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Reflections: A Reviewer’s Life — On the material constraints of writing criticism today. By Christine Smallwood | Writers & Books (2024)
Table of Contents
Profile: Sarah Perry, award-winning novelist, author of The Essex Serpent, After Me Comes the Flood, and more
Essay: On Alice Notley's transformative poetry and essays. By Tausif Noor
Reflections: A Reviewer’s Life — On the material constraints of writing criticism today. By Christine Smallwood
Classic Appreciation: Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier
Obituary: Nonny Hogrogian, 92, Award-Winning Illustrator of Children’s Books, Dies
Reflections on Books: By John Burnside, novelist, poet, memoirist
Awards: John Burnside wins the 2023 David Cohen prize for amazing body of work
Handwritten ‘draft’ of Albert Camus’s L’Étranger sold in Paris for €650,000
Essay: The Impossibility of Translating Franz Kafka. By Cynthia Ozick, award-winning novelist and essayist
Video: Nikole Hannah Jones collaboratively wrote about the Black experience in America, The 1619 Project, and became the target of massive right-wing backlash
The 25 Greatest Short Stories of all Time?
Five of the Best Feminist Historical Novels - Five Books Expert Recommendations
Interview: Why Bestselling Novelist Harlan Coben Decided Now Was the Time to Bring Back a Beloved Character
25 Years Ago, Hannibal by Thomas Harris Marked the Rise of a New Kind of Blockbuster
Essay: Teju Cole on Nobel Laureate Poet Louise Glück's Late Style
Awards: The 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist for the Best Science Fiction
Classic Appreciation: Nineteen Eighty-Four: What Orwell got right
17 New Books Coming in June 2024 from Riley Sager, Rachel Cusk and More
The Top Books to Read from 2000-2023, as Recommended by the Reviewers of The New York Times Books Review
Obituary: John Burnside, award-winning poet, novelist, essayist and memoirist, dies aged 69
10 New Art Books to Read, Pride Month 2024
Essay by JK Rowling: Why I decided to stand up for women
100 must-read classics, as chosen by Penguin Books' readers
The Best Philip K. Dick Books - Five Books Expert Recommendations
Why Crime Fiction Set at Resorts Are So Fun to Read (and Write)
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