A mesmerizing tale about how we make sense of what came before. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/w... @aaknopf.bsky.social #booksky

I'll be reading as part of the tribute to the god Percival Everett at the Writers Center next Friday, October 17.

Podcast: Mark K. Updegrove. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/aut... @harperbooks.bsky.social @markupdegrove.bsky.social #booksky

Percival Everett to Headline the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival in Rockville, MD! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/per... @lizaachilles.bsky.social @samuelashworth.bsky.social #booksky

Saddened by the passing of John Grady, an incredibly collegial, supportive and public-minded editor and writer. It was an honor to get to know him through the Biographers International military history roundtable.

A rip-roaring read about that most iconic frontier town. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/d... @aaknopf.bsky.social #booksky

In memory of longtime contributor John Grady, who recently passed away, we share here his final piece for the Independent, an interview with @stephenplatt.bsky.social (THE RAIDER, @aaknopf.bsky.social): www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... #booksky

An Interview with Ren Cedar Fuller. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @autumnhousepress.bsky.social #booksky

Q from @wirobooks.bsky.social: Feeling subversive this banned books week? A: You bet, & not just this week, either! Then make it a DIY personal protest: choose your faves from the oft-banned books, read in public, & watch 'em squirm! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/fee...

A gym-rat professor scorns the disappointing humans around him. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/m... @catapultbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Feeling subversive? In honor of Banned Books Week, tuck into one of these targeted titles! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/fee... @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social #booksky

"Read, read, read...rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. When asked if I’m a writer, I think sometimes I should say, ‘No, I’m a rewriter’” David McCullough on the art of bringing #history to life. A review of History Matters in @wirobooks.bsky.social: www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/h...

"America’s Future" calls out to what we could be. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-c... @cabockwrites.bsky.social @wwph.bsky.social #booksky

The celebrated late historian’s advice to writers. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/h... @simonandschuster.bsky.social #booksky

Join @scrawford.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social in DC today at 5 p.m. for a conversation with Jennifer Anne Moses (YOU'VE TOLD ME BEFORE, @uwiscpress.bsky.social)! It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/jen... #booksky

ICYMI: Show me what freaks you out, and I’ll show you who you are. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @jamesmichaelcausey.bsky.social @jeremydauber.bsky.social @algonquinbooks.bsky.social #booksky

I had a blast interviewing John Patrick Higgins (@johnnymuggins.bsky.social) for @wirobooks.bsky.social about his wickedly funny bad-back memoir, SPINE. Got to talk about Psycho, the "girl on the rock," and whether humor is a form of mental illness.

Our Week in Reviews: 10/4/25. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social @pantheonbooks.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social #booksky

Our 7 Most Favorable Reviews in September. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @liveright.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social @melvillehouse.bsky.social #booksky

Romance Roundup: October 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/rom... @kristinawright.bsky.social #booksky

Faith sustains generations of Mumbai families plagued by misfortune. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @aaknopf.bsky.social #booksky

Our 5 Most Popular September Posts. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... #booksky @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social

So glad to have had the chance to read and write about this powerful book

An astonishing tale of pushing back against oppression. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/f... @pantheonbooks.bsky.social @roserankin.bsky.social @ntabrizy.bsky.social #booksky

Silent Book Club celebrates 10 years of quiet camaraderie. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/pip... @lizaachilles.bsky.social @silentbookclub.bsky.social #booksky

A woman wanders the Balkans, looking for herself. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @tinhouse.bsky.social @wendybeselhahn.bsky.social #booksky

An interview with John Patrick Higgins. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @tylergore.bsky.social #booksky

A looseness with the facts undermines this work’s credibility. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @paulawhitacre.bsky.social #booksky

It's an extra-special treat when @wirobooks.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief @hsmithwrites.bsky.social gives herself permission to write a review, & she let fly with her latest, on Ken Follett's CIRCLE OF DAYS--700 pages "on a Post-It Note." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c...

Protect freedom of speech during Banned Books Week! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-m... @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social @authorsguild.org @bannedtogetherdoc.bsky.social @lizaachilles.bsky.social #booksky

This debut’s rom-com wrapper belies its surprising depth. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/h... #booksky

ICYMI: One dusty paw print can lead to a forest of wonders. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/w... @columbiaup.bsky.social @juliej.bsky.social #booksky

Our Week in Reviews: 9/27/25. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @orbooks.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Join @wwph.bsky.social at the Frederick Book Arts Center in Frederick, MD, tonight at 7 p.m. to celebrate the publication of the new anthology AMERICA'S FUTURE! It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/was... #booksky @cabockwrites.bsky.social

Recalling a book — and a legacy — to honor and uphold. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @genemeyer.bsky.social #booksky

A long-past college tragedy resurfaces to haunt a woman anew. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/y... @simonandschuster.bsky.social #booksky

You Oughta Know...about late Canadian author Farley Mowat. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/you... #booksky

Kate Medina wins BIO’s Editorial Excellence Award! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @biographersintl.bsky.social #booksky

An extensive account of an otherworldly ocean. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @karlbell.bsky.social #booksky

Ready to Fall for the Book? www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/rea... @fallforthebook.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social #booksky

Which comes first: the mother or the egg? www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/s... @aaknopf.bsky.social #booksky

Join @raxkingisdead.bsky.social at Lost City Books in DC tonight at 7 p.m. for a conversation with @ellomelissa.bsky.social (BEYOND ALL REASONABLE DOUBT, JESUS IS ALIVE!). It's our Spotlight Event: www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/mel... #booksky

Canadian Collections: September 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/can... @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social #booksky

The activist founder of a DC fixture shares how it all began. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @orbooks.bsky.social @busboysandpoets.bsky.social #booksky

High-fives, Handshakes, and Hugs: A fragmentary lecture while the ink is running out. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/hig... @stevenleyva.bsky.social #booksky

This was a cool exercise—writing about which books share DNA with “On Fire and Under Water.” Grateful to the @wirobooks.bsky.social for inviting and hosting me. With mentions of work from John Woods, Ivy Pochoda, @jordanharper.bsky.social, and Delfina Cuuero.

Bedtime Stories: Curtis Ippolito. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/bed... @rhppress.bsky.social @curtisippolito.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social #booksky

Stonehenge, where a man’s a man, and the children… (Okay, we’ll stop.) www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @hsmithwrites.bsky.social #booksky

ICYMI: "A con man wreaks havoc on an eccentric family in 1950s Mississippi." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/b... @hubcitypress.bsky.social #booksky

Meet Meghan Keane and LA Johnson (PARTY OF ONE: BE YOUR OWN BEST LIFE PARTNER, @chroniclebooks.bsky.social) at @peoplesbooktakoma.com in Takoma Park, MD, today at 4 p.m.! It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/mee... #booksky