We’re afraid to talk about and plan for death. So glad that Kate Tuttle had this conversation with going with grace about her really important new book, BRIEFLY PERFECTLY HUMAN in the new Kirkus Reviews: ow.ly/fH1250RhIcI

Julia Alvarez (julia alvarez) , 74, thought THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD CEMETERIES might be her last novel. But listen to her interview with Megan Labrise on the Fully Booked podcast—she is a vital force! May there be many more books. kirkusreviews.com/podcast/2024-0…

Austen, Dickens, Twain: Many contemporary writers, including the great Percival Everett, have put their own spin on the classics. My column for Kirkus Reviews: rb.gy/8y5nqg

CANDY DARLING is fascinating, funny, tragic, and enraging—the biography of a trans woman in all her complexity. I spoke with author Cynthia Carr about this landmark book. bit.ly/3xh3IPg

Happy #AprilFoolsDay ! 😂 If you need a laugh today, we recommend funny new novels by Emily Henry, Leanne Toshiko Simpson, Stephen McCauley & Alexandra Tanner ow.ly/7j1O50R5HjGr Berkley Publishing G. P. Putnam's Sons Henry Holt & Company Scribner

Here are 4 new book-to-screen adaptations to watch in April, including the Apple TV+ miniseries FRANKLIN, based on Stacy Schiff’s nonfiction book A GREAT IMPROVISATION and starring Michael Douglas ◆ ow.ly/7Lnb50R4xm4 Henry Holt & Company Simon & Schuster St. Martin's Press Apple TV Hulu

Super proud of Kirkus Reviews' International Issue, featuring fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' books from around the world. Here's just some of what you'll find: bit.ly/3vyYaPC #WorldlLiterature 🌎

A beautiful evening of readings New School Creative Writing by this year’s NBCC finalists. Excited to attend the awards ceremony tomorrow. Thank you, National Book Critics Circle!

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The International Issue, chock full of great book recommendations from around the world, lands tomorrow!

Please don’t bother Jeffrey Burke, ReadingIsMagical, Hannah Bae @hannahbae.bsky.social, Mary Ann Gwinn 🐁, MICHELLE H. MARTIN, and Christopher Biss-Brown. They are busy reading. 📚🤓📚 #KirkusPrize2024 bit.ly/4acEjnIi

To introduce the March 1 issue of Kirkus Reviews with Tommy Orange on the cover, I wrote about the death of N. Scott Momaday, Orange's powerhouse new novel, and the Native authors who are finally being recognized by publishers. bit.ly/3v1in01

If you watched—and protested—the run-up to the Iraq War in real time (as so many of us did), THE ACHILLES TRAP provides fascinating background on the history of U.S.-Iraq relations. Kirkus Reviews spoke with author Steve Coll. bit.ly/49EHeGa penguinpress

If you’re reading the latest Colson Whitehead on the beach, passersby will stop to tell you how much they loved it.

Sloane Crosley's staggeringly good GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE got me thinking about grief memoirs and the power of the sad book. My latest Kirkus Reviews column is online: bit.ly/48vaKwp #memoirs

The AI transcription service just turned 'David Wojnarowicz' into 'David Boyd Aerobics' and I think it tells us a lot about artificial intelligence 😂

“The War on Terror represented the great untethering of the U.S. from the rule of law.” This Suzy Hansen column in New York Magazine is one of the most clear-eyed things you’ll read about U.S. support for the Gaza War—and American foreign policy in general. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

If, like Marion Winik (and me), you're addicted to #audiobooks , please check out Marion's new roundup for Kirkus Reviews, including THE BEST MINDS, read by author Jonathan Rosen. bit.ly/3wknr00

Novels. The future is novels.