Sarah M. Broom on Seeking Out Intellectual Boundlessness
Sarah M. Broom discusses the importance of allowing Black writers — especially women — to write with a sense of boundlessness.
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The Millions Top 10
Writing Sideways: Edith Wharton, the Postmodernists, and Social Satire
Familiarity may breed contempt, but in fiction it is a productive contempt.
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Garth Greenwell on Being a Mystery to Yourself
Garth Greenwell discusses the narrator of his two novels, who repeatedly "undergoes a process of coming into self-knowledge."
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The Millions Top Ten: June 2020
Now that I've finished Sharks in the Time of Saviors, I can confirm: I've thought about this book almost daily since May. Now that we're in July, I can also confirm: the virus is still here. Wear a mask.
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Dissecting Desire: The Millions Interviews Sarah Gerard
Toxic relationships are hurtful, and exist on a continuum of uncaring and manipulative behavior, ranging from microaggressions to violence. It haunts us because it hurts us.
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Brit Bennett on the Opposite Sides of the Color Line
Brit Bennett discusses her latest book, The Vanishing Half, which follows twin sisters as one lives life as a white woman and one as a Black woman.
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‘Want’: Featured Fiction from Lynn Steger Strong
Want won praise from Kirkus, which called it "wise, unflinching, and compelling," and Vulture, which hailed it as "a defining novel of our age of left-behind families."
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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Nugent, Tenorio, Martin, and More
Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from the likes of Benjamin Nugent, Lysley Tenorio, and Andrew Martin—that are publishing this week.
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Colson Whitehead on Making Eccentric Ideas Plausible
Colson Whitehead reflects on the fantastic fiction he consumed as a child and how it made the most eccentric ideas seem plausible.
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Nobody’s Martyr: The Millions Interviews Shannon Reed
I do try to love all of my students, and meet them where they are, then help them move a little bit further down the road.
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