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Leila Chatti on the Many Ways to Be (and Not to Be) a Mother

“IVF is a kind of miracle, but doctors are not gods.”
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Was Emerson the True Father of American Literature?

Bruce Nichols on the American Renaissance of Prose and Poetry in the 1850s
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Honoré de Balzac’s Greatest Fear? Being Photographed

Emily Doucet on the Development of the Daguerreotype—and What It Meant For Art and Technology
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25 Gifts for Mothers
(Who Are Also Writers)

A Literary Gift Guide, Without Books

“Be the Change.” On the Misattributed Origins of a Popular Slogan

By Benoit Denizet-Lewis

John Cougar Mellencamp Will Fight You: On the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rise of a Combative Heartland Leftist

By Erin Osmon

Mother Tongues: How Family History Plays a Part in Language and Translation

By Chenxin Jiang

I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You About My Book

By Madeline Vosch

What Erdoğan’s Rule Reveals About the Current State of Western Democracies

By Suzy Hansen

On the Urgent Need to Dismantle Food Apartheid in the United States

By Ashanté M. Reese

Meet the Literary Agent Who Invented the Book Auction

By Laura B. McGrath

Ten Memoirs That Explore the Nuances of Family Estrangement

By Jenny Bartoy

The Medicalization of Madness: How Schizophrenia Was Treated Throughout the Ages

By Justin Garson

Best Reviewed
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Helen Benedict on Chronicling the Legacy of the Iraq War In Fiction

By Jane Ciabattari

A Ghost of One’s Own: On Collaboration and Creative Ownership in Mother Mary

By Katie Yee

On Vigdis Hjorth’s Repetition and the Hidden Disenfranchisement of Children

By Kylie Cheung

This Week in Literary History: Edna St. Vincent Millay Loses Her Manuscript in a Hotel Fire

By Literary Hub

The Power of a Number: Erin Vincent on Grief, Loss, and a Fixation on Fourteen

By Erin Vincent

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

By Omer Aziz

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

April 29, 2026

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

By Molly Odintz

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

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

Crime Classics, Back in Print: A Roundup of Reissues

By CrimeReads

Book Marks

Book Marks

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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

By Book Marks

How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

By Max Rudin

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks

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