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BFG Podcast #308: ‘Obsession,’ ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ and a Whole Cannes of Worms

June 3, 2026June 4, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments 2026 movies, BFG Podcast, Book and Film Globe, Book and Film Globe podcast, Cannes 2026, Cannes coverage, Cannes Film Festival, Dan Friedman, Daniel Aaron, entertainment podcast, Festival Coverage, film festivals, film journalism, Grogu, Hollywood, horror cinema, horror movies, Inde Navarrette, independent film, Jeremy Allen White, Jon Favreau, Neal Pollack, OBSESSION, podcast recommendations, Rotta the Hutt, science fiction films, Star Wars, Star Wars franchise, Stephen Garrett, The Mandalorian and Grogu

Neal Pollack welcomes Daniel Aaron, Stephen Garrett, and Dan Friedman to the Pod Dome

Happy 100th, Allen Ginsberg!

June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Michael Washburn 0 Comments 1960s America, Allen Ginsberg, American literature, American poetry, Beat Generation, Beat poets, book criticism, Columbia University, counterculture, cultural history, Firing Line, Franz Kafka, Howl, Howl and Other Poems, individual freedom, Jack Kerouac, literary culture, literary history, LSD and creativity, Marilyn Monroe centennial, modern poetry, National Review, poetry books, poetry criticism, San Francisco Renaissance, The Essential Ginsberg, William Blake, William F Buckley Jr, William S. Burroughs, William Wordsworth

One of the best minds of his generation, not quite sidelined by madness

Every Book You Need To Read This Summer Is Out in June

June 2, 2026May 30, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Amitav Ghosh, Andrew Sean Greer, Andrew Wilson, Ann Patchett, book recommendations, book roundup, books, Brandon Sanderson, Caroline Kepnes, Deb Haaland, Fantasy, fiction, Harper, historical fiction, horror novels, Isabel J Kim, Jason Kelce, June 2026 books, Knopf, Lisa See, literary fiction, Maggie OFarrell, Marilyn Monroe, Mary H.K. Choi, memoirs, new books, Paul Tremblay, Peter Orullian, romance novels, science fiction, Scribner, Son Bo mi, summer books, summer reading, Tor Books, Travis Kelce

15 new releases you need: from Maggie O’Farrell to Deb Haaland, from Travis Kelce to Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe on Her 100th Birthday

May 30, 2026May 24, 2026 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment American icons, Andrew Wilson, celebrity biography, celebrity culture, classic Hollywood, film history, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Golden Age Hollywood, hollywood history, I Wanna Be Loved By You, Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy, Kim Kardashian, Marilyn Monroe, Norman Mailer, Playboy, Pop Culture, Robert Kennedy, Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch

Andrew Wilson discusses his new biography of the ultimate 20th century icon

The Unforgettable Women of ‘Men Like Ours’

May 14, 2026May 13, 2026 Katie Smith 0 Comments 2026 books, abuse and trauma, Big Little Lies, Bindu Bansinath, Bloomsbury Publishing, book culture, book reviews, coming of age fiction, community gossip, contemporary fiction, contemporary literature, cycles of abuse, Desperate Housewives, diaspora literature, Domestic Noir, domestic thriller, family secrets, female friendships, female solidarity, feminist fiction, generational trauma, immigrant communities, immigrant families, immigration stories, Indian American fiction, Indian diaspora, literary fiction, literary thrillers, Men Like Ours, mother daughter relationships, multicultural fiction, murder mystery, mystery novels, neighborhood drama, New Jersey suburbs, New York writers, psychological fiction, South Asian American writers, South Asian fiction, suburban drama, suspense novels, The Cut magazine, transnational identity, women and community, women’s fiction

The Cut’s Bindu Bansinath pens a suburban thriller about solidarity

King Arthur Is Back, With an Unusual New Champion

May 12, 2026May 13, 2026 J. Barnes 0 Comments King Arthur, Lev Grossman, Malcolm Guite, Monty Python, Susanna Clarke

Scholar, priest, and YouTube influencer Malcolm Guite discusses his new poetic version of the epic

BOOKS Featured Stories Tech

She Is Not a Robot

May 11, 2026May 19, 2026 Elaine Margolin 0 Comments AI, AI and family life, AI and intimacy, AI and journalism, AI and medicine, AI anxiety, AI assistants, AI books, AI ethics, AI parenting, AI relationships, AI therapy, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, automation, book reviews, deep learning, future of AI, generative AI, Google AI, Harper Books, human creativity, Joanna Stern, machine learning, Meta AI, nonfiction books, NotebookLM, OpenAI, Silicon Valley, tech journalism, technology culture, Wall Street Journal, waymo, wearable technology, xAI

