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Escape from the Land of the Dead: On Leonora Carrington’s <em>The Stone Door</em>

Escape from the Land of the Dead: On Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door

"Magic and ideology are both practices of belief."

By Celia Bell | July 22, 2025

Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

Dan Fesperman Recommends Evelyn Waugh, Margaret Atwood, Gary Shteyngart, and More

By Dan Fesperman | July 22, 2025

Sinéad O'Connor! Sin City! A “Jewish Jane Austen!” 21 new books out today.

Sinéad O'Connor! Sin City! A “Jewish Jane Austen!” 21 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 22, 2025

Hypergraphia: On Prolific Writers and the Persistent Need to Produce

Hypergraphia: On Prolific Writers and the Persistent Need to Produce

Ed Simon Considers the Habits and Processes of a Group of Critically and Commercially Acclaimed Authors

By Ed Simon | July 21, 2025

If Charlie Brown Were a Socialist: On Beloved Argentine Comic Strip Mafalda

If Charlie Brown Were a Socialist: On Beloved Argentine Comic Strip Mafalda

“Mafalda is truly an angry heroine who rejects the world as it is.”

By Alex Dueben | July 21, 2025

The Stories That Shape Us: On Navigating the Aftermath of Suicide in Memoir

The Stories That Shape Us: On Navigating the Aftermath of Suicide in Memoir

Ruthie Ackerman: “We are everything that ever happened to us.”

By Ruthie Ackerman | July 21, 2025

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By Book Marks | July 18, 2025

Surrendering Logic: On Using Magical Realism to Explore Climate Grief

By Emily Buchanan | July 18, 2025

The Queer Relationship That Powered Rachel Carson’s Nature Writing

By Lida Maxwell | July 18, 2025

Hala Alyan on Diaspora, the Limits of Healing, and Gaza as the Conscience of the World

Hala Alyan on Diaspora, the Limits of Healing, and Gaza as the Conscience of the World

The Author of “I’ll Tell You When I’m Home” in Conversation With Sahar Delijani

By Sahar Delijani | July 17, 2025

Give It All Away? On the Literature of Effective Altruism

Give It All Away? On the Literature of Effective Altruism

Ben Brooks Recommends Dave Eggers, Neel Mukherjee, Ann Napolitano and More

By Ben Brooks | July 17, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"The novel treats its characters like hogs to the slaughter."

By Book Marks | July 17, 2025

Ed Park on <em>An Oral History of Atlantis</em>

Ed Park on An Oral History of Atlantis

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 17, 2025

Patricia J. Williams on Martha S. Jones's <em>The Trouble of Color</em>

Patricia J. Williams on Martha S. Jones's The Trouble of Color

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 16, 2025

Dear Fanny, Don’t Worry, I Know You’re Dead

Dear Fanny, Don’t Worry, I Know You’re Dead

Ezra Fox on Working With Fanny Howe on Her Last Book

By Ezra Fox | July 14, 2025

Following the Poet’s Path: A Daughter’s Journey to Japan In Search of Closure

Following the Poet’s Path: A Daughter’s Journey to Japan In Search of Closure

Rebecca Chace on Matsuo Bashō and the Life and Death of Her Mother, the Poet Jean Valentine

By Rebecca Chace | July 14, 2025

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