Book Review: ‘The Spamalot Diaries’ by Eric Idle
Monty Python is one of those things that you either get, or you don’t. And if you get it, then
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Book Review: ‘Nick and Charlie: A Solitaire Novella’ by Alice Oseman
When you’re a teenager, the littlest things can feel like the end of the world. Alice Oseman explores this concept
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Exclusive Interview: Abbie Emmons, Author of ‘Make Your Story Matter’
As a critic, I know that sometimes the most difficult part of writing is getting started. That initial hurdle has
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Book Review: ‘Whistler’ by Ann Patchett
There’s a certain kind of Ann Patchett novel that doesn’t rely on plot twists or urgency to keep you turning
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Book Review: ‘The House by the Side of the Road: The Selma Civil Rights Movement’ by Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson
We all know the legend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. But
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Book Review: ‘The Oyster Diaries’ by Nancy Lemann
What I loved most about The Oyster Diaries by Nancy Lemann is that it reads like being trapped at a dinner
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Book Review: ‘The Witch of Prague’ by J.M. Sidorova
There’s a kind of magical realism I tend to love most—the kind where the magic never fully detaches from reality
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Book Review: ‘Ragtime’ by E.L. Doctorow
The American Dream. We all know it: if you work hard, you’ll live a life of prosperity and happiness. It’s
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Book Review: ‘My Dear You’ by Rachel Khong
Rachel Khong’s My Dear You is the kind of short story collection that feels deceptively light when you start and
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Book Review: ‘The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives’ by Elizabeth Arnott
There’s something unsettling about how we consume stories about serial killers. We know their names, we study their childhoods, and
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Book Review: ‘Sisters in Yellow’ by Mieko Kawakami
Set between the early days of the pandemic and the late 1990s in Tokyo, Mieko Kawakami’s Sisters in Yellow follows Hana
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Book Review: ‘Strange Girls’ by Sarvat Hasin
There’s something almost feverish about the kind of friendship Sarvat Hasin writes in Strange Girls. Not warm. Not easy. Not
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