Laura Adamczyk

5 burning questions we have ahead of <i>Succession</i>’s<i> </i>third season

5 burning questions we have ahead of Succession’s third season

Here are the biggest questions we’d like to see answered in the HBO drama’s season 3, debuting on Sunday, October 17

A new Franzen novel, a Sebald biography, and more books to read in October

The fall book season marches on with another Jonathan Franzen doorstopper, Eugene Lim’s inventive new novel, and Nina…

9/20/21

What are you reading in September?

Gabrielle Union's memoir on motherhood, a coming-of-age novella set in mid-century Mexico City, and short stories…

9/15/21

Joy Williams’ <i>Harrow </i>is a strange, comic novel for the end of the world

Joy Williams’ Harrow is a strange, comic novel for the end of the world

In her first novel in over 20 years, Williams has written a philosophical story of climate change filled with…

9/13/21

The best of Pitchfork Music Festival 2021

Angel Olsen provoked tears, St. Vincent shredded—these are the most noteworthy sets The A.V. Club saw at this year's…

9/10/21

Pitchfork 2021: The acts we’re most excited to see

As the first COVID-era Pitchfork Music Festival begins, here are the musicians that have us psyched to strap on a…

9/8/21

Maggie Nelson wades into the discourse’s murky middle in <i>On Freedom</i>

Maggie Nelson wades into the discourse’s murky middle in On Freedom

The latest work of nonfiction from the Argonauts author, On Freedom: Four Songs Of Care And Constraint, takes on…

9/6/21

Diamonds in the multiplex rough: 13 great Hollywood movies from the dog days of August

Late August is usually a dumping ground for bad Hollywood movies, but these films begged to differ

8/24/21

A new Sally Rooney, Joy Williams’ first novel in 20 years, and more books to read this September

September is absolutely packed with big releases, including new novels from Sally Rooney, Colson Whitehead, and…

8/2/21

How do we solve a problem like loneliness? In <i>Seek You</i>, Kristen Radtke looks for an answer

How do we solve a problem like loneliness? In Seek You, Kristen Radtke looks for an answer

In her latest work of graphic nonfiction, illustrator and writer Kristen Radtke considers the causes and effects of…

7/26/21

Cecily Strong’s mournful memoir, a Megan Abbott thriller, and more new books to read in August

Plus: Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s New Orleans stories, a compulsive novel by Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi, and Saïd…

7/9/21

Every<i> I Think You Should Leave </i>sketch, ranked

Every I Think You Should Leave sketch, ranked

Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s Netflix comedy series from worst to best—now including season two

7/8/21

<i>The A.V. Club</i>’s favorite books of 2021 so far

The A.V. Club’s favorite books of 2021 so far

Two novels in translation and two Rachels (Cusk and Kushner) crack our top 10

7/4/21

What's the best movie to watch on the Fourth of July?

Jaws, Do The Right Thing, Iron Man, and more movie recommendations for your Independence Day

6/29/21

5 new books to read in July

A story collection set in Bogotá, an exuberant biography on Fernanda Pessoa, the latest from Simon Rich, and more

6/29/21

11 tracks from 2020 with a second chance to be song of the summer

"WAP" Hot American Summer: Tracks by Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift, Chloe x Halle, and more that…

6/14/21

What are you reading in June?

This Pride Month, The A.V. Club gets Kink-y, says ¡Hola Papi!, visits the Sweet Gum Head, and more

6/2/21

5 new books to read in June

What at first looks exclusively like a sly satire morphs into a creeping office thriller in Zakiya Dalila Harris’ hig…

5/5/21

5 new books to read in May

Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…

4/30/21

Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney are back to mess with your heart: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

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