Books Archive
Archives for May 2019
Fans of Good Omens will rejoice at the loving faithfulness of this adaptation. For the rest of you, it may lag a bit.
A veteran philanthropy consultant defends the field.
And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related subjects.
Two new classic book series showcase forgotten books by marginalized authors.
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This anthology reads exactly like a Karen Russell book. That’s both a good thing and a bad thing.
Want to fix the criminal justice system? Start with overzealous prosecutors.
A Bolivian Mennonite community was terrorized by a string of rapes. This new novel asks what comes next.
And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related objects.
Cute robots, time portals, and digital memories mingle in Ted Chiang’s Exhalation.
Shapiro blames our woes on our retreat from Judeo-Christian principles. But history presents a more complicated picture.
Our emotions today are radically different from what 19th-century Americans felt. That’s partly due to technology.
And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related subjects.