A preteen’s tale of adventure with ghosts
What do you want readers to take away from the book? Emotions. It’s not just one of them…
Who Will Remain by Kasim Ali: Race, class and tough choices
All that is in short supply. This is Alum Rock in Birmingham, early 2000s, a grim name (referring…
Book review: The Remnants of Rebellion is a saga of grief, inheritance and the ghosts of revolution
A colonial-era estate sits deep in Kerala’s rubber plantations, heavy with secrets and memory. Into this house, bequeathed…
Rhett Davis’ novel takes ‘tree change’ to a new level
Arborescence: quick links Get ready for a fascinating experience when you open this book. In the world Rhett…
More Like No Yield: A New Book Explores How Google Soaked Up The Web’s Ad Profits
The English word “yield,” derived from old English, is a relic of a time when a ruling class…
In ‘Lonely Crowds,’ Fraught Female Friendship Is Also Queer
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Retailer This article first appeared in Book Gossip, a newsletter about what we’re reading…
I Was There: Dispatches from a Life in Rock’n’Roll by Alan Edwards — Behind the scenes with a Starman of rock
But to flick through would also be a disservice to Edwards, in what is a self-deprecating but nonetheless…
Lessons In Liberty From A Hospital Diary by Timothy Snyder — Review
Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for the sake of our bodies, and for the…
Face with Tears of Joy review: New book is an illuminating but flawed look at the impact of emojis
Standardising the look of the irrepressible emoji must have been tricky Caner Elci/Alamy Face with Tears of JoyKeith Houston…