Zadie Smith, NW
A looping, far-reaching novel of voice and identityThe title of Zadie Smith’s fourth novel refers to the neighborhood of North West London, where, for Smith’s characters, the main currency is voice. NW...
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What's not to love about a posthumous collection of Wallace's essays — and why we love it anywayBoth Flesh and Not rounds up a mélange of David Foster Wallace’s essays — sports reportage, surveys of...
View ArticleJames Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain
A seminal coming-of-age novel of the 20th century.Go Tell It on the Mountain is James Baldwin’s seminal, semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel. John Grimes, Baldwin’s 14-year-old...
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George Saunders’s newest story, published only as an audiobook and Kindle Single, is told from the point of view of Fox 8, the title character who pens his tale of friendship and loss by way of a...
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