Sigrid Nunez, Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup, featuring Julie Buntin and others Sigrid Nunez’s it will come back to youLauren Collins’s they stole a cityand Julie Buntin’s famous men All of these are among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by book marksLit Hub’s home for book reviews. * Imagination 1. It
Tanaaz Bhathena recommends books by Pat Barker, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and others Mythologies around the world are filled with stories that center on heroes. yes GilgameshThe iliadThe Mahabharata Or shahnamaWhile great epics highlight the exploits and adventures of men, the women in their lives are often marginalized, their roles reduced to dutiful wives, villains, or
A few summers ago, when the Supreme Court was deciding whether abortion would remain legal, I was writing a novel about Bobby Kennedy. Article continues after ad During the day, I was a twenty-first century woman whose body was endlessly, furiously debated by politicians and regulated by the state and there was very little I
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is suspended in the air above the traffic and trees of Avenida Paulista. The photographs inside attract attention with some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space – a collection that faces organically, like a terracotta
On July 6, two days before its publication Report on the cultural boycott of IsraelPEN America made a subtle but important change in its position on the boycott. The organization developed language opposing the academic boycott of Israel nearly twenty years ago, making PEN America the only PEN chapter to have a policy opposing a
Oh, Bret Easton Ellis. You are an old lightning rod. Gen literary brat pack And the portrayal of corrupt superficial youth is shifting his talents to television. And with whose help? Our favorite Chaos agent, Ryan Murphy. The Shards is a haute drama slasher series based on Alice 2023 novel. set against The vivid backdrop
In conversation with Merv Emre on The Critic and Her Publics Welcome to season four of The Critic and Her Publics: The Art of the Interview. This season, host Merv Emre talks to professional interviewers of all types about how they get the answer they’re looking for, what makes a good question, how do you
In conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Awards Podcast The Windham-Campbell Awards Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present Windham-Campbell Award The winners about their favorite books and plays. Hosted by Michael Kelleher. Article continues after ad Mike Kelleher talks with Joyelle McSweeney, recipient of the 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry,
In some ways, I’ve been going to the moon most of my life. As a child of the space age, whose father worked in the space industry, I have followed activities in space, sometimes closely, sometimes less. Satellites, the space race, people on the moon, and all the science-fiction and commercial kitsch that came with
If someone asked you to name the world’s most common plot, you’d probably come up with something like this: A hero heeds a call to adventure – perhaps slaying a dragon or protecting their homeland – then they cross an unknown frontier, where they face trials, triumph over a great challenge, and come home with