On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist

On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist

“I don’t believe in hammering in morals. I just believe in telling children’s stories which will make them happy.”

By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert | September 29, 2022

Jasmine Guillory on Why Rom-Coms Are Exactly What We Need Right Now

Jasmine Guillory on Why Rom-Coms Are Exactly What We Need Right Now

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 29, 2022

“Let the Bees Tell You.” On the Holy Bible (For Beekeepers) of Buckfast Abbey

“Let the Bees Tell You.” On the Holy Bible (For Beekeepers) of Buckfast Abbey

Allison LaSorda Considers the Unlikely Legacy of a Benedictine Apiarist

By Allison LaSorda | September 29, 2022

The 15 Best Book Covers of September

The 15 Best Book Covers of September

Books Just Look Better in the Fall

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Stephen King on Celeste Ng, Lauren Michele Jackson on Namwali Serpell, and More

By Book Marks | September 29, 2022

More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

Martha Anne Toll Recommends Sigrid Nunez, Julie Orringer, Alexandra Danilova, and More

By Martha Anne Toll | September 29, 2022

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Saeed Jones on the Poetic Economy of Language

By The Writers Institute | September 29, 2022

The Impact of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Two Years Later

By Ursa | September 29, 2022

A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

By Adrienne Raphel | September 28, 2022

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

Chiara Barzini on the Vibrant Poems of the Late Italian Poet

By Chiara Barzini | September 28, 2022

Intimacy and Manipulation: A Reading List of Fictional Diaries

Intimacy and Manipulation: A Reading List of Fictional Diaries

Elizabeth Brooks Recommends Books by E.M. Delafield, Margaret Forster, and More

By Elizabeth Brooks | September 28, 2022

Tracking Character Growth in Ellen Raskin’s Beloved Children’s Novel <em>The Westing Game</em>

Tracking Character Growth in Ellen Raskin’s Beloved Children’s Novel The Westing Game

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | September 28, 2022

15 new books to get cozy with this week.

15 new books to get cozy with this week.

By Katie Yee | September 27, 2022

Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the “Maxim of Extravagance”

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | September 27, 2022

Kamila Shamsie on Finding the Perfect Writing Space

Kamila Shamsie on Finding the Perfect Writing Space

“Perhaps there is no such thing as my writing space except wherever I happen to find myself.”

By Kamila Shamsie | September 27, 2022

On the Richness of Isaac Babel’s Odessa

On the Richness of Isaac Babel’s Odessa

Read Boris Dralyuk’s New Translation of “Lyubka the Cossack”

By Isaac Babel | September 27, 2022

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