Alina Cohen
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October Reads: The 5 Most Anticipated Books Debuting This Month
From Rumaan Alam's National Book Award longlisted new release 'Leave the World Behind' to the much-anticipated first novel from Bryan Washington, here's what to read this October. → Read More
How Josephine Decker Directed the Power Plays in ‘Shirley’ and ‘Madeline’s Madeline’
The director of Shirley and Madeline's Madeline recognizes the power between artists and creative muses—and how it manifests in Hollywood. → Read More
Latest Reads: The 5 Most Anticipated Books Debuting in July
From Zadie Smith's essay collection written in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, to Sarah Gerard's sophomore novel, here are the best new books to read this July. → Read More
Ottessa Moshfegh Doesn’t Want to Write Moral Stories
With 'Death in Her Hands,' Ottessa Moshfegh continues her theme of creating characters who are trying desperately to escape—from themselves. → Read More
Emily Temple’s ‘The Lightness’ Spins a Mystery Around Troubled Teen Girls at Summer Camp
Emily Temple makes a case for why stories about teenage girls deserve more credit (and to be written about for an audience beyond YA) in her debut novel 'The Lightness.' → Read More
Naoise Dolan’s Debut, ‘Exciting Times,’ Ponders What We Learn From Language and Young Love
28-year-old Naoise Dolan reveals herself to be a precocious talent in her debut novel 'Exciting Times,' which follows a young Irish expat living in Hong Kong, teaching English and learning how to fall in love. → Read More
Olivia Laing’s Prescient Essay Collection Examines the Role of Art in Times of Crisis
Olivia Laing's essay collection, 'Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency' examines the role art plays in the midst of social, political and environmental crises. In other words, there's never been a better time to read this book. → Read More
Andrés Barba Crafts a Disquieting Tale of Kids Taking Over in ‘A Luminous Republic’
Andrés Barba discusses the violent uprising he imagines in a 'A Luminous Republic,' one no less chilling for the fact that it is led by a group of children. → Read More
‘Fracture’ Is an Ambitious, Multi-Narrator Account of a Hiroshima Survivor’s Life
Writer Andrés Neuman discusses his riskiest novel to date, writing about a silent, enigmatic man who survived the bombing at Hiroshima, described and remembered from multiple strong, female perspectives. → Read More
With ‘Breasts and Eggs,’ English Readers Get the Chance to Fall for Mieko Kawakami
Kawakami is already a star in Japan, where Haruki Murakami has proclaimed her his favorite novelist. A 3-book deal with Europa brings her to English readers for the first time, starting with 'Breasts and Eggs.' → Read More
Tracing the Influence of 5 Female Writers Who Lived in London’s Mecklenburgh Square
Amid the turmoil of the early 20th century, writers Virginia Woolf, H.D., Dorothy L. Sayers, Jane Harrison and Eileen Power created powerful works of fiction and nonfiction. 100 years later, Francesca Wade discovered they did so while remarkably living on the same London square. → Read More
Mary South’s Short Stories Delve Into the Internet’s Dark Corners
Technology allows the characters in Mary South’s ‘You Will Never Be Forgotten’ to exercise their worst instincts. Occasionally, it allows them to connect and create. → Read More
Amina Cain’s Debut Novel ‘Indelicacy’ Builds a Fairy Tale Around Divorce
Cain's protagonist, Vitória, transitions from working as a cleaning lady at an art museum to an unhappily married wealthy woman to orchestrating a divorce that will leave her financially able to pursue her dream. → Read More
The 7 Most Influential Art Critics Today
Reading these seven art critics regularly will not only help you figure out what's worth your time, but also provide some sharp insight that you'd like to think you could have come up with yourself. → Read More
The 7 Most Influential Art Critics Today
Reading these seven art critics regularly will not only help you figure out what's worth your time, but also provide some sharp insight that you'd like to think you could have come up with yourself. → Read More
Harry Mathews’s Framed Stories
Multiple meanings always simmer under the surface of his writing, but in The Solitary Twin, they’re more hidden. → Read More
Artist Mickalene Thomas Has a Message For Right Now: Resist
'Figuring History,' exhibits the political work of three black artists from distinct generations: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall and Mickalene Thomas. → Read More
Art Basel Miami Beach 2017: The Good, the Bad and the Biggest Sales
Art Basel Miami Beach and all its concurrent fairs, parties, art projects and events has drawn to a close. Here are the weeks biggest sales and best works of art we hope you didn't miss. → Read More
At Design Miami, Lebanese Designers Draw Inspiration From a Bygone Beirut
At Design Miami’s House of Today booth, Lebanese designers have woven local artifacts and ideas into their smart, sophisticated and fanciful creations → Read More
Suzy Kellems Dominik Explains Her Neon Vulva, on View at Miami’s Nautilus
At a panel on Wednesday, Suzy Kellems Dominik described her 12-foot neon vulva on view at the Nautilus Hotel in Miami Beach as part self-portrait, part rallying call for the times. → Read More