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The 2020 International Booker Prize Shortlist is mostly women (again).

The 2020 International Booker Prize Shortlist is mostly women (again).

By Emily Temple | April 2, 2020

What Your Go-To Quarantine Read Says About You

What Your Go-To Quarantine Read Says About You

Judgment in the Time of Coronavirus

By Emily Temple | April 2, 2020

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

Advice for All Signs: Stay Home and Read

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2020

The first full trailer for Hulu's <em>Normal People</em> is extremely sexy.

The first full trailer for Hulu's Normal People is extremely sexy.

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2020

Tomie dePaola, beloved author and illustrator of <em>Strega Nona</em>, has died at 85.

Tomie dePaola, beloved author and illustrator of Strega Nona, has died at 85.

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2020

The 14 Best Book Covers<br> of March

The 14 Best Book Covers
of March

Yellow Rules!

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Disappearers
  • The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
  • Agrippa
  • Under Story
  • American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
  • The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial
  • I Liked Rex
  • Asmodeus
  • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

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

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2020

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

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

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.

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.

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

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