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Plus: What if God were a critic? Books By Deborah Dundas Finding the right balance of books stories to run on any given week is one of the challenges of being a books editor. I approach with the goal of giving a flavour of what's out right now, identifying important books, but also offering some context and insight into what might make some books more successful than others in what they set out to do. I spoke, for example, to Toronto writer Sheila Heti about her new book "Pure Colour." She begins with God taking a look at this world he created, as if it were a first draft. In his efforts to figure out what would make it better, he breaks into three critics. It's a creation story, but it's also, as Heti says in our interview, "about how to live, and how we all live together, and how we all fit together in (the) world." That made this the perfect week to run three longer reviews that take a deeper dive into what the books are trying to say and how the writers are saying it: American writer Marlon James' African fantasy "Moon Witch, Spider King," Canadian/American writer Kim Fu's short stories "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century" and Quebec writer Stéfanie Clermont's "The Music Game," translated from French into English. The three different types of work each accomplish something different. There is more news, and reviews, below. We'll see you back here again next week with some great interviews and more. SHEILA HETI: ON GOD, ART CRITICS AND THE ‘VERY LUCKY EXPERIENCE TO HAVE BEEN A PERSON’ The death of Heti’s father in 2018 informed her new book, “Pure Colour,” in which God hatches three critics to evaluate the first draft of creation. Read more » ‘MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING’ — BOOK TWO IN MARLON JAMES’ DARK STAR AFRICAN FANTASY TRILOGY — IS ‘UTTERLY UNCOMPROMISING’ Read more » TORONTO’S STEPHEN DORSEY GREW UP AS A BLACK CHILD IN A WHITE FAMILY WITH A RACIST STEPFATHER: HERE’S WHAT HE LEARNED Read more » QUEBEC WRITER STÉFANIE CLERMONT’S BOOK “THE MUSIC GAME”: THE VOICE OF A NEW ’20S LOST GENERATION IN A WORLD OF DEAD-END JOBS Read more » KIM FU’S SHORT STORIES ‘LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY’ ARE A BALM FOR TROUBLED MINDS Read more » THE BESTSELLING BOOKS IN CANADA FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 16, 2022 Read more » WATTPAD CEO WANTS MACHINE LEARNING, MONETIZATION TO PLAY BIGGER ROLE IN COMPANY Read more » If you're not enjoying these emails, please tell us how we can make them better by emailing newsletterfeedback@thestar.ca. Or, if you'd prefer, you can unsubscribe from this newsletter by clicking the first link below. Unsubscribe From This Newsletter Sign Up for More Newsletters and Email Alerts Become a Star Subscriber View in Browser Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. One Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5E 1E6. 416-367-2000 PRIVACY POLICY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -