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Our Week in Reviews: 7/4/26

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.

    Putin’s Sledgehammer

    Book Review

    Putin’s Sledgehammer

    By Candace Rondeaux

    An engrossing look at Yevgeny Prighozin’s soldiers-for-hire.

    Centroeuropa

    Book Review

    Centroeuropa

    By Vicente Luis Mora; translated by Rahul Bery

    A quirky fairytale replete with a witch, a giant, and lots of corpses.

    Essay

    Matty Selman: An Appreciation

    Perusing a fellow Staten Islander’s Satchel of Dreams.

    Book Review

    Book Review

    Last Night in Brighton

    By Massoud Hayoun

    Last Night in Brighton

    At loose ends, a gay Arab Jew seeks, well, something in Brooklyn.

    Book Review

    You’re with Stupid: kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music

    Meet an influential record label you’ve probably never heard of.

    Washington, DC

    Is Your New Year’s Resolution to Get Published?

    Make it happen at the 2023 Washington Writers Conference!

    Podcast

    Authors on Audio: Soyica Diggs Colbert

    An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.

    Book Review

    Don’t Count Me Out: A Baltimore Dope Fiend’s Miraculous Recovery

    Never underestimate our capacity for redemption.

    Beyond The Book

    “The Best Book I Read this Year”

    A look back at our eclectic faves from 2022!