Some useful vintage advertisements and posters that encourage social distancing.

Some useful vintage advertisements and posters that encourage social distancing.

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2020

A Few 19th-Century Parlor Games to Amuse You While You're Stuck at Home

A Few 19th-Century Parlor Games to Amuse You While You're Stuck at Home

“Do you know what my mole is doing?”

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2020

Nobel laureate in literature releases 17 minute prose poem about JFK's assassination.

Nobel laureate in literature releases 17 minute prose poem about JFK's assassination.

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2020

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, Round 2

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, Round 2

For Those Who Wrote In, And Also the Rest of You

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2020

Reading <em>This Side of Paradise</em> at 100, During a Pandemic

Reading This Side of Paradise at 100, During a Pandemic

Or, Why Books Aren't Always the Best Escape

By Emily Temple | March 26, 2020

Playwright Terrence McNally, who wrote the musical <em>Ragtime</em>, has died from coronavirus.

Playwright Terrence McNally, who wrote the musical Ragtime, has died from coronavirus.

By Emily Temple | March 24, 2020

Best Reviewed
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  • 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
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  • The Six Loves of James I

Support authors and enjoy great photography with Beowulf Sheehan's An Author a Day project.

By Emily Temple | March 24, 2020

Woody Allen's memoir has just been published after all.

By Emily Temple | March 23, 2020

Actors are reading sonnets to us online to soothe our isolation anxieties.

By Emily Temple | March 20, 2020

10 superb social distancers from literature.

10 superb social distancers from literature.

Take Notes, Spring Breakers

By Emily Temple | March 20, 2020

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations

Just Ask, and We'll Try to Help

By Emily Temple | March 20, 2020

The Stories Behind 15 of the Best Names Famous Writers Gave to Their Pets

The Stories Behind 15 of the Best Names Famous Writers Gave to Their Pets

An Ode to Cliché, Cigarette, and Fireball Wilson Roberts Green

By Emily Temple | March 19, 2020

Need a distraction? Get lost in <em>The Paris Review</em>’s Author Index.

Need a distraction? Get lost in The Paris Review’s Author Index.

By Emily Temple | March 18, 2020

Haven't read <em>War and Peace</em>? Now's the time to join Yiyun Li's free virtual book club.

Haven't read War and Peace? Now's the time to join Yiyun Li's free virtual book club.

By Emily Temple | March 17, 2020

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

"I regard such things as premature impertinences."

By Emily Temple | March 17, 2020

Can't decide what to read next? Tell us your favorite books and we'll recommend one just for you.

Can't decide what to read next? Tell us your favorite books and we'll recommend one just for you.

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2020

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