Claire Messud on Edith Wharton’s Clear and Complex Vision
Claire Messud reflects on one of Edith Wharton's most memorable characters, Undine Spragg from The Custom of the Country.
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Ten Ways to Lose Your Literature
Just as all literature is haunted by the potential of oblivion, so all lost books are animated by the redemptive hope of their rediscovery.
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James Baldwin, Seen Through His Record Collection
Ikechúkwú Onyewuenyi compiled a 32-hour Spotify playlist based on James Baldwin's sprawling record collection, which includes Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Shirley Bassey, and more
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Fact or Fiction: On Vendela Vida’s ‘We Run the Tides’
A novel, itself a fabrication, can’t exist without poignant truths that spring to the surface through plot and characterization and detail.
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Obsession, Collection, and Connection: On Pixar’s ‘Soul’ and Jazmina Barrera’s On Lighthouses
Writing that takes a pin and drives it through obsession’s abdomen, splaying it open like one of Nabokov’s butterfly specimens.
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The Unruly Energy of Ursula K. Le Guin
Colin Burrow reflects on how Ursula K. Le Guin's narrative prowess flourished within the constraints of science fiction and children's literature.
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The Millions Top Ten: December 2020
In the final month of 2020, we retired two books to our Hall of Fame: one from a debut author and the other from a two-time HoF veteran.
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‘The Divines’: Featured Fiction from Ellie Eaton
An excerpt from a debut novel Booklist calls "sharp and haunting."
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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Eaton, Hubbard, Salesses, and More
Here's a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Ladee Hubbard, Matthew Salesses, Ellie Eaton, and more—that are publishing this week.
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On Nature and Nationalism with Sarah Moss
As she wrote Summerwater, Moss was thinking about the attitudes about public space that emerge in moments of popular nationalism such as Brexit.
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