Tochi Onyebuchi on Writing to Abate the Terror
Tochi Onyebuchi reflects on his role as a black writer during the protests against police brutality and the killing of black men and women.
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The Millions Top 10
Must-Read Poetry: June 2020
Our own Nick Ripatrazone takes a look at four notable books of poetry publishing this month.
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An Anti-Racist Reading List
A list of recommended titles focused on the issues surrounding white supremacy and institutional racism, police brutality, mass incarceration, and anti-racist political activism.
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Jenny Zhang on the Importance of Funny Writers
Jenny Zhang on "the hardest and most worthwhile thing to achieve in writing:" making people laugh.
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‘Between Everything and Nothing’: Featured Nonfiction from Joe Meno
Officers bound him in chains, handcuffing his wrists to his waist and putting manacles on his ankles. It was worse than he had imagined. It took three officers to lead Razak into the modest county hospital. Two of the officers carried rifles.
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Helen Macdonald Gets Political
Some of the more political aspects of Vesper Flights, some of the ways in which I try to talk about class, about privilege, about climate change—I think I would have been too scared to have done that a few years ago.
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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Bennett, Bertino, and More
Here’s a quick look at new titles from the likes of Brit Bennett, Wayétu Moore, Alexandra Petri, and Marie-Helene Bertino that are publishing this week.
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Nadia Owusu on Validating Each Other’s Experiences
Author Nadia Owusu gives voice to the grief of people of color—grief that is so often silenced, especially in the workplace.
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June Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month)
For June, we take a look at new books from Brit Bennett, Megha Majumdar, Emily Temple, Joe Meno, and Alexandra Petri—just to name a few.
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And the Winners of the 2020 Best Translated Book Awards Are…
The prized for this year's BTBA—announced in a livestreaming event earlier this evening—were given to Daša Drndić’s EEG and Etel Adnan’s Time.
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