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November 18, 2024, 2:57pm As a lapsed poet with a pessimistic view of humanity, I was disheartened but not remotely surprised to read The Guardian’s report on a study finding that “non-expert poetry readers” preferred poetry written by AI to poetry written by humans. In my experience, “non-expert poetry readers” often view poetry as a

Oye by Melissa Mogollon I don’t know how to talk about this book without sounding like a wild-eyed fangirl pero ahí les va. Columbian American teen Luciana has been tasked with serving as caretaker to her abuela while trying to get through her senior year of high school. She’s also trying to convince Abue to

He’s sitting by one of the white tables on the lawn, talking to his business partner. They laugh at something, but stop when everyone’s asked to quiet down. The lighting dims and he watches the movie projected on the screen by the stage. Up until that moment, he has no idea that there’s such a

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Carolina Ciucci is a teacher, writer and reviewer based in the south of Argentina. She hoards books like they’re going out of style. In case of emergency, you can summon her by talking about Ireland, fictional witches, and

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1869, English poet Charlotte Mary Mew is born.  Gabrielle Bellot on the radical and harrowing nature of being trans in Trump’s America.  | Lit Hub Memoir “Goodness is neither wisdom nor wealth; ironically, like evil, in its purest form good is not instrumental, utilitarian, or

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November 15, 2024, 10:00am If, at the moment, you find yourself looking around for guidance about, I don’t know, the nature of reality and how easy it is to manufacture it, you could do a lot worse than turning to Philip K. Dick. And as it happens, PKD’s cult classic 1978 essay, which was not

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. A couple weeks ago, I shared The Best Queer Books of 2024, According to Publishers Weekly: I looked through their overall Best Books of 2024 list and pulled out all the queer books I spotted to share with

TODAY: In 1930, Chinua Achebe is born. Gabrielle Bellot on the radical and harrowing nature of being trans in Trump’s America.  | Lit Hub Memoir Lili Anolik explores the tumultuous, iconic, and unmistakably literary friendship between Eve Babitz and Joan Didion. | Lit Hub Biography “I am glad not to be a Greenland shark; I

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November 15, 2024, 7:17pm I don’t know how I still manage to be surprised by the odd, odd choices of Hollywood auteurs. I’m a woman of the world. I should know better. Yet the latest literary IP to hit the development pipeline strikes this viewer as an uncanny marriage of slow-boiling spirituality and high-octane male

Barnes and Noble has announced its winner for the 2024 Book of the Year, and it’s James by Percival Everett. The announcement page says, “We’ve bent your ear about James all year, and for good reason. […] You may think you know Huck Finn, but how well do you know Jim? Flip the script on an American

November 15, 2024, 12:45pm Laughter and terror: these will most certainly be the primary contributions of a second Donald Trump administration to the national mood. Article continues after advertisement To wit: a new report from Columbia Journalism Review details a letter from Trump’s lawyer sent to the New York Times and Penguin Random House seeking

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year is…. James is Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year. I

The following is a story from The Michigan Quarterly Review. Boermans grew up in the Dutch countryside and studied Media Arts at the Kunstacademie. Her debut novel, A Long List of Shortcomings, was published in 2021 and nominated for the Hebban Debut Prize. In 2022 her second novel, Love Interbellum, was published and nominated for

When I write or plan content, or record podcasts, or whatever for Book Riot, I know who I’m speaking to. Our readers largely lean liberal, if not progressive; they value empathy and knowledge, they are for feminism and inclusion. And so I know that our readers were largely horrified, sad, scared, all of the above

November 14, 2024, 11:34am InfoWars—that miserable cesspool of a conspiracy news site, spun from the flax between Alex Jones’s ears—has a new owner. And this one has a sense of humor! Maybe even a soul! Following a well-publicized bankruptcy auction, Jones’s brainwashing platform is now the official property of The Onion. The satirical news site