This Week in Books: Farewell Longreads! I’m Taking This Rodeo to Substack. By Dana Snitzky Commentary To read my “This Week in Books” newsletter in the future, follow me on substack.
This Week in Books: We’ve All Been Briefed By Dana Snitzky Commentary “They have washed their hands for you. / And they take the bus home.” —Jericho Brown
This Week in Books: Several Nihilistic Frenchmen By Dana Snitzky Commentary This week critics have looked to Huysmans, Camus and Jean-Philippe Toussaint for COVID-era inspiration.
Japan: A Longform Reading List of Longform Writing By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Armchair travel is more important than ever, now that pandemic has forced us to stay indoors. Reading can take you across the ocean.
This Week in Books: An Everlasting Meal By Dana Snitzky Commentary The book that’s been the most help to me during lockdown is a book I’ve never read.
Toni Morrison, 1931-2019 By Danielle Jackson Reading List An elegy and reading list for Toni Morrison, the Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who died Monday, August 5, 2019.
A Reading List of Long-form Writing by Asian Americans By Mike Dang Reading List Longreads editor-in-chief Mike Dang shares some of his favorite long-form writing by Asian American journalists.