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REVIEW: Adam Coleman on A Guest At The Feast, Colm Tóibín's latest collection of essays. ‘Tóibín knows how to employ the concrete facts of his life in order to substantiate whatever nebulous feeling or emotion he wishes to articulate.’ https://t.co/5eAoMz4IwE

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"One can read and enjoy The Netanyahus for the jokes alone. However, for a book set primarily in the fifties, what it reflects is the present-day American malaise." Sydney Weinberg reviews Joshua Cohen's Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. https://t.co/tmyV3jFzLc

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NEW: Ian Maleney reviews Yoga by Emmanuel Carrère translated by John Lambert. “His pain is, through this oddly charming chattering style, made approachable, relatable, interesting—whatever else he may be, Carrère is always good company.” https://t.co/nsjUF8lH2p

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NEW: @KevPow3 reviews Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan and the reviews of Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan. “What are reviews of novels for? What is the state of contemporary book reviewing? These are largish questions, which I hope to answer…” https://stingingfly.org/review/acts-of-desperation/

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NEW: Niamh Campbell on Cristín Leach's rich & strange Negative Space: “a memoir of sorts, a record of a time of life and its catastrophes, but its main concern is contemporary art. Or, rather, the embodying of those spirits and effluents given off by art.” https://t.co/W0xsakqFei

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For the day that's in it, Evelyn Conlon's 2019 review of #NobelPrize winner Annie Ernaux's Happening: “I was fascinated by every detail of this most privately revelatory of books. There’s something seriously important about the history it lays bare.” https://t.co/CyBNB0A4p8

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NEW: @johnpamchugh on Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra – “What to write about a new work that does not entirely excite or thrill, from one of the most exciting and thrilling writers of the last ten, twenty years?” https://t.co/mko8bxXqqv

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NEW: Kevin Breathnach reviews Janet Malcolm's Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory https://t.co/BI3dJw9O3i

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"One can read and enjoy The Netanyahus for the jokes alone. However, for a book set primarily in the fifties, what it reflects is the present-day American malaise." Sydney Weinberg reviews Joshua Cohen's Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. https://t.co/tmyV3jFzLc

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NEW: ‘This So-Called Writing Life’ – Olivia Fitzsimons introduces a new series of commissioned essays reflecting on craft, process, and the pains & pleasures of writing & publishing. First up in the series is ‘Traditional Music’ by Kevin Doherty/@Kevglack https://t.co/TR3evpbPkI