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Ginny Hogan on Recent Books that Satisfy the Longing for Slow Communication

By Ginny Hogan | August 22, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring James Baldwin, Elaine Hsieh Chou, Arson, and More

By Book Marks | August 22, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“These and 11 other pieces ventriloquize a chorus of white American grotesques across the sociopolitical spectrum.”

By Book Marks | August 21, 2025

Am I the Asshole For Wanting to Cheat on My “Literary” Novel?

Am I the Asshole For Wanting to Cheat on My “Literary” Novel?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | August 21, 2025

On the Past and Future of Lesbian Pulp

On the Past and Future of Lesbian Pulp

Trish Bendix Explores the Continuum of Lesbian History and Porn

By Trish Bendix | August 21, 2025

Katie Kitamura on the Power of Voice in Uzodinma Iweala’s <em>Beasts of No Nation</em>

Katie Kitamura on the Power of Voice in Uzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation

Revisiting the Novel 20 Years Later

By Katie Kitamura | August 21, 2025

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On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

By Natalie Bakopoulos | August 21, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Khadijah Queen Is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | August 21, 2025

Nicholas Boggs on James Baldwin’s Love Stories

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 21, 2025

Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

“The language of poetry speaks to all our senses... It can speak, privately, to all of us. It is visceral.”

By Ilya Kaminsky | August 20, 2025

A Talent for Trouble: A Brief History of Paddington Bear

A Talent for Trouble: A Brief History of Paddington Bear

Michael Horowitz on the Gentle Refugee (and Best Bear of Them All?)

By Daniel Horowitz | August 20, 2025

Charlie Jane Anders on How A.S. Byatt’s <em>Possession</em> Paved the Way for Dark Academia

Charlie Jane Anders on How A.S. Byatt’s Possession Paved the Way for Dark Academia

The Author of “Lessons in Magic and Disaster” Rereads an Iconic Text in a Time of Academic Suppression

By Charlie Jane Anders | August 19, 2025

Exploring Octavia Butler’s Beginnings as a Sci-Fi Trailblazer

Exploring Octavia Butler’s Beginnings as a Sci-Fi Trailblazer

Susana M. Morris on the Early Writing of a Literary Icon

By Susana M. Morris | August 19, 2025

James Baldwin! Octavia Butler! Deadwood! 20 new books out today.

James Baldwin! Octavia Butler! Deadwood! 20 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 19, 2025

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Ed Simon Considers the Enduring Impact of the Atomic Bomb on Artistic and Literary Production

By Ed Simon | August 18, 2025

A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

The Author of "Strong Roots" Paints a Portrait of Her Ancestral Land in the Wake of Russia's Invasion

By Olia Hercules | August 15, 2025

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