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Translator Beware: On the Myth of the Finicky English Reader

Translator Beware: On the Myth of the Finicky English Reader

Anton Hur Discusses the Future of Literary Translation

By Anton Hur | May 18, 2026

Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

Katherine Kelaidis on the Russian Writers Defying Putin's Regime from Abroad

By Katherine Kelaidis | May 18, 2026

Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

“We need these stories, because they reveal a potent truth: no one is immune to illness and death.”

By Lorraine Boissoneault | May 18, 2026

Who Are You Stacey Levine? What Happens When a “Deeply Weird,” (Very) Small Press Novel is a Pulitzer Finalist

Who Are You Stacey Levine? What Happens When a “Deeply Weird,” (Very) Small Press Novel is a Pulitzer Finalist

Max Pearl Gets to Know the Author of Mice 1961

By Max Pearl | May 15, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Vanessa Hua, Isaac Fitzgerald, Christina Baker Kline, and More

By Book Marks | May 15, 2026

On the Road to Canterbury Reading Dan Simmons Sci-Fi Adaptation of Chaucer’s Classic

On the Road to Canterbury Reading Dan Simmons Sci-Fi Adaptation of Chaucer’s Classic

Adrian McKinty Searches For Fellow Pilgrims, a Copy of Hyperion in His Pack

By Adrian McKinty | May 15, 2026

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By Ailsa Ross | May 15, 2026

Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations

By Maris Kreizman | May 14, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | May 14, 2026

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Daegan Miller on the Often Misunderstood Work of Roy Scranton

By Daegan Miller | May 14, 2026

Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing

Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing

Fazlur Rahman Recommends John Bayley, Danielle Ofri, Ayaz Virji, and More

By Fazlur Rahman | May 14, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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By Literary Hub | May 14, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending May 10, 2026

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Rebecca Lehmann on Anne Boleyn, Trump, and Treason

Rebecca Lehmann on Anne Boleyn, Trump, and Treason

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 14, 2026

A New Language: On Primo Levi’s Translation of Kafka

A New Language: On Primo Levi’s Translation of Kafka

Maïa Hruska Considers the Act of Writing and Translating After Auschwitz

By Maïa Hruska | May 13, 2026

On the Death of Branwell Brontë and the Shadow of Grief It Cast Upon His Literary Family

On the Death of Branwell Brontë and the Shadow of Grief It Cast Upon His Literary Family

Deborah Lutz Considers the Impact of a Brother’s Absence

By Deborah Lutz | May 12, 2026

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