Lydia Millet

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Marion Winik |Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet has published more than a dozen novels and two collections of stories; her latest, “Atavists,” is a bit of both — a novel in stories, a deliciously digestible and of-the-moment read. Each chapter of the collection from the “Dinosaurs” novelist gives us a look into the lives of a group of neighbors in Southern California. In each chapter, a main character is identified as some kind of “ist” — Tourist, Dramatist, Mixologist, Therapist, Optimist, etc.

3 weeks ago | lithub.com | Jane Ciabattari |Lydia Millet

Read Lydia Millet’s fiction from her first novel, Omnivores(1996) to her new short story collection, Atavists, and you’ll trace an evolutionary arc of American culture from the Home Shopping Network to AI and LARP. There are consistencies through the years—climate change, bodybuilding, birds, dinosaurs, disjointed relationships, for instance—but her work never feels repetitive. Instead it feels inventive, as she keeps pushing further into her universe.

2 months ago | bookriot.com | Rebecca Nagle |Carvell Wallace |Lydia Millet |Kendra Winchester

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. From the Libby Book Award finalists to Edgar Allan Poe Award nominations and book banning news, here’s the latest in the world of nonfiction books. Libby Announced the Finalist for the 2025 Book Awards, including many nonfiction books.

Nov 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lydia Millet

A protester holds a placard describing the election of Donald Trump as a “climate disaster” during the demonstration. Protesters marched in Central London demanding climate justice and an end to fossil fuels, as COP29 continues in Azerbaijan. Credit - Vuk Valcic—SOPA Images/LightRocket/ Getty ImagesFor those of us with an old-fashioned commitment to justice, science, and common decency, the 2024 U.S. election was a lot of dark things. But one thing it wasn’t?

Nov 13, 2024 | time.com | Annabel Gutterman |Lydia Millet

These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. By Annabel GuttermanNovember 13, 2024 8:03 AM ESTKnown for her potent novels about the perils of climate change, A Children’s Bible author Lydia Millet turns inward with her debut nonfiction book.