Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Ritchie Robertson on the Reading Revolution of the 18th Century

By Ritchie Robertson | February 23, 2021

Te-Ping Chen on Navigating Generational Difference and Political Turmoil

Te-Ping Chen on Navigating Generational Difference and Political Turmoil

The Author of Land of Big Numbers Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | February 23, 2021

14 new books to add to your TBR pile today.

14 new books to add to your TBR pile today.

By Katie Yee | February 23, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Hamnet</em> by<br> Maggie O’Farrell

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Hamnet by
Maggie O’Farrell

Colette Bancroft on One of the Finalists for Fiction

By Colette Bancroft | February 23, 2021

When the Dreaded Reading Slump Comes Calling

When the Dreaded Reading Slump Comes Calling

This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | February 23, 2021

Megan Giddings’s <em>Lakewood</em> is an Undeniable Classic of<br> Black Horror

Megan Giddings’s Lakewood is an Undeniable Classic of
Black Horror

Steffan Triplett on Writing Towards the Boundaries of Reality

By Steffan Triplett | February 22, 2021

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Anna North on Reimagining a Wild West... That's Good to Mothers

By History of Literature | February 22, 2021

Nicola Barker is Our Great Post-Punk Novelist

By Brian Castleberry | February 22, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Finalists: Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer

By Jacob M. Appel | February 22, 2021

Will Self on What to Read: Canons to the Left, Canons to the Right, and Everything in Between

Will Self on What to Read: Canons to the Left, Canons to the Right, and Everything in Between

“As widely and as deeply as possible.”

By Will Self | February 19, 2021

5 Books You May Have Missed in January

5 Books You May Have Missed in January

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Alina Bronsky, Mckenzie Cassidy, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | February 19, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>here is the sweet hand</em> by francine j. harris

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: here is the sweet hand by francine j. harris

Megan Labrise on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Megan Labrise | February 19, 2021

Meet the Creators of the <em>Toni Morrison Project</em>

Meet the Creators of the Toni Morrison Project

In Celebration of an Iconic American Writer

By Rasheeda Saka | February 18, 2021

Writing About Housing Anxiety in the Contemporary Novel

Writing About Housing Anxiety in the Contemporary Novel

Laura Maw on New Fiction by Megan Hunter and Daisy Johnson

By Laura Maw | February 18, 2021

On One of the Great Unsung War Novels of the Last 30 Years

On One of the Great Unsung War Novels of the Last 30 Years

Daniel Elkind Rereads James Chapman’s TV-War Novel
GLASS (pray the electrons back to sand)

By Daniel Elkind | February 18, 2021

Patricia Lockwood: The Internet Dominates Our Lives, So Why Not Our Fiction?

Patricia Lockwood: The Internet Dominates Our Lives, So Why Not Our Fiction?

Kristin Iversen Talks to the Author of No One Is Talking about This

By Kristin Iversen | February 18, 2021

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