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The 11 Best Elizabeth Bishop Poems
Eleven essential poems from one of the most important and distinguished American poets of the 20th century.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 10, 2019
This week: new books from Clive Cussler and Jennifer Weiner, plus a very creepy novel about a creative writing M.F.A. program.
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The 10 Scariest Novels
Books by Octavia E. Butler, Dan Chaon, and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 3, 2019
This week: new books from James Ellroy, Elizabeth Gilbert, and more.
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The Best Book You've Never Read is 'The Easter Parade' by Richard Yates
"I think 'The Easter Parade' is an inadvertent feminist classic, a woman’s book in the best possible meaning of that fraught term."
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 27, 2019
This week: the astounding new science of how animals find their way, plus a nail-biting, stay-up-all-night thriller.
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How Kathryn Scanlan Turned a Stranger's Diary Into One of 2019's Most Fascinating Works of Fiction
From finding the diary at an estate sale in the Midwest to crafting it into fiction.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 20, 2019
This week: a scientist’s race to save her husband from a deadly superbug, plus a shiver-inducing Icelandic thriller.
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11 Essential Summer Romance Novels
11 hot summer romance novels, picked by Christina Lauren.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 13, 2019
This week: new books from Adam Gopnik, Jeffrey Deaver, and more.
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Eight Essential Books Set in Isolated Locations
Julia Phillips, author of "Disappearing Earth," picks eight books highlighted by their evocative and remote settings.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 6, 2019
This week: new books from Ted Chiang, Julie Orringer, Elizabeth Acevedo, and more.
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Vanishing Narrators: 10 Books in Which the Narrator Isn't the Main Character
10 great books that aren't "The Great Gatsby."
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, April 29, 2019
This week: a delightful history of how Britain became modern, plus two outstanding thrillers.
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The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Story Behind Arthur Conan Doyle's Creation
How fact mirrored fiction in the case of the Ardlamont Mystery.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, April 22, 2019
This week: a history of the American heartland, plus Ian McEwan's new novel.
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10 Essential Graphic Novels and Memoirs About Queer Women
'My Favorite Thing is Monsters,' 'Honor Girl,' and more, picked by Kelsey Wroten, author of 'Cannonball.'
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, April 15, 2019
This week: has the human game begun to play itself out?
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, April 8, 2019
This week: Susan Choi's unforgettable 'Trust Exercise,' and Maria Gainza's phenomenal 'Optic Nerve.'
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Beyond Freytag’s Triangle: Two Novels Resisting the Narrative Arc
In 'Meander, Spiral, Explode,' Jane Alison tears down the traditional storytelling structure of the arc and boldly ventures out in search of other narrative forms and patterns