As is our tradition for December 21, a list of 21 short stories for the shortest day of the year.
Read more13 Books in Translation: A Literary History of Egypt After 2011
These thirteen books (six novels, three works of literary nonfiction, a graphic novel, a poetry collection, a short-story collection, and a collection of playtexts) provide a not-insubstantial literary landscape of contrasting visions and emotions:
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11 Healing Reads: Books for Dark Days
“But there are also books that find the holes and — at least sometimes, for some readers — patch us up.”
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