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January, 2012

Roundup: Amin Maalouf, Jesmyn Ward, Quim Monzo, and More

by Mark Athitakis | Jan-02-2012

Happy New Year! A few more lists looking back at 2011, as 2012 begins: Karen R. Long lists the year’s best books at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Gina Webb...read »

December, 2011

Roundup: Meghan O’Rourke, Michel Houellebecq, Harvey Pekar, and more

by Mark Athitakis | Dec-12-2011

Michael Lindgren reviews Meghan O’Rourke’s new poetry collection, Once, for The L Magazine. Michelle Bailat-Jones takes an extended look at the work of...read »

Roundup: Filming Faulkner, the New Shape of Book Events, Dwight Macdonald, and more

by Mark Athitakis | Dec-05-2011

Faulkner: The TV series? Writer-producer David Milch talks with the Los Angeles Times Carolyn Kellogg about his new deal with HBO to bring William...read »

November, 2011

Roundup: More Best-Of Lists, Peter Nadas, Luis Alberto Urrea, and more

by Mark Athitakis | Nov-28-2011

The year-end best-of lists have started to appear in earnest: The Atlantic’s Benjamin Schwarz picks his five favorites, the Guardian lists its books of the...read »

Roundup: National Book Award Winners, Paolo Sorrentino, Ann Beattie, more

by Mark Athitakis | Nov-21-2011

Last Wednesday the winners of the National Book Awards were announced. (Carmela Ciuraru covered the festivities and took plenty of pictures for Electric...read »

Roundup: Jonathan Lethem, Hector Tobar, John Jeremiah Sullivan, “clogins,” and more

by Mark Athitakis | Nov-14-2011

Anne Trubek reviews Jonathan Lethem’s essay collection The Ecstasy of Influence for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Lizzie Skurnick is writing a mini-column...read »

Roundup: The Best-Of Lists Begin, Jonathan Raban, Oscar Hijuelos, and more

by Mark Athitakis | Nov-07-2011

And the lists begin: Publishers Weekly has published its choices for the best books of 2011. Kerri Arsenault is writing a new column for Bookslut called...read »

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