WorldLiteratureToday Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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“The Psychology of Totalitarianism makes us question to what extent we are implicated in and duped by the culture of totalitarianism.” – Arthur Willemse https://t.co/FZwoECCDDv

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“This southerly theological sensibility . . . also allows us better to approach Missouri Williams’s haunting debut novel, The Doloriad—a science fiction story about human life in a postapocalyptic Czechia.” – Arthur Willemse https://t.co/7kwJD6AJfX

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“In this latest book, he submits essays on sixty-six recordings, having his say about cherished records in a voice that favors wildness over skill.” Tim Riley reads Bob Dylan’s The Philosophy of Modern Song. https://t.co/ritEf9oBsH

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Scholarly research into the work of Henry James is the literary linchpin that drives the characterization and plot of Benefit, Siobhan Phillips’s telling debut novel of money, power, and friendship.” – Robert Allen Papinchak https://t.co/baOQnlhFdY

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“Converse is a compilation of poetry from all around India, making it an itinerary for dreamers and travelers alike to tread on.” Somudranil Sarkar reviews this new anthology, edited by Sudeep Sen. @Somudranil07 https://t.co/Pi6nZQnbA2

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“Zagajewski is our great poet of uncertainty.” In the March issue’s feature review, Magdalena Kay reviews the poet’s last volume in Polish, translated into English by Clare Cavanagh. https://t.co/nlXghCJmh6

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“If we were not frightened by this book, if it remained ‘powerless to scare,’ that is a fault of our own.” We look back in our pages at Mary E. Adams’s 2002 review of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. https://t.co/Ft5hByyyfW

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Cleyvis Natera, author of Neruda on the Park, answers our 5 questions. Why Neruda? What is she reading? Her answers will add another page to your 2023 reading list! @cleyvisnatera https://t.co/woNMDINsoE

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Sudeep Sen’s “newest work, Anthropocene, marks his engagement with urgent questions about climate change, human survival, and the role of the artist in the age of the Anthropocene.” – @lopabasu https://t.co/CyD2GB0hsY

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“Swiss writer Joël Dicker’s novel The Enigma of Room 622 raises the ghosts of Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr, and all their cohort to parody the popular elements of the ‘Golden Age’ mystery.” – J. Madison Davis https://t.co/rLmk7yPYxq