New and Noteworthy Nonfiction You Should Read This December

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction You Should Read This December

Johnny Cash, Siri Hustvedt, Rachel Carson, and More

By Literary Hub | December 2, 2021

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on the Ways We Replicate Thomas Jefferson’s Sins

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on the Ways We Replicate Thomas Jefferson’s Sins

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 2, 2021

Rebecca Donner on Writing History in the Present Tense

Rebecca Donner on Writing History in the Present Tense

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 2, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Sarabande Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Sarabande Books

On What It Means to Support Experimental Work

By Corinne Segal | December 2, 2021

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

Hot Books for Cold Nights

By Emily Temple | December 1, 2021

The Best Children’s Books in Our Long Year of Pandemic Reading

The Best Children’s Books in Our Long Year of Pandemic Reading

Sara B. Franklin on the Books That Mattered Most to Her Family

By Sara B. Franklin | December 1, 2021

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“This Is Where My Soul Is.’ James Han Mattson on Writing About Race and Fractured Identities

By Thresholds | December 1, 2021

Mikhal Dekel on Anna Karenina, Dubliners, and A Room of One's Own

By Book Marks | December 1, 2021

Meg Waite Clayton on Finding New Ways to Tell Old Stories

By Jane Ciabattari | December 1, 2021

From Construction to Teaching: Seven Writers On Their Day Jobs

From Construction to Teaching: Seven Writers On Their Day Jobs

Bud Smith, Rosalie Knecht, Devin Kelly and More on Making the Time to Write

By Emily Alexander | November 30, 2021

“A Piece of Careless Hackwork.” Read the First Reviews of Mark Twain’s <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em>

“A Piece of Careless Hackwork.” Read the First Reviews of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Not, Apparently, an Instant Classic

By Book Marks | November 30, 2021

Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

James Hannaham on Uncensored Reading, Salacious Novels, and Marginalized Authors

By James Hannaham | November 30, 2021

44 Writers on Their Favorite Books to Give as Presents

44 Writers on Their Favorite Books to Give as Presents

It’s the Book Marks Holiday Gift Guide!

By Book Marks | November 30, 2021

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired <em>Frankenstein</em>

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

Timothy Jorgensen on Giovanni Aldini

By Timothy J. Jorgensen | November 30, 2021

12 new books hitting shelves this week.

12 new books hitting shelves this week.

By Katie Yee | November 30, 2021

Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

Part Four of “The Worlds of Scheherazade”

By The Cosmic Library | November 30, 2021

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