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The Reader: A new review source for book lovers

The Reader: A new review source for book lovers

Summary

The Reader, an online book review published by the nonprofit Washington Monthly, is launching as a weekday publication. It will feature reviews, essays, literary columns, and recommendations from writers, including 31 Pulitzer Prize winners who have agreed to contribute over the next year.

Key Facts

  • The Washington Post ended its Book World supplement earlier this year.
  • The Reader is part of the nonprofit magazine Washington Monthly.
  • The publication plans to publish every weekday.
  • Its content will include book reviews, essays about books, and columns on the literary world.
  • Writers including Robert Caro, Margaret Atwood, and Ann Patchett will recommend books.
  • Thirty-one Pulitzer Prize winners have agreed to contribute over the next year.
  • The November 15 selections are the novel "Stations" by Louise Kennedy and the essay collection "The Sensualist: Adventures in Pure Pleasure" by Gary Shteyngart.
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