story of My Stepsister’s Murder
Rachel Rear on Grappling with Her Family’s Trauma, and Her Own
The Power and Necessity of Learning from Books That Reflect Our Communities
Luma Mufleh on Designing Culturally Responsive Curricula
WATCH: Roger Reeves and A. Van Jordan on the Evolving Vitality of Verse
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