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On Proust's Wasted Time

On Proust's Wasted Time

The Cosmic Library continues its Proust season

By The Cosmic Library | March 4, 2026

A Woman in the World: Colm Tóibín on the Short Fiction of Mary Lavin

A Woman in the World: Colm Tóibín on the Short Fiction of Mary Lavin

“She had spent her life describing others and finding strategies to create versions of herself on the page; it was not easy to categorize her.”

By Colm Tóibín | March 3, 2026

Reading the Stars: On Iconic Actors in the Age of Generative AI

Reading the Stars: On Iconic Actors in the Age of Generative AI

Jadie Stillwell Reads Melissa Anderson’s The Hunger

By Jadie Stillwell | March 3, 2026

The Weight of the Self: On James Merrill’s <em>A Different Person</em>

The Weight of the Self: On James Merrill’s A Different Person

Hilton Als Considers the Influence of Class and Queerness in the Life and Work of a Gay American Poet

By Hilton Als | March 3, 2026

Rebecca Solnit, Vigdis Hjorth, Terry Tempest Williams, and more: 23 new books out today!

Rebecca Solnit, Vigdis Hjorth, Terry Tempest Williams, and more: 23 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | March 3, 2026

The Absurdity of Authoritarianism: A Conversation With Svetlana Satchkova

The Absurdity of Authoritarianism: A Conversation With Svetlana Satchkova

Virginia Marshall Discusses Art, Repression and Exile With the Author of The Undead

By Virginia Marshall | March 2, 2026

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Woodsy Necromancers and Space Moby-Dick: March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter | March 2, 2026

Printers’ Fists, Palaces, and Pavese Stone: New Poetry Coming in March

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | March 2, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Jake Skeets is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | March 2, 2026

10 New Children’s Books To Get Wonderfully Lost In This March

10 New Children’s Books To Get Wonderfully Lost In This March

Caroline Carlson Shares Upcoming Releases From Esmé Shapiro, Anne Wynter, Laurel Snyder and More

By Caroline Carlson | March 2, 2026

February’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

February’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Namwali Serpell, Gisèle Pelicot, Richard Holmes, and More

By Book Marks | February 27, 2026

February’s Best Reviewed Fiction

February’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Lauren Groff, Tayari Jones, Cristina Rivera Garza, and More

By Book Marks | February 27, 2026

Ordinary Mind Remembering Ordinary Matter: Allen Ginsberg on Poetic Honesty

Ordinary Mind Remembering Ordinary Matter: Allen Ginsberg on Poetic Honesty

“When the subways are gone to dust, this will still be there.”

By Allen Ginsberg | February 27, 2026

Anti-Fascist Writers, Fascist Family Legacies: Reading Nicholas Mosley in 2026

Anti-Fascist Writers, Fascist Family Legacies: Reading Nicholas Mosley in 2026

Tobias Carroll on the Shockingly Mixed Legacy of England’s Mosley Family

By Tobias Carroll | February 27, 2026

Karen Russell, Wendell Berry, Writers on Freud, and 26 more paperback books out today.

Karen Russell, Wendell Berry, Writers on Freud, and 26 more paperback books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 27, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The stories are folksy, a little retro and sensual, with multiple dips into earthy, furtive lesbian lust.”

By Book Marks | February 26, 2026

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