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Hirmer | Deutscher Kuntsverlag | 5 Continents Review by David Starkey It was a hot summer in Switzerland this year, as it was almost everywhere on our beleaguered planet Earth, so it felt good to be…

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An interview with Andrei Kostinsky, a poet and literary editor from Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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BRITTA STROMEYER <br> Lambridis offers an incisive commentary on how communities construct collective realities as a defense mechanism against trauma and marginalization, suggesting that our…

Bloomsbury Review by Brian Tanguay An ancient discipline. A secret society. Precocious students. A complicated protagonist. These are some of the ingredients that create the world of Mothsblood, a…

The flood of dystopian novels being released these days is almost as exhausting as the daily news cycle, but, once again, Emily St. John Mandel shows us how it’s done.

Looking for a challenge, a woman sets out to chronicle 64 species of lepidoptera in her country over a single year. The search becomes a meditation.

From the acclaimed author of Above the Fire comes Concert Black, a hauntingly elegant novel that unspools a tale of music, obsession, and the fragile architecture of legacy.Ellen Wroe, a celebrated…

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We talk with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio about the science of consciousness, how it works in the body, and how it aims to keep us alive.

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Titanic events unfold over the course of Colson Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy, which ends with Cool Machine, yet the stories truly live in the inner workings of the protagonist's mind.

Beginning in the 1880s and spanning three generations through the 1980s, Vanishing Point (Apprentice House Press, 2026) explores the life and family of Pennsylvania artist George Hetzel and his…

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The Weight of One Pomegranate is the second YA novel, also highly recommended for adult readers, of notable author Brynne Rebele-Henry, Fulbright scholar and graduate student at the Jimmy and…

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Knopf Review by David Starkey Emily St. John Mandel is one of those increasingly uncommon writers whose work appeals both to a popular and a literary audience. She’s a dab hand at world-building, as…

Emily St. John Mandel’s Exit Party considers agency and political constraints in connection with a mysterious Los Angeles party in the near future.

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Amanda Golden and Karen V. Kukil’s complete collection of Sylvia Plath’s poetry paints a more encompassing portrait of the artist than previous collections could.

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Essay by Shara Kronmal • I first met Diane Josefowicz through Necessary Fiction where she serves as book reviews editor when she edited a review of mine. Diane is one of those editors you love to…

Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles is the brainchild of columnist Philip Norman, former rock music critic for The Times and noted biographer of numerous acclaimed musicians…