The acclaimed American author and literary critic talks to Zoe West

Our books editor Zoe West’s favourite picks for the month

Zoe West shares her picks for the week

Unstoppable force By Lucy Feldman TEYANA TAYLOR IS BALANCING A WORKLOAD that borders on ridiculous. On the day we speak, her to-do list includes participating in a Q&A about One Battle After Another,

Apart from the For Sale board, the house didn’t look any different from the last time I was here. Six months ago now. The day of my father’s funeral. A memory of how fragile my mother appeared that da

Which childhood book sparked your love of reading? The Shoe Shop Bears by Margaret J Baker, now sadly out of print. It was the first book I bought with my own money. I was bored by picture books and w