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6 queer poets to read whenever but especially now
The Week Recommends April is National Poetry Month
By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published
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Christina Sharpe, the influential author and intellectual who sees America as it is
The Explainer Sharpe reshapes words and concepts to better know Blackness and the United States
By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published
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Five books to help sort out your personal finances
The Week Recommends April is a good time to review your financial health
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Published
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How 'Star Wars' ripped off 'Dune'
Under the Radar Quite a few people believe that George Lucas ripped off Frank Herbert's sci-fi universe. So does Herbert himself.
By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published
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The Anxious Generation: US psychologist Jonathan Haidt's 'urgent and essential' new book
The Week Recommends Haidt calls out 'the Great Rewiring of Childhood' phenomenon
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A Very Private School: a 'moving, if sadly familiar' story from Charles Spencer
The Week Recommends Memoir of the privately educated boarder makes for 'horrific reading'
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Viking parenting: the Scandi secret to raising happy children?
Under The Radar 'Risky' Danish approach encourages independence in children, but it might not suit all families
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The Master and Margarita: the new adaptation causing consternation at the Kremlin
In the Spotlight Pro-Putin groups have called for the film's director to be charged as a terrorist
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Best crime thriller novels coming in 2024
The Week Recommends Eagerly awaited new releases, from Colin Barrett's Wild Houses to Tana French's The Hunter
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Last updated
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Best novels retold from a different character's point of view
The Week recommends Our pick of literary favourites seen from a new perspective
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Published
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The new 'boom' in Latin American fiction
In the Spotlight Almost a quarter of International Booker Prize longlist comes from South America, a region in turmoil
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Best story museums for families to celebrate World Book Day
The Week Recommends Mark the annual festival of reading with an inspiring day out
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Published
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Is Bridget Jones still relevant in the 2020s?
Talking Point Dating scene and relationship power dynamics have changed since heroine's heyday
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The chillingly plausible authoritarianism of 'Prophet Song'
The Week Recommends This Booker Prize winner shows how democracy can crumble from within
By David Faris Published
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