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vulture lists
The Best Books of 2022Yes, this list features more than one book set in a postapocalyptic world, but have you looked around lately?
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How to Write Like Octavia E. ButlerA few artists on how the author’s work has inspired them.
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Shygirl Wanted to Make a Song Dedicated to the Female Form“I realized there aren’t that many cute songs that make me feel good about the vagina, you know?”
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book review
When Grief Returns Again, and Again, and Again …In her time-looping novel The Furrows, Namwali Serpell’s deft use of repetition makes the plot feel dynamic even as she retells the same story.
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A New Book for the ‘Abolition Curious’“There’s only so much longer we as a society will tolerate police killing three people per day.”
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radical grief
adrienne maree brown Says ‘All Organizing Is Science Fiction’The writer on Grievers, her speculative novel about Black grief during a pandemic — which she started writing years before COVID-19.
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fall preview 2021
40 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This FallIncluding Sally Rooney, Colson Whitehead, Tiphanie Yanique, and, yes, Jonathan Franzen.
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mental health
Building a World Where Black Folks Can Breathe EasierWith her wellness space Black Girls Breathing, Jasmine Marie pledges to help millions of women on their mental-health journeys.
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35 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This SummerTreat yourself to new reads from Akwaeke Emezi, Rivka Galchen, Paula Hawkins, and more.
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how i get it done
Morgan Jerkins Managed to Put Out Two Books During the PandemicThe best-selling author on ambition, self-confidence, and napping.
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black lives matter
Who’s Keeping Black Children Safe?A recent spate of horrific reminders that the American system of policing has not been held accountable.
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black lives matter
The Internet’s Memory of Breonna TaylorHer image has been revered, warped, and put back together.
