Apr 15
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There’s a minor character that appears in Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers, one of many artists the novel depicts.…
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Laura Adamczyk is an associate editor for The A.V. Club and oversees its books section. Her short story collection, Hardly Children, was published in 2018.
Apr 12
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In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the…
Mar 30
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The weather is warming up. Vaccination numbers continue to rise at a reassuring pace. The trailer for The Suicide…
Mar 29
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Mar 17
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In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the…
Mar 3
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Feb 16
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Two years ago, almost to the day, The London Review Of Books published the text and video of Patricia Lockwood’s…
Feb 5
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Jan 11
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Let’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…
Jan 6
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Jan 4
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After the year we’ve all had, it feels like courting disaster to pin any hopes on a wide release that wasn’t…
Dec 31
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It’s been true throughout the entire pandemic: One of the activities that could most alleviate our prolonged…
Dec 16
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A certain amount of escapism through books would have been more than understandable in 2020. (And by “a certain…
Dec 14
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As part of our year-end coverage, we’re once again asking this annual question of our staff and readership: What’s…
Nov 18
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It’s never a bad time to give books as gifts. But with brick and mortar stores struggling to stay open—especially…
Nov 5
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Oct 31
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Horrors Week 2020 continues with this AVQ&A from associate editor Laura Adamczyk:
Oct 23
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In order to appear on the ballot for mayor in the city of Chicago, a candidate must submit a petition with 12,500…
Oct 19
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In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the…
Oct 5
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One of the magical things about a well-done musical is its ability to make bursting into song and dance seem organic…