Articles by C. Max Magee
December 16, 2011
We’ll Miss Hitch 0
Vanity Fair remembers Christopher Hitchens, a favorite of ours who was always fun to root for, and who, as you’ve no doubt heard by now, died last night. Andrew Sullivan remembers an email exchange from happier times. Hitchens’ ebook from this year, The Enemy, is in our Hall of Fame, and we reviewed his memoir, [...]
December 13, 2011
Tuesday New Rease Day: Nesbø, Tillman 0
Jo Nesbø has a new noir from the North this week, The Leopard. Also out: Richard Nash’s Red Lemonade continues to re-release the backlist of Millions favorite Lynne Tillman; this week it’s Motion Sickness and No Lease on Life. Bonus Links: You can now subscribe to listings of literary new releases in your feed reader [...]
December 6, 2011
Tuesday New Release Day: Desai, James, Gordon-Levitt, Beach, Mueller 1
New this week are Anita Desai’s The Artist of Disappearance and P.D. James’ Pride and Prejudice sequel Death Comes to Pemberly. Joseph Gordon-Levitt hangs up his acting duds to put out The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1, and, speaking of tiny stories, there’s Lou Beach’s 420 Characters: “these crystalline miniature stories began as [...]
December 5, 2011
How Can You Support The Millions? 0
Enjoying this year’s Year in Reading series? Learn about five easy (even free) ways you can support The Millions this holiday season and make special features like the Year in Reading possible.
December 1, 2011
Byliner Goes Fiction 0
Byliner, which has made its name with a long-form nonfiction portal and long-form nonfiction ebook originals, is kicking off its Byliner Fiction imprint with Amy Tan’s Rules for Virgins
December 1, 2011
A Year in Reading 2011 33
For an eighth year, we asked some of our favorite writers, thinkers, and readers to look back, reflect, and share. Their charge was to name, from all the books they read this year, the one(s) that meant the most to them, regardless of publication date. Grouped together, these ruminations, cheers, squibs, and essays will be a chronicle of reading and good books from every era. We hope you find in them seeds that will help make your year in reading in 2012 a fruitful one.
