Year in Reading

A Year in Reading: McKenzie Wark

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In 2023, it was a lot of books connected one way or another to raving, transsexuality, and autofiction.
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A Year in Reading: Ryan Ruby

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In 2023, it seemed to me, there was an unusual amount of reflection on the state of contemporary criticism.
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A Year in Reading: Jennifer Croft

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What I have read the most, and over and over and over, is children’s literature, and more specifically, board books.
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A Year in Reading: Alexandra Tanner

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I had to really entice myself to read by gamifying the process, by reading several things at once, by allowing myself to spend time with books in an intentional way.
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A Year in Reading: Kukuwa Ashun

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I read extraordinary books outside of my nine-to-five and devoured these stories in the way I would consume french onion soup on a chilly day.
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A Year in Reading: Anna Biller

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I’m rereading all of the classics I read years ago, and catching up on a few stray ones that I missed.
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A Year in Reading: Andrew Leland

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In recent years, there’s been an explosion of writing by blind and other disabled people.
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A Year in Reading: Dan Sinykin

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I’ve been squatting in the firebombed (was it?) city of Bellona with Samuel Delany in spare pockets of time for what feels like years. (It’s been weeks.)
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A Year in Reading: Melissa Lozada-Oliva

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If you’re reading this, your new year's resolution is to look as hot as you can while you read. I believe in you.
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A Year in Reading: Erin Somers

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It's okay to make fun of books. They’re not a religion, after all. Only a pastime.
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A Year in Reading: Phillip Lopate

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My reading is unsystematic and all over the place.
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A Year in Reading: Christine Coulson

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I like books to feel like going to an art exhibition, an experience that consumes you in a single visit and then lingers.
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A Year in Reading: Athena Dixon

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I decided to make my year of reading much more focused on the fun, escapism, and curiosity I’d been missing in prior years.
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A Year in Reading: Joanna Biggs

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Victorian verse novels aside, some of my favorite reading this year has been my friends’ texts.
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A Year in Reading: James Frankie Thomas

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I confess that I don’t log or track the books I read, so I’m going on pure memory here.
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A Year in Reading: Kristen R. Ghodsee

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I spent a lot of this year ruminating on time: what it is, how we measure it, and why we’re so loathe to waste it.
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A Year in Reading: Taylor Byas

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To learn how to love books again after my Ph.D., I started a reading notebook.
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A Year in Reading: Isle McElroy

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Every year I get to the end of the year and feel as though I haven’t read any books. This year was no different.
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