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After the Obama Election, Ten White Men Brew a Plan to Disrupt America
"The Unfolding," A.M. Homes's satirical novel, imagines a backstory to the present-day chaos we find ourselves in
Sep 7 2022 - Carli Cutchin
White Fantasy Appropriates Stories of Oppression from People of Color
"Watchmen" examines how racism has distorted who we see as our heroes
Jul 29 2022 - Elaine Castillo
Proust Had His Madeleines and I My Doritos
"Hotel Seattle" by Lily King, recommended by Electric Literature
Nov 17 2021 - Lily King
Beautiful Queers, Where Are You?
Sally Rooney’s latest novel flirts with, and then ghosts, meaningful queer representation
Nov 10 2021 - Sadie Graham
11 Thrillers Set in Toxic Workplaces
Amy Gentry, author of “Bad Habits,” recommends books about jobs so bad you could just kill someone
Feb 4 2021 - Amy Gentry
Why We Keep Getting New Adaptations of “The Turn of the Screw”
Henry James’s century-old novella never stops feeling relevant
Apr 9 2020 - Chelsea Davis
The Summer Book You Need to Read to Get You Through the Winter
Deborah Shapiro’s "The Summer Demands" packs all of the energy of youth into a complicated love triangle
Feb 25 2020 - Jennifer Bernstein
Ali Wong’s Memoir Isn’t Just About Asian Americans—It’s Written To and For Us
It still feels revolutionary to read a book that imagines me as its ideal audience
Dec 16 2019 - Jami Nakamura Lin
Rape, Lost in Translation
How translators of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” turn an assault into a consensual encounter