Sequoia Nagamatsu Explores the Full Spectrum of Grief
Sequoia Nagamatsu's debut novel, How High We Go in the Dark, explores what happens when a virus is unleashed on the planet—and manages to inject moments of humor amid the darkness.
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The Millions Top 10
The House on Vesper Sands
The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel
The Morning Star: A Novel
Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel
These Precious Days: Essays
Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel
Crossroads: A Novel (A Key to All Mythologies, 1)
Bewilderment: A Novel
Matrix: A Novel
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Writers to Watch: Spring 2022
Adoption narratives, genre-bending novels about the horrors and inequities of life, and promising collections round out this season’s notable fiction debuts.
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The Joy of Writing Real Human Beings with Jean Chen Ho
Jean Chen Ho discusses her new novel, Fiona and Jane, which follows a friendship between two women over the course of decades.
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American Survival: The Millions Interviews Jung Yun
Growing up in an immigrant family, I was taught the value of hard work and pulling myself up by my bootstraps. But what happens when hard work isn’t enough?
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Jessamine Chan’s Debut Calls Modern-Day Parenting Into Question
Is it possible to have universal standards separate from the influence of race, class, and culture? Can the teaching of parenting ever be truly objective?
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The William Trevor Reader: “Nice Day at School”
This is a good one that inverts the usual Trevor elements—the main character, Eleanor, is an adolescent girl rather than elderly spinster, and rather than backgrounding the proceedings with pervy energy, the perviness is the main event.
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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Nagamatsu, Sanchez, Wang, and More
Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Sequoia Nagamatsu, David Sanchez, Weike Wang, and more—that are publishing this week.
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The Legacy of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Dan Saltzstein reflects on the legacy of Korean-American experimental artist and poet Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.
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The Millions Top Ten: December 2021
This month we say goodbye to Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake, and in its place, welcome Karl Ove Knausgaard's The Morning Star.
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