Recommends4/15/21Apr 15SaveRecommends4/15/21RecommendsThe “action poetry” of Rachel Kushner’s The Hard CrowdLaura Adamczyk6There’s a minor character that appears in Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers, one of many artists the novel depicts.…
Recommends4/12/21Apr 12SaveRecommends4/12/21RecommendsWhat are you reading in April?Laura Adamczyk, William Hughes, and Danette Chavez10In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the…
Preview3/30/21Mar 30SavePreview3/30/21PreviewTaylor Swift, Dinosaur Jr., and 20 more albums we can’t wait to hear in AprilAlex McLevy, Katie Rife, Laura Adamczyk, and 3 more25The weather is warming up. Vaccination numbers continue to rise at a reassuring pace. The trailer for The Suicide…
Preview3/29/21Mar 29SavePreview3/29/21Preview5 new books to read in AprilLaura Adamczyk and Alex McLevy3Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Recommends3/17/21Mar 17SaveRecommends3/17/21RecommendsWhat are you reading in March?Laura Adamczyk, Danette Chavez, and Cameron Scheetz21In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the…
Preview3/3/21Mar 3SavePreview3/3/21Preview5 new books to read in MarchLaura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, and Danette Chavez18Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Reviews2/16/21Feb 16SaveReviews2/16/21AReviewsPatricia Lockwood is extremely online in the transcendent No One Is Talking About ThisLaura Adamczyk7Two years ago, almost to the day, The London Review Of Books published the text and video of Patricia Lockwood’s…
Preview2/5/21Feb 5SavePreview2/5/21Preview5 new books to read in FebruaryLaura Adamczyk, Randall Colburn, Erik Adams, and 1 more15Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Great Job Internet1/11/21Jan 111Great Job Internet1/11/21Great Job InternetDawson’s Creek mourned the “Gary Cooper type” nearly a year before The SopranosLaura Adamczyk12Let’s just say up top that we recognize Dawson’s Creek isn’t what you’d call a good show. The teens of the erstwhile…
Preview1/6/21Jan 62Preview1/6/21Preview5 new books to read in JanuaryLaura Adamczyk9Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Inventory1/4/21Jan 41Inventory1/4/21InventoryGetting our hopes up: The A.V. Club’s 14 most anticipated releases of 2021Erik Adams, William Hughes, Alex McLevy, Laura Adamczyk, and 3 more57After the year we’ve all had, it feels like courting disaster to pin any hopes on a wide release that wasn’t…
Newswire12/31/20Dec 311Newswire12/31/20NewswireFor this lonely New Year’s, a party playlist with the sounds of revelry baked right inLaura Adamczyk23It’s been true throughout the entire pandemic: One of the activities that could most alleviate our prolonged…
Best Of12/16/20Dec 162Best Of12/16/20Best OfThe A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2020Laura Adamczyk, Danette Chavez, Alex McLevy, and 6 more48A certain amount of escapism through books would have been more than understandable in 2020. (And by “a certain…
AVQ&A12/14/20Dec 141AVQ&A12/14/20AVQ&AWhat great non-2020 book did you read this year?Laura Adamczyk, Sam Barsanti, Alex McLevy, and 4 more88As part of our year-end coverage, we’re once again asking this annual question of our staff and readership: What’s…
Best Of11/18/20Nov 18SaveBest Of11/18/20Best Of9 books to buy the readers in your life this holidayLaura Adamczyk, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, and 2 more4It’s never a bad time to give books as gifts. But with brick and mortar stores struggling to stay open—especially…
Preview11/5/20Nov 5SavePreview11/5/20Preview5 books to read in NovemberLaura Adamczyk and Erik Adams8Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
AVQ&A10/31/20Oct 311AVQ&A10/31/20AVQ&AWhat is the scariest book you’ve ever read?Baraka Kaseko, Gwen Ihnat, Randall Colburn, and 5 more128Horrors Week 2020 continues with this AVQ&A from associate editor Laura Adamczyk:
TV Reviews10/23/20Oct 231TV Reviews10/23/20A-TV ReviewsWith City So Real, the director of Hoop Dreams lets Chicago speak for itselfLaura Adamczyk4In order to appear on the ballot for mayor in the city of Chicago, a candidate must submit a petition with 12,500…
Recommends10/19/20Oct 19SaveRecommends10/19/20RecommendsWhat are you reading in October?Laura Adamczyk and William Hughes24In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the…
Inventory10/5/20Oct 51Inventory10/5/20InventoryWe sing the praises of 17 musical moments from non-musical moviesPatrick Gomez, Randall Colburn, Alex McLevy, and 7 more189One of the magical things about a well-done musical is its ability to make bursting into song and dance seem organic…