Year in Reading alum Rumaan Alam reflects at The Literary Hub about the labels we ascribe to texts. Pair with his recent interview with Lindsay Hatton.
What is a diverse book?
Countdown to Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall follow-up Bring Up the Bodies has a cover. Get excited.
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The Dead and the Pre-Dead
"For obit writers, the whole world is necessarily divided into the dead and the pre-dead. That’s all there is." The Paris Review interviews Margalit Fox, a senior writer for The New York Times, on the complicated art of obituaries.
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Alas, Poor Everyone
Mr. Roth
"Who wouldn’t want to read dirty books with Philip Roth?" At The New York Times, Lisa Scottoline writes about taking a class with Roth in the '70s. If you didn't get a chance to take a class with Roth, here are 10 lessons you can learn from him.
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