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We may be in the dog days of summer, but 2020’s list of great new music isn’t slowing down in the least. All the way…
Laura Adamczyk
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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.
Aug 3
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Three times over the course of Raven Leilani’s debut novel, Luster, the 23-year-old narrator is on the receiving end…
Jul 29
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Jul 11
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With concerts reduced to livestreams, curating an entertaining playlist has become an increasingly important in the…
Jul 7
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The coronavirus pandemic and its attendant shutdown has had a way of warping one’s sense of time—alternately making…
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Late in Death In Her Hands, Ottessa Moshfegh’s third novel, the narrator recalls an incident with her dog, Charlie.…
Jun 16
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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…
Jun 8
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Over the weekend, hundreds of writers posted their book advances on Twitter to highlight disparities between what…
May 28
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing platform…
May 18
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It’s the last The Last Dance, and we’re definitely crying. We’re writing on a piece of paper what the series has…
May 18
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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…
May 11
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Time keeps on slipping (slipping, slipping) into the future in episodes VII and VIII of ESPN’s The Last Dance. The…
May 4
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Last night’s airing of episodes V and VI of The Last Dance takes us to halftime in the 10-part ESPN docuseries on…
Apr 27
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Tag team, back again. Check it to wreck it, let’s begin.
Apr 20
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At long last The Last Dance is here, and not a minute too soon. ESPN’s 10-part documentary on the 1990s Chicago…
Apr 17
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Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Mar 30
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It begins with the most tired of clichés: the body of a dead woman. Five children make the discovery near a river…
Feb 28
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Feb 6
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Those who accept what is predicted to happen, what is, in fact, already happening, may worry more about surviving…