Tuesday New Release Day: Starring McElroy, Ripatrazone, Shepard, and More
Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Alex McElroy, our own Nick Ripatrazone, Jim Shepard, and more—that are publishing this week.
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The Millions Top 10
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
White Ivy: A Novel
Fake Accounts
Klara and the Sun: A novel
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency
No One Is Talking About This: A Novel
DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune (Volume 1)
Detransition, Baby: A Novel
Cuyahoga
Outlawed
Eric Nguyen Learns to Live with History
Eric Nguyen discusses his new novel, Things We Lost to the Water, and how Vietnamese American literature processes the ongoing influence of colonialism.
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Goodnight Mom: The Millions Interviews Julia Fine
It’s so important that we not romanticize new motherhood. It’s hard enough to be a new parent with without the added guilt that you aren’t doing it right, or the loneliness of thinking no one else has had these feelings.
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Stop Filming Us: Interrogating and Inverting the Western Gaze
Some people think it's the worst film ever made; for others it's an eye-opening film that changes the way they think about development aid or stereotypes.
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Carmen Maria Machado on the Consequences of Banning Books
Those who seek to ban my book are trying to exploit fear—about the realities that books like mine expose, fear about desire and sex and love—and distort it into something ugly, in an attempt to wish away queer experiences.
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Ten Essential Books Inspired by Greek Mythology
I think this is why there is so much enthusiasm for mythological retellings: they let us escape to another world, but they ask questions that still matter to us today.
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Imani Perry Looks at Richard Wright With Fresh Eyes
Imani Perry delves into The Man Who Lived Underground, a previously unpublished novel by Richard Wright that sheds a new perspective on his legacy.
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The Millions Top Ten: April 2021
Our list this month is consistent. Its top five are unchanged. Last month's list was consistent. Its top three were unchanged. My monthly dispatches about the Millions Top Ten are... well, you get the idea.
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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Peynado, Feng, Blau, and More
Here’s a quick look at books publishing this week from Brenda Peynado, Linda Rui Feng, and Jessica Anya Blau.
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Olivia Laing Conjures Up Complicated and Difficult People
Olivia Laing discusses her new book, Everybody: A Book About Freedom, and why she chose the idiosyncratic Wilhelm Reich as its central figure.
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