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How J.R.R. Tolkien’s Strong Catholic Faith Influenced His Writing

D.J. Taylor on the Role of Religion In the Author's Life and Work
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Megan Nolan on Agnes Owens’s
A Working Mother, an Ode to Working Class Scotland

“Owens found a novel way of conveying the surrealness of everyday life”
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No One Really Drives Away from Anything in Horror Films

Tyler Malone on the Open Road and Auto-Eroticism, from "Lost Highway" to "The Hitcher"
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How Austerity is Killing Higher Ed
(and What We Can Do About It)

Peter Coviello on Bullshit Metrics and the Necessity of Unions

What Fly Fishing Taught Me About Writing Fiction

By Evan Brooke

“Mirror,” a Poem by Jana Prikryl

By Jana Prikryl

On the Film NAZA and the Ethics of Documentary Art

By Steven W. Thrasher

Mary Beth Keane on Writing a Novel of the Irish Diaspora

By Jane Ciabattari

How Derek Walcott’s Postcolonial Epic Helped Me Write My Novel

By Schneider K. Rancy

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in November

By Literary Hub

Glass Skulls, Luminosity, Soup, and Other Miracles: New Poetry to Read This November

By Rebecca Morgan Frank

Vampiric Broodmothers, Gig-Economy Ghosts, and Medieval Abortionists: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter

The Ghostly and the Real: On Spirit Worlds in African Literature

By Karina M. Szczurek

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This Week in Literary History: Sinclair Lewis Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

By Literary Hub

If Salvador Dalí Died in 1989, Then Why Can He Still Take a Selfie With You?

By David Bering-Porter

An Interrogation of Reality: On the Legacy of Blade Runner

By Joanne McNeil

Artificial Intelligence
is a Horror Story

By Nick Ripatrazone

The 10 Best Book Covers of October

By Emily Temple

Something Wicked This Way Comes: 10 Poems to Read This Halloween

By Liz DeGregorio

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

November 3, 2026

The best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the month: November 2026

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

Suspenseful not-exactly-horror movies to watch, this Halloween

By Olivia Rutigliano

Succession, but make it supernatural

By Molly Odintz

Book Marks

Book Marks

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

How Is Writing Like Nursing?

By Theresa Brown

October's Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks

October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

By Book Marks

Iconic Socialist Jean Jaurès Tried to Keep France Out of WWI. It Cost Him His Life

By Enda O'Doherty

Hidden In Plain Sight: What It Meant to Unearth My Father's Decades-Old FBI File

By Aimee Liu

How Joe Biden and the National Democratic Party Paved the Way For American Fascism

By Jennifer Welch

Why Are Women’s Biographies Often Told From a Man’s Point of View?

By Sarah Fritz

Tiny, Furry Friends: A Short History of Small Dogs in European Art

By Stephanie Howard-Smith

Fake News, Far-Right Propaganda, Exaggerated Crowd Sizes, a Squabbling Left...Welcome to 1930s Berlin!

By Victor Sebestyen