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Red Clocks

Cover art for Red Clocks by Leni Zumas and The Power by Naomi Alderman

Critical Essays

Female Agency in Dystopian Novels

ByLaura Haugen November 26, 2018

Recent novels by Leni Zumas and Naomi Alderman reimagine the fate of female agency with the urgency of our time.

Must Reads for Fall

Book Reviews | Fiction | Nonfiction

Must Reads for Fall

ByAmy Jo Burns October 9, 2017

The weather is turning, and books—as always—will bring us steadily through to the end of the year. Here are our choices for this fall’s best reads.