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Who Are the Best Monsters in Literature?

Mothman Is My Boyfriend Author McKayla Coyle has Some Ideas
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Seven of the Greatest Farts in Western Literature

Elizabeth Zaleski Finds Famous Moments of Flatulence in Classic and Contemporary Works
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May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Speculative Adventures from Fonda Lee, Ada Hoffman, Veronica Roth, and more
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“Bridget Jones meets Slavoj Žižek.” And Other Wild Book Pitches From My Inbox

Maris Kreizman on What Makes a Good Publicist Pitch

On Making Time to Read War and Peace and Other Great Literary Works

By Laura Vanderkam

Charles Dickens... and Other Bad Men Who are Good Writers

By Francine Prose

Deafness Should Be Allowed to Be Unremarkable

By Sara Nović

Elizabeth Strout on Creating a Quietly Strong Protagonist

By Jane Ciabattari

How Being a Mediocre Scientist Helped Me Become a Better Novelist

By Vincent Yu

What Animal Parents Teach Humans About Care

By Elizabeth Preston

Grave Years and the Undead Woman: On the Chilling Erasure of Mothers’ Needs

By Tiffany Tsao

Kaveh Akbar on Fiction’s Role Towards Revolutionary Action

By Kaveh Akbar

What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries

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Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

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This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont

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Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

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Writing My Great-Great-Grandmother’s Escape From Eastern European Antisemitism as Gothic Horror

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To Be Honest in Poetry Right Now is to Embrace the Abstract, Negative, and Weak

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Satire Isn’t Dead, We Just Misunderstand It

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Crime Reads

Crime Reads

May 4, 2026

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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State of the Crime Novel, Part 2: Issues and Recommendations

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State of Crime Novel, Part 1: Routines, Problem-Solving, and Faithful Companions

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Book Marks

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How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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On the Propaganda of Early Nazism, and How We See it in America Today

By Omer Aziz

The Power of Prophecy, from Apollo to AI

By Carissa Véliz

Have We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency?

By Megan Garber

From Birdsong to Sheep’s Eyes: How Nature Helps Us Tell Time

By Cathy Haynes

Are Shakespeare’s Commas Really That Important?

By Daniel Hahn

Have We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency?

By Megan Garber