The radical politics of Russian literature’s most famous English translator, Constance Garnett.
Tag: Books and Literature
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New Books on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In several recent books, experts on Russia and Ukraine weigh the importance of the Wagner Group and try to predict how Putin’s invasion will play out.
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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Can Still Unsettle Readers. We Need More Fiction Like That.
“The Lottery” is a classic short story because of its power to unsettle us. Too bad readers today are losing their appetite for discomfort.
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Writers Recall the First Time They Read ‘The Lottery’
Stephen King, David Sedaris, Carmen Maria Machado and others on how Shirley Jackson’s eerie classic first got under their skin.
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How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published
The website Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building readership, but the same features that help generate excitement can also backfire.