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22 Novels You Need to Read This Summer
For humans, by humans
By
Emily Temple
| May 27, 2025
Looks like
The Chicago Sun-Times
used AI to write a reading list—and wound up with slop.
By
Emily Temple
| May 20, 2025
One great short story to read today: Aimee Bender, "Off"
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Emily Temple
| May 20, 2025
100 Book Covers for
Mrs. Dalloway
Celebrating a Century of Virginia Woolf’s Classic Novel
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Emily Temple
| May 14, 2025
One great short story to read today: Donald Barthelme's "A City of Churches"
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Emily Temple
| May 12, 2025
One great short story to read today: Angela Carter's "The Company of Wolves"
By
Emily Temple
| May 7, 2025
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Emily Temple
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Emily Temple
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Emily Temple
| April 30, 2025
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Rain, Rain...
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By
Emily Temple
| April 14, 2025
Thomas Pynchon is publishing a new novel this fall.
By
Emily Temple
| April 9, 2025
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Small Things, Big Things, Scary Things
By
Emily Temple
| March 28, 2025
The 13 Best Book Covers of March
The Fonts Are Out!
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Emily Temple
| March 28, 2025
Lapham's Quarterly
is coming back.
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Emily Temple
| March 21, 2025
A Small Press Book We Love:
Duplex
by Kathryn Davis
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| March 20, 2025
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The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"This is informed accessible literary analysis that demonstrates that Morrison s true genius was as…"