The many voices in Veronique Tadjo's "In the Company of Men" highlight the need for solidarity in a crisis
Our ideas about which narratives are important, sane, or credible depend on what we see reflected in culture
Books like Henry James's "The Ambassadors" recognize that violence and trauma are not the only serious subjects for art
From "Wicked" to "Cruella," rehabilitated villainesses rely on outdated ideas of women's virtue
Novels and short stories are leveraging horror elements to express how dehumanizing motherhood can be
What would the goals of "American Dirt"—making the migrant experience compelling and relatable—have looked like if someone from inside the story held the pen?
Davis encourages us to embrace doing a mediocre job around the house
"Linden Hills" taught me to see how the pursuit of status dominated life in my class-conscious Black neighborhood
I read the book while suffering from "long Covid," and felt connected to the author's own experience of mysterious disease
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