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Reading in Public No. 101: An ode to literary inefficiency
Yesterday I listened to Ezra Klein interview Gary Shteyngart and I felt like the conversation was tailor made for me. First of all, I think about Super Sad True Love Story at least weekly. I liked the book when I read it, but had no idea of...
🎉📚Best Books of 2026 (so far) with Liz Hein
The best of the best in a strange and abundant publishing year
Welcome to the FictionMatters podcast. Today I’m talking about the best books of the year (so far) with my co-host Liz Hein. This year’s reading has been strange for me, but I...
A transporting tale of a prodigal son and his complicated father
Hey readers!
I’ve got a lot of housekeeping items to share before we get into today’s books and links. First, I’ve created a new section of the FictionMatters newsletter for everything related to This American Lit. That means if you want t...
Friday Mood Recs: 10 slim summer novels to devour in a day
Hey readers!
A couple of weeks ago I shared a (long) list of long books that I think make particularly great summer reads. For me personally, there’s nothing better than getting lost in an epic during the summer months. I’m especially a fa...
This American Lit: Approaches to Reading THE SCARLET LETTER
Listen now | Four unique reading experiences for appreciating this Touchstone Text
Welcome to This American Lit, a yearlong reading project devoted to examining the texts and narratives that continue to shape, define, and challenge the ide...
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