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This magisterial essay collection comes from someone who is—both literally and figuratively—thin-skinned. But aren’t we all?

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In addition to making music and movies, Haroula Rose is also a voracious reader. We talked about her film adaptation of "Once Upon a River" and what she's been reading lately.

The Outside contributing editor’s latest release was the November pick for the Outside Book Club. We spoke with her about the appeal of chasing powder and the many crises facing the ski industry

Anti-capitalists cannot be convinced by facts. If there are too few goods, then capitalism is to blame. The same is true if there are too many goods.

Oyler’s debut novel is about a smart, irascible narrator who is steeped in the concerns and tone of social media.

I have collected here 10 book-length essays that appeal to me in their style, and that informed my writing of Having and Being Had, which I think of as a book-length essay. I have left out works that read like essays but that are entirely fictional, such as Claire-Louise Bennett’s wonderful Pond, and Anne Carson’s The Beauty of the Husband. I have also left out works that were published as poetry, such as A Pillow Book, Suzanne Buffam’s lovely homage to the zuihitsu of the 10th-century w...

‘What does it say about capitalism that we have money and want to spend it but we can’t find anything worth buying?’ What does it say about capitalism, John asks, that we have money and want to spend it but we can’t find anything worth buying? We’re on our way home from furniture store, again. We almost bought something called a credenza, but then John opened the drawers and discovered that it wasn’t made to last. I think there are limits, I say, to what mass production can produce....

Books to look out for in 2021 Irish fiction New work that has been a long time coming generates a particular shiver of anticipation. Small Things Like These (Faber, October) will be Claire Keegan’s first new work since her novella Foster, still a bestseller 10 years on. Her publisher says: “An exquisite wintery parable, Claire Keegan’s long-awaited return tells the story of a simple act of courage and tenderness, in the face of conformity, fear and judgment.” Small Things Like These...

Having and Being Had by Eula Biss review – saturated in capitalism We are locked into a game we can’t escape ... an interrogation of work, possessions and daily life by the acclaimed US writer Eula Biss ... a diary eventually became this book, which takes the form of a collection of vignettes. Photograph: Gary Doak/eyevine Eula Biss ... a diary eventually became this book, which takes the form of a collection of vignettes. Photograph: Gary Doak/eyevine Wed 30 Dec 2020 04.00 EST As a ...