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The Story Behind Edward Hopper’s Iconic Painting, “Nighthawks”

Louis Shadwick on Hopper’s Most Famous Work
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How to Find the Perfect Writing Soundtrack

Marissa Levien on the Sound of Creativity
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Why Wikipedia is a Wonder of the Modern World—That We’ll Never See the Likes of Again

Richard Cooke on the Unique and Multifaceted Role of the Largest Encyclopedia to Ever Exist
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On Searching For Nabokov’s Rarest Paperbacks Across America

Nina Chayka Remembers Ardis, the Innovative Publisher That Brought Russian and Soviet Literature to the United States

Brandon Taylor on Writing About Black Art and Black Artists in America

By The Center for Fiction

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

By Aimee Liu

Maria Edgeworth: Early 19th-Century Celebrity Novelist and... Key Contributor to the Birth of Classical Economics?

By Jeanna Smialek

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

By Jennifer Welch

Anika Fajardo on Connecting With Her Colombian Heritage Through Magical Realism

By Anika Fajardo

This Week in Literary History: The First Ballpoint Pen is Sold in New York City

By Literary Hub

Are Boy Bands the Cure for the Male Loneliness Epidemic?

By G'ra Asim

Can Creative Hobbies Actually Change the World?

By Bonnie Smith Whitehouse

What It Was Like to See Nina Simone at the Village Gate, c. 1961

By Soyica Diggs Colbert

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Why the Broiler Chicken Is the True Symbol of the Anthropocene

By Kyle Harper

“At the Dinner Table at Night,” a Poem by Allen Guy Wilcox

By Allen Guy Wilcox

How a Love of Salem and The House of Seven Gables Inspired My Debut Novel

By Ashley Woo

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

By Book Marks

Nicole Bedera on the Cornell 7, Title IX, and How Universities Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

By Fiction Non Fiction

Tanaïs Writes Their Drafts At Night and Revises During the Day

By Literary Hub

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

October 26, 2026

10 Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

Folk Horror on Film

By Olivia Rutigliano

All the Horror Fiction We've Recommended This Fall (So Far)

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

Book Marks

Book Marks

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

The Wild Robot Author Peter Brown on What Makes a Great Read-Aloud Book

By Literary Hub

Will Maclean on F*cking Up a Notebook to Write a Novel

By Will Maclean

How E.L. Shen Came to Understand Her Assassinated Ancestor Through Writing About Him

By E. L. Shen

Enough With Your Lost Cause: The Treasonous Confederacy Was Never a Nation

By Connor Williams

Trying to Move Past the Endless Stereotyping of the “Rural American”

By Amy Olberding

Anand Giridharadas on How the Reverend Al Sharpton Works to Shape Narratives of Justice

By Anand Giridharadas

Anand Giridharadas on How the Reverend Al Sharpton Works to Shape Narratives of Justice

By Anand Giridharadas

Five Essential Books to Understand the Venetian Ghetto and Jewish History

By Alexander Lee

Five Essential Books for Understanding North Korea’s Cult of Personality

By Jonathan Cheng