Joanna Stern’s book about AI is a fascinating, approachable glimpse of the future

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Sponge

May 5, 2026May 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1960s music scene, Andy Warhol, ascap deems taylor award, big joe turner, brian cullman, british folk, classic rock, counterculture, cultural criticism, danny fields, doc pomus, dr john, edie sedgwick, folk music, Greenwich Village, holy modal rounders, how to prepare for the past, Jim Morrison, jimi zhivago, john martyn, Leonard Cohen, lester bangs, lilian roxon, literary memoirs, literary nonfiction, lucinda williams, mark knopfler, memoir review, music biography, music journalism, music memoir, music writers, new york music scene, nick drake, nico, Paul Bowles, peter stampfel, poetic prose, rock and roll history, rock criticism, Sam Shepard, sandy denny, tangier, ze books

‘How to Prepare for the Past’ reflects on lessons learned from rock stars and literary legends

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A School of Magic That Does Not Patronize the Viewers

May 4, 2026May 11, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments anime 2026, anime worldbuilding, Coco Witch Hat Atelier, coming of age anime, dark fantasy anime, ethical themes in fantasy, fantasy anime, Harry Potter comparisons, J.K. Rowling, Japanese animation, Kamome Shirahama, magic school genre, manga adaptations, Qifrey character

‘Witch Hat Atelier’ represents an evolution for a genre mired in Harry Potter

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Robots, Soccer, King Arthur and More : 10 Books To Read in May

May 1, 2026May 5, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments AI and society, Ann Leckie, Arthurian literature, Backtalker, business and psychology books, creativity and constraints, David Epstein, Elizabeth Strout, Galahad and the Grail, Geoffrey Cain, I Am Not a Robot, imperial Radch, Inside the Box, Joanna Stern, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Leander Schaerlaeckens, literary fiction 2026, Malcolm Guite, new books May 2026, nonfiction books 2026, Radiant Star, Relegated, science fiction books, Silicon Valley history, soccer books, Steve Jobs in Exile, The Long Game, The Things We Never Say, Todd Smith, World Cup reading

Steve Jobs, Joanna Stern, Kimberlé Crenshaw, the USMNT and more on new covers this month

For Whom Is America the ‘Chosen Land’?

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 Gordon Haber 0 Comments America, American Christianity, American history, Billy Graham, Black church history, Book Review, Catholicism in America, Chosen Land, Christ, Christian nationalism, Christian right, church and state, Deism, evangelicalism, Founding Fathers, George Whitefield, Jesus, liberation theology, mainline Protestantism, Matthew Sutton, nonfiction books, political religion, Protestantism in America, religion and politics, religious pluralism, separation of church and state, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Supreme Court

Matthew Sutton looks at the Christian roots and legacy of the United States project

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Noir and Forgotten History Unite in ‘Death to Pachuco’

April 17, 2026April 15, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments civil rights history, comic book review, crime comics, Death to Pachuco, graphic novel, Henry Barajas, historical comics, Image Comics, indie comics, Latino representation, los angeles history, Mexican American history, noir comics, Pachuco culture, Rachel Merrill, racism in America, Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial, Spanglish dialogue, World War II home front, Zoot Suit Riots

Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill tell a wartime story of Mexicans in Los Angeles

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‘The Testaments’ Brings Us Back to Gilead

April 15, 2026April 27, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments book adaptation, Bruce Miller, Chase McKenzie, dystopian fiction, Elisabeth Moss, feminist dystopia, Gilead, Hulu, Lucy Halliday, Margaret Atwood, Mayday, political drama, prestige TV, series sequel, streaming TV, Television Review, The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments, TV criticism

In the sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ Margaret Atwood and Bruce Miller take us to finishing school

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In ‘Cinematic Immunity,’ Film Crews Get the Final Edit

April 14, 2026April 17, 2026 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments behind the scenes filmmaking, Cinematic Immunity, cinematography stories, Cruising film, film crew interviews, film crews, film industry culture, film production, film set anecdotes, Gillian G Gaar, Hollywood labor, Hollywood vs New York, independent filmmaking history, Michael Lee Nirenberg, movie production history, New York filmmaking, oral history books, Saturday Night Fever, The Godfather, The Sopranos, union film crews

A new history of filmmaking brings stories of the sets

From Village to Myth: Moscow’s Thousand-Year Story

April 13, 2026April 13, 2026 Art Edwards 0 Comments Book Review, Eastern Europe, Golden Horde, Lenin, Mongols, Moscow, Napoleon, Peter the Great, political systems, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian history, Simon Morrison, Soviet Union, Stalin, Tatars, totalitarianism, Zaryadye

Simon Morrison’s sweeping history traces the rise of one of the world’s great cities

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