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Colm Tóibín on Crafting a Collection of Irish Homecoming

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Álvaro Enrigue’s Now I Surrender Is a Celebration of Apache Resistance

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Take a Tour of Poet Maggie Smith’s Writing Space

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What Are the Routines of So-Called Super-Readers?

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Dear Harlequin: Nobody Asked For Your Weird, New AI Video “Microdramas”

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How World War I Created the Army Olive Green We Know Today

By Kory Stamper

Read “Firefly Ars Poetica,” a Poem by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

By Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Before the “Smart” Era: What the Early Years of AI Reveal About Its Future

By Sarah Murray

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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Ana Gavrilovska on Pynchon’s Prescient Technofascism

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Diagnosing Murder: How Addiction Became a Central Motif in Crime Fiction

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The Anxiety (and Relief) of Diagnosis

By Alexandra Sifferlin

International, Global, Universal Poetry Month: Seven Poetry Books to Read This April

By Christopher Spaide

The History of the Young Lords of Chicago

By Hilda Vasquez Ignatin

Frederick Jackson Turner’s Groundbreaking Frontier Thesis Was a Flop When He First Read It

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Ingrid Rojas Contreras (with Toni Morrison and Seamus Heaney)

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Crime Reads

April 1, 2026

The Best Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of April 2026

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10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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The Best Debuts of the Month: March 2026

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Bethany C. Morrow Talks Religious Horror, Slow-Burn Storytelling, and Crafting Atmospheres of Anxiety

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Yann Martel on Playing with Form to Tell a Story

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What Did European Life Look Like at the Dawn of Capitalism?

By Trevor Jackson

The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches

By Steven W. Thrasher

Nazis in America, c. 1938-1941

By Sara Vladic

The Town Where The Last Picture Show Was Filmed Absolutely Hated It

By David Streitfeld

On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

By Jessica Riskin

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

By Geoff Bennett