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Wednesday April 23, 2025

Atavists: Stories by Lydia Millet

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This new story collection is marvelous — if a bit meandering

April 23, 2025 • Lydia Millet's characters in Atavists interact and have little dramas of their own — the author's talent is on full display here. Not every story is strong, but they work well together.

Tuesday March 11, 2025

All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman, The Antidote by Karen Russell, Care and Feeding by Laurie Woolever, Stag Dance by Torrey Peters, and The Story of Witches by Willow Winsham

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The Book Ahead

New books this week: A foodie memoir, a missing child, witches illustrated, and more

March 11, 2025 • Care and Feeding chronicles life in the culinary world. All the Other Mothers Hate Me follows a mom turned amateur detective. Plus, Karen Russell's first full-length novel since Swamplandia!

Wednesday May 22, 2024

Stephen King says finishing one of his stories decades after he started it felt like "calling into a canyon of time."

Stephen King says finishing one of his stories decades after he started it felt like "calling into a canyon of time." Francois Mori/AP hide caption

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Stephen King's new story took him 45 years to write

May 22, 2024 • Stephen King is out with a new collection of short stories. As you might expect from the reigning King of Horror, some are terrifying. Some are creepy. Others are laugh-out-loud funny.

Stephen King's new story took him 45 years to write

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