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Here are the finalists for the NYPL's 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award.

Here are the finalists for the NYPL's 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award.

By James Folta | April 18, 2024

What if Chaucer’s <em>Canterbury Tales</em> came out today?

What if Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales came out today?

By James Folta | April 17, 2024

A new Ocean Vuong novel is coming next summer.

A new Ocean Vuong novel is coming next summer.

By James Folta | April 16, 2024

Have you filed your taxes yet? Kick back with some taxes in fiction anyway.

Have you filed your taxes yet? Kick back with some taxes in fiction anyway.

By James Folta | April 15, 2024

You’re wrong about reading in bars.

You’re wrong about reading in bars.

By James Folta | April 12, 2024

Shop with solidarity at these unionized (and unionizing) stores and publishers.

Shop with solidarity at these unionized (and unionizing) stores and publishers.

By James Folta | April 11, 2024

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  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
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Center yourself with some springtime affirmations for book lovers.

By James Folta | April 10, 2024

Fires, collisions, and Kurt Russell: The untold history of David Foster Wallace's cruise ship.

By James Folta | April 9, 2024

Meta considered buying Simon & Schuster to build its AI.

By James Folta | April 8, 2024

Celebrate the solar eclipse with some of the best and worst ellipses in literature (and life).

Celebrate the solar eclipse with some of the best and worst ellipses in literature (and life).

By James Folta | April 4, 2024

Kaleidoscopic novelist John Barth has died at 93.

Kaleidoscopic novelist John Barth has died at 93.

By James Folta | April 3, 2024

A guide to the people you run into at every reading.

A guide to the people you run into at every reading.

By James Folta | April 2, 2024

Unions at Oxford University Press and Barnes & Noble are continuing to organize the book world.

Unions at Oxford University Press and Barnes & Noble are continuing to organize the book world.

By James Folta | April 1, 2024

Nosh a novel at the pun-filled Edible Book Festival.

Nosh a novel at the pun-filled Edible Book Festival.

By James Folta | April 1, 2024

Don’t take career advice from Bukowski, upgrade your hustle with these authors instead.

Don’t take career advice from Bukowski, upgrade your hustle with these authors instead.

By James Folta | March 28, 2024

Richard Serra's

Richard Serra's "Verb List" is both art and to-do list.

By James Folta | March 27, 2024

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