Books for a Post-‘Game of Thrones’ World
What should you read to get your Game of Thrones fix now that the TV series is over? N.K. Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor, and Kirstin Downey for starters.
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The Millions Top 10
‘Riots I Have Known’: Featured Fiction from Ryan Chapman
Lopez, right before they stabbed him in the yard—this was maybe last winter or the winter previous—you know what he said? He said: “Time makes fools of us all.”
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In Defense of Unread Books
According to Karen Hopkin, a house full of books—whether they're read or not—enhances intellectual capacity and literary habits.
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Dubrava Ugrešić Looks for Home
There’s a palpable sorrow in her writing, culminating in moments where the wound feels especially raw.
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Martha Cooper: A Reluctant Icon
She never considered herself an artist. She was always more interested in documenting and preserving subcultures that were destined to blaze and then vanish.
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Karen Russell, Short Story Sorcerer
A master of the short story, Karen Russell discusses supernatural metaphors for motherhood, lonely mutants, and the pleasures of world-building.
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Reading Roberto Bolaño’s Final Wake-Up Call
If you’re trying to decide whether or not to read Bolaño’s 900-page opus, I can only say this: it must be read, but no shame to any person who cannot.
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Daniel José Older and Marlon James Aren’t Genre Snobs
For LitHub’s Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, Marlon James and Daniel José Older talk genre, gender identity in ancient Africa, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Observers, Bystanders, and Hangers On: Ten Novels with Unlikely Narrators
I love stories told by the supposedly innocent bystander; the less charismatic best friend; the hapless fan or scholar whose own life recedes in the shadow of their subject of adoration.
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