A Foreigner in One’s Own Country: On Akil Kumarasamy’s ‘Half Gods’
Kumarasamy’s writing is lush and evocative, capable of wresting beauty from sadness and finding slivers of hope amidst great tragedy.
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The Millions Top 10
The Immortalists
Less: A Novel
Fire Sermon
Frankenstein in Baghdad: A Novel
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Lost Empress: A Novel
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
An American Marriage: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club 2018 Selection)
The Overstory: A Novel
50 Years Ago, Kingsley Amis Had a Midlife Crisis and Turned to James Bond for Help
007 was the right hero for the right author. If Bond could defeat SPECTRE and SMERSH, surely he could help a 40-something bloke get back on his feet again?
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The Stories That Change Us Forever: The Millions Interviews Julie Buntin
I was always asking myself what felt true. What feels true for your character isn’t always going to be the thing you want to write.
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A Day in the Life of an Indie Publisher: Akashic Books
Most novels sell only a few thousand copies, and at a big house those writers wind up feeling like a failure. It’s much easier for us to have a success.
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Preoccupations with Witchiness: A Review of ‘Dead Girls’ and Interview with Author Alice Bolin
Bolin has made it clear, both in press and in the introduction: This is not just a book of essays about dead girls in pop culture.
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Not Half Bad: Remembering My Friendship with John Goulet
He read the new intro to his novel out loud. I gave him some pages I was working on. This was what we had. We were writers. We were friends.
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