“More allegorical than real” Curiosities Thom Beckwith September 15, 2014 Recommended Reading: Deborah Friedell on Ian McEwan’s The Children Act. The Millions' future depends on your support. Become a member today. Thom Beckwith is a staff writer for The Millions. He lives in New York. Book Previews The Great Fall 2024 Book Preview Book Previews Editor October 3, 2024 | 14 min read ● ● Person to Person Ayad Akhtar Wants Writers to Reckon with AI Person to Person Ronald K. Fried November 14, 2024 | 6 min read ● ● Reviews The Radical Gaze of ‘The Braille Encyclopedia’ Reviews Patrick Parks November 12, 2024 | 5 min read ● ● Reviews Andrés Neuman’s Imaginative Studies of the Self Reviews Brendan Driscoll November 7, 2024 | 5 min read ● ● Lists Where 10 First-Time ‘McSweeney’s Quarterly’ Contributors Write Lists Editor November 4, 2024 | 2 min read ● ● Person to Person Jeff VanderMeer Returns to Area X Person to Person Elvia Wilk October 31, 2024 | 12 min read ● ● Book Previews 10 New Audiobooks for Fall 2024 Book Previews Robin Whitten October 29, 2024 | 3 min read ● ● Essays On Proust, Judd Nelson, and Some Other Things Essays Bryan Alistair Charles October 24, 2024 | 13 min read ● ● Person to Person This Bookstore Historian Sees Bookselling as Activism Person to Person Lenny Picker October 22, 2024 | 5 min read ● ●
Person to Person Ayad Akhtar Wants Writers to Reckon with AI Person to Person Ronald K. Fried November 14, 2024 | 6 min read
Reviews The Radical Gaze of ‘The Braille Encyclopedia’ Reviews Patrick Parks November 12, 2024 | 5 min read
Reviews Andrés Neuman’s Imaginative Studies of the Self Reviews Brendan Driscoll November 7, 2024 | 5 min read
Lists Where 10 First-Time ‘McSweeney’s Quarterly’ Contributors Write Lists Editor November 4, 2024 | 2 min read
Person to Person Jeff VanderMeer Returns to Area X Person to Person Elvia Wilk October 31, 2024 | 12 min read
Book Previews 10 New Audiobooks for Fall 2024 Book Previews Robin Whitten October 29, 2024 | 3 min read
Essays On Proust, Judd Nelson, and Some Other Things Essays Bryan Alistair Charles October 24, 2024 | 13 min read
Person to Person This Bookstore Historian Sees Bookselling as Activism Person to Person Lenny Picker October 22, 2024 | 5 min read