Reading Lists
The Battle of the Book Cover: Britain vs America
What’s hot and what’s not?
Jun 9 - Lisa Zhuang
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The Strange Spy Story at the Heart of #MeToo
In Helen Schulman’s novel “Lucky Dogs,” no woman can win a game orchestrated by men
Jun 8 - Evangeline Riddiford Graham
Interviews
Dear Chatbot, Should I Write About My Dead Mother?
A conversation between Ethan Gilsdorf and ChatGPT
Jun 7 - Ethan Gilsdorf
Fiction
7 Novels About Falling in Love Across Borders
Anna Lekas Miller, author of "Love Across Borders," recommends romances that defy geographical bounds
Jun 7 - Anna Lekas Miller
Reading Lists
I’m Going To Write About All the Things I Love and Forget The Rest
How the philosophies of Anthony Bourdain and Jonathan Gold shifted my writing and my life
Jun 7 - Christopher Cosmos
culture
Capitalists Built the Stage and We’re All Performing Health
In her memoir "A Matter of Appearance," Emily Wells isn't selling silver linings or looking away from hard truths
Jun 6 - Wynter K Miller
Interviews
7 Novels About People Feeling Out of Place
Jeff Boyd, author of "The Weight," recommends books about finding belonging in an environment of otherness
Jun 6 - Jeff Boyd
Reading Lists
We Are Gathered Here Today to Eat, Drink, and Be Ruthless
"Wedding Party" from DIRECT SUNLIGHT by Christine Sneed, recommended by Elizabeth McKenzie
Jun 5 - Christine Sneed
RR Issue No. 577
7 Books by Southern African Women You Should Be Reading
Magogodi oaMphela Makhene, author of "Innards," recommends stories spanning South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia
Jun 5 - Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
Reading Lists
I Think of My Book As A Naked Version of Myself
I invite readers to ogle my writing in the same way they’ll gaze at the shirtless man on the cover
Jun 2 - Manuel Betancourt
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