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Here are the winners of this year's National Book Critics Circle awards.

Here are the winners of this year's National Book Critics Circle awards.

By Emily Temple | March 25, 2021

<em>The Paris Review</em> has a new editor.

The Paris Review has a new editor.

By Emily Temple | March 23, 2021

Read Douglas Adams's advice to writers who hate writing.

Read Douglas Adams's advice to writers who hate writing.

By Emily Temple | March 22, 2021

Who should star in the TV adaptation of Octavia Butler's <em>Kindred</em>?

Who should star in the TV adaptation of Octavia Butler's Kindred?

By Emily Temple | March 19, 2021

Listen to a new song inspired by Viet Thanh Nguyen's <em>The Sympathizer</em>.

Listen to a new song inspired by Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer.

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2021

Let Tintin have his erotic adventures. After all this time, he deserves it.

Let Tintin have his erotic adventures. After all this time, he deserves it.

By Emily Temple | March 12, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

A new Hans Christen Andersen museum takes architectural inspiration from one of his stories.

By Emily Temple | March 9, 2021

Art Spiegelman and Robert Coover have collaborated (over Zoom!) on a new illustrated dystopian story.

By Emily Temple | March 9, 2021

Norton Juster, author of The Phantom Tollbooth, has died at 91.

By Emily Temple | March 9, 2021

50 Very Bad Book Covers for<br> Literary Classics

50 Very Bad Book Covers for
Literary Classics

It could always be worse.

By Emily Temple | March 9, 2021

"It's incredibly lazy and depressingly effective." John Oliver on Fox News's Dr. Seuss antics.

By Emily Temple | March 8, 2021

A Sylvia Plath fan has petitioned the Church to allow her to be buried near the poet.

A Sylvia Plath fan has petitioned the Church to allow her to be buried near the poet.

By Emily Temple | March 4, 2021

Peek inside a new illustrated edition of Angela Carter's <em>Nights at the Circus</em>.

Peek inside a new illustrated edition of Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus.

By Emily Temple | March 2, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Is That Light at the End of the Tunnel?

By Emily Temple | March 1, 2021

Olga Tokarczuk's

Olga Tokarczuk's "magnum opus" has finally been translated into English (and you can read it soon).

By Emily Temple | February 26, 2021

The 15 Best Book Covers <br>of February

The 15 Best Book Covers
of February

So Many Covers, So Little Time

By Emily Temple | February 26, 2021

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