Dance or Die: The Millions Interviews Ahmad Joudeh
When the civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, religiously fanatic extremists came into the country. They started targeting me, as I was a dancer and as I was teaching dance to children.
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The Millions Top 10
Klara and the Sun: A novel
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency
The Great Mistake: A novel
Subdivision: A Novel
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Outlawed
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Novel
Ghost Forest: A Novel
Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology
The House on Vesper Sands
Colson Whitehead’s Voice Is Here to Stay
Colson Whitehead shares how he found his voice for his newest novel, Harlem Shuffle, and how it has evolved over time.
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Yiyun Li and the Extraordinary World of ‘War and Peace’
Yiyun Li revisits Tolstoy's War and Peace and reflects on the many ways it continues to resonate throughout generations.
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Southern Gothic: Ten Essentials Books
When it comes to Southern gothic, it’s not the heat that gets you, it’s the humidity. It’s a genre designed to make you uncomfortable.
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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Whitehead, Jones, Williams, and More
This week, we're eyeing new titles from the likes of Colson Whitehead, Gayl Jones, and Joy Williams.
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Lauren Groff Ponders the Bewilderment of Human Attachment
Lauren Groff discusses the existential issues within her latest novel, Matrix, which explores the life and struggles of Marie de France.
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This Isn’t the Essay’s Title
Whether or not paradoxes are glitches in how we arrange our words or due to something more intrinsic, they signify a null-space where the regular ways of thinking, of understanding, of writing, no longer hold.
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The Millions Top Ten: August 2021
If there's one thing Millions readers evidently love, it's "one of the oddest books in the history of logic." This month, the fifth spot belongs to all of you.
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Accessing Your Inner Childhood Spy with Qian Julie Wang
Qian Julie Wang discusses her memoir, Beautiful Country, a story of immigration and discovery seen through the eyes of an undocumented child.
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