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FICTIONNight, Neon by Joyce Carol OatesFrom literary icon Joyce Carol Oates comes a brand new collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery

Advertisement Steven Carroll and Cameron Woodhead cast their eyes over a batch of books from recent times. Here, they share their recaps and reviews. Credit: Crying in H Mart, Picador, $32.99 There is an H Mart that specialises in Korean food just outside Philadelphia where Michelle Zauner, lead singer of indie band Japanese Breakfast, communes with her past. The food in all its rich variety becomes a kind of Proustian Madeleine through which she revives her dead Korean mother. This is highly evocative (smells seem to steam off the page), a vivid combination of reflective essay and memoir ...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Office novels explored the strange reality of our working lives. Now they make us nostalgic for our cubicles. Stuart Miller, The Washington Post Feb. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Office novels have evolved alongside workplace culture.Little, Brown; Jonathan Cape; Simon and Schuster "I miss boring meetings," John Kenney said. The author of two workplace novels - "Truth in Advertising" and "Talk to Me" - and "Love Poems for the Office," Kenney doesn't miss being bored. "I miss being in a room with other people." Zoom meetings are functional, Kenney said,...

In "The Sum of Us," Heather McGhee offers a blueprint for how the country can move together toward a better future -- for everyone, writes Biblioracle columnist John Warner.

We’re excited to share the cover and the full table of contents for The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Volume 2, an anthology of the best short science fiction and speculative fiction of 2020, compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan. Look for it September 14th from Saga Press. The definitive guide and a must-have collection of the best short science fiction and speculative fiction of 2020, showcasing brilliant talent and examining the cultural moment we live in, compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan. With short works from some of the most lauded science fiction author...