Oh good, Audible is planning to start using AI narrators and translators.

Oh good, Audible is planning to start using AI narrators and translators.

By James Folta | May 14, 2025

Want to reduce crime? Science says: build more libraries.

Want to reduce crime? Science says: build more libraries.

By James Folta | May 13, 2025

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | May 9, 2025

The Trump Administration just fired America’s top librarian.

The Trump Administration just fired America’s top librarian.

By James Folta | May 9, 2025

A close reading of the description for disgraced comedian Louis C.K.’s forthcoming novel.

A close reading of the description for disgraced comedian Louis C.K.’s forthcoming novel.

By James Folta | May 8, 2025

An ode to reading with my mom.

An ode to reading with my mom.

By James Folta | May 8, 2025

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  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • Departure(s)
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood

One great short story to read today: Oğuz Atay's “The Forgotten”

By James Folta | May 6, 2025

Trump’s NEA is terminating hundreds of grants in literature, theater, and the arts.

By James Folta | May 5, 2025

The week's book news, in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | May 2, 2025

An unsettling AI Agatha Christie is here to teach you how to write.

An unsettling AI Agatha Christie is here to teach you how to write.

By James Folta | May 1, 2025

A field guide to the readers you’ll see in public this spring.

A field guide to the readers you’ll see in public this spring.

By James Folta | April 30, 2025

The new Conduit Books plans to focus on male authors.

The new Conduit Books plans to focus on male authors.

By James Folta | April 28, 2025

Time to re-read <em>The Masses</em>, the 1910s literary magazine crushed by government censorship.

Time to re-read The Masses, the 1910s literary magazine crushed by government censorship.

By James Folta | April 24, 2025

The Sant Jordi NYC Festival of Books & Roses is bringing the Catalan celebration to America.

The Sant Jordi NYC Festival of Books & Roses is bringing the Catalan celebration to America.

By James Folta | April 23, 2025

What if the final meeting between V.P. Vance and Pope Francis took place in a Dan Brown novel?

What if the final meeting between V.P. Vance and Pope Francis took place in a Dan Brown novel?

By James Folta | April 22, 2025

Which famous authors might go to space? (A chart.)

Which famous authors might go to space? (A chart.)

By James Folta | April 18, 2025

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