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Jul 2, 2024 | 
languagearts.substack.com | Ocean Vuong |Brontez Purnell |Jen Beagin
Brands can’t get enough of books. But long before Miu Miu passed out books and popsicles at popups and SSENSE started interviewing buzzy authors, Aesop has been stocking its annual Queer Library, where stores in New York, LA, London, and Toronto give out free books by queer authors during Pride weekend. The beauty of Pride is that there are a million ways to celebrate: watching Twinks vs.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
stanfordmag.org | Jen Beagin |Jennifer Croft |Bloomsbury Publishing |Steven Rowley
The weather is warm and your fellow alums are fired up about books. We asked an astronaut, an influencer, a social justice advocate, and others which books you simply must read. So settle in by the pool, or the lake, or the air conditioner, and enjoy.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
miaminativemag.com | Jen Beagin |Casey McQuiston |Alissa Nutting
In 1973, the literary critic Harold Bloom proposed a new theory of authorly angst: “the anxiety of influence.” Writers wanted to be original. They worried they were what kids call copy-cats; they wished to wipe the words and ideas of their literary predecessors from their brains, like fingerprints from a crime-scene. This affliction has yet to reach Miami. Perhaps it never will.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
eonline.com | Jen Beagin |James Baldwin
Swoon over the unexpected love story between Alex, the son of the president of the United States, and the fictional Prince Henry in this enemies-to-lovers page-turner. And then fall in love all over again watching the Prime Video adaptation—with a confirmed sequel on the way. International relations have never been so steamy. Patrick O’Hara is back for another adventure with his beloved niece and nephew. This time, they’re traveling to Italy ahead of his brother’s wedding.
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May 22, 2024 | 
newsweek.com | Tracey Lien |Jen Beagin |Eve Chung |Kelechi Okafor
Long summer days and vacations go hand-in-hand. Whether you enjoy your holidays basking in the sun on a chaise lounge, traveling the world or relaxing on a staycation, a good book just improves the view. And even when you don't have official time off, slipping into the pages of a worthy read on lazy evenings and weekends can feel like an escape all by itself. Curated for you by Newsweek staff are our most recommended, fairly recent fiction and nonfiction reads.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
electricliterature.com | Jen Beagin |Sayaka Murata |Ginny Tapley Takemori |Julia Armfield
Ah yes. Literature. The vehicle through which we may explore faraway lives we would have otherwise never imagined. From my little, rugged armchair, I can witness forbidden love in the 18th century. Peek into a bustling kitchen in New York City. Discover the dramatic betrayal that fractured the hottest band of the ’70s. But sometimes, I just want to read about someone going through the same shit as me. Nothing cures a pain quite like finding yourself reflected in a piece of literature.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
electricliterature.com | Esther Yi |Jen Beagin |Sheena M Patel |Jo Lou
Reading Lists These characters are in love with people who don't know they even exist Even years after the fact, I am still too embarrassed to admit the identity of my first love. But I will tell you this: I wanted him to be my father, my son, my best friend, my brother. I knew his blood type, his birthmarks. What he was doing that summer on a yacht in Italy. When I am in love, he is my everything. He’s the only thing left on my TikTok fyp. He’s the reason my wallet is empty. At night, before...
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
tournamentofbooks.com | Julia Langbein |Jen Beagin |Justin Torres |Mattie Lubchansky
Coming March 6, 2024: the 20th year of the Tournament of Books. Which sure is a long time to do anything, much less trying—year after year, in vain—to convince 19 authors (and counting) to accept a live chicken as their trophy for winning this competition of ours. But the prize isn’t the point. Neither, really, is the Tournament, which began as a joke, evolved into a tradition, and has become—thanks to you—a month-long hotbed of vibrant literary discussion.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
lrb.co.uk | Jen Beagin |Naoise Dolan
Greta, the narrator of Jen Beagin’s third novel, Big Swiss, is a 45-year-old American woman who lives in Hudson, New York. She has slightly deranged ideas about Europe. She’s convinced, for instance, that multilingualism is something Europeans achieve in order to make Americans feel bad. She also maintains that Europeans can be divided neatly into two categories: the ‘classy’ and the ‘trashy’. Classy Europeans are gorgeous and erudite; they invariably speak fluent English.
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Sep 19, 2023 | 
mascolombia.com | Emily Henry |Rebecca Yarros |Jen Beagin |Caroline O’Donohue
With the holidays season around the corner, 2023 starts to feel like it’s coming to an end. This year has definitely been a great year for readers, as we saw amazing books claiming their place in our shelfs. If we talk about the best books 2023, we need to talk about female authors. It has been a more than fantastic year for female writers from all perspectives. Let’s get straight into it.
