Anne Enright, who won the Man Booker for her 2007 novel, The Gathering, has a new book out, The Green Road. Like its predecessor, the novel tracks a large Irish family, the Madigans, in a plotline that spans three decades. In the Times, David Leavitt reviews the book.
All in the Family
50 States of Literature
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Reproduction is a Funny Thing
"Motherhood has always been contested terrain, but for the last decade or so it’s been a virtual battleground; every year, almost like clockwork, we have another flare-up in the so-called Mommy Wars, with another Tiger Mom or Get-Back-To-Work-er or Can’t Have It all-er launching a grenade as prelude to a book tour. And as much as I have an obvious stake in these battles as a mother and a feminist, I’ve come to find them depressingly repetitive, all sound and fury but offering little in terms of the policies that might actually affect our decisions.” At the LARB, Stephanie Bower gives her take on Why Have Kids?, Jessica Valenti's new treatise on parenting.
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Kindle-less Kindle
Amazon has quietly released a web-based Kindle reader.
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He Linked To A Site That Wasn’t Literary. What Happened Next Will Shock You.
OK, it's not exactly "literary," but nevertheless I promise that "Upworthy Springfield" is worth your time.
The Most Read Novel on Amazon
The Most Read Novel on Amazon is the Handmaid's Tale! Makes a lot of sense. Read how Amazon figured this out and the runner ups here.