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The Work Behind the Writing: On Writers and Their Day Jobs

By Ed Simon

To Hell and Back: The Weeknd’s Musical Odyssey Through Life and Death

By Judson Bergman

How the New York Times Failed Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya

By Max Weiss

Helping Incarcerated Writers Find Their Voices at Parchman Prison

By W. Ralph Eubanks

A Reading List of Ersatz Mothers: Three Novels Featuring Powerful Aunts

By Sara Levine

Six Sad Books by Funny Women

By Sydney Rende

“In Shadow, Who Made These Words,” a Poem by Bianca Stone

By Bianca Stone

Alexander the Great, Ancient Gay Icon

By Harry Tanner

“I Swear to Chairman Mao!” On Becoming a Red Guard

By Jung Chang

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Megan Milks on Visiting an Animal Sanctuary, Writing About Dairy, and Their Fascination With Cows

By Megan Milks

Madeline Cash on Writing an Absurdist Systems Novel

By Jane Ciabattari

How Back to the Future Made Me a Misfit Skateboarder

By Sean Mortimer

Truman Capote, Bennett Cerf, and the Making of In Cold Blood

By Gayle Feldman

How the First Ever Christian Rock Album Led to the “Jesus Movement”

By Josiah Hesse

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

January 12, 2026

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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The Most Anticipated Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of 2026

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The Best Psychological Thrillers of January 2026

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Book Marks

Book Marks

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Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian

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Benjamin Wood on the Creative Life Force

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Jose Antonio Vargas on Life in a Country That Says You Don’t Belong

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Jose Antonio Vargas on Life in a Country That Says You Don’t Belong

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What Happens if Russia Wins the War it Started in Ukraine?

By Carlo Masala

Stop anthropomorphizing lines of code.

By James Folta

Teenagers at War: On Fighting the British in New York, 1776

By Jack Kelly

France and Mexico celebrated their friendiversary by exchanging ancient books.

By Brittany Allen

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to close itself down.

By James Folta