Gothics, Whodunnits, Psychologicals, Historicals, and More: 19 Young Adult Reads for the Summer

Gothics, Whodunnits, Psychologicals, Historicals, and More: 19 Young Adult Reads for the Summer

By Molly Odintz | June 17, 2022

Annie Proulx Revisits William Golding’s <em>Rites of Passage</em>

Annie Proulx Revisits William Golding’s Rites of Passage

“Golding had a fantastic imaginative ability that allowed him into humanity’s more unsavory byways.”

By Annie Proulx | June 17, 2022

Does George Saunders’s <em>Escape From Spiderhead</em> Stand Up on Film?

Does George Saunders’s Escape From Spiderhead Stand Up on Film?

Jonathan Russell Clark on Netflix’s $100 Million Adaptation of a Beloved Short Story

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 17, 2022

Finding the One Book My Young Son Would Sit Still To

Finding the One Book My Young Son Would Sit Still To

Kevin Koczwara on the Genius of Maurice Sendak and Reading Where the Wild Things Are

By Kevin Koczwara | June 17, 2022

“Each War Zone Spawns Its Own Bibliography.” On Reading as a Humanitarian Worker

“Each War Zone Spawns Its Own Bibliography.” On Reading as a Humanitarian Worker

Gareth Owen Recommends Ben Okri, Barbara Kingsolver, and More

By Gareth Owen | June 17, 2022

All Tomorrow’s Fables: How Do We Write About This Vanishing World?

All Tomorrow’s Fables: How Do We Write About This Vanishing World?

Daegan Miller on The World As We Knew It and New Kinds of Nature Writing

By Daegan Miller | June 16, 2022

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On the Importance of Stories That Take Teenage Girls Seriously

By Kaitlyn Tiffany | June 16, 2022

Melissa Chadburn on the Moment You Realize Not Everyone Loves You Back

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WATCH: Arinze Ifeakandu and Brandon Taylor on Queer Love in Fiction

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By The Virtual Book Channel | June 16, 2022

Darcie Little Badger: “Stories Can Be Vessels for Knowledge”

Darcie Little Badger: “Stories Can Be Vessels for Knowledge”

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | June 16, 2022

Sara Gran on That Unputdownable Quality of Mysteries

Sara Gran on That Unputdownable Quality of Mysteries

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | June 16, 2022

Jhumpa Lahiri on Preserving the Multiplicity of Language

Jhumpa Lahiri on Preserving the Multiplicity of Language

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | June 15, 2022

Sloane Crosley: Can You Write Funny If You’re Not Naturally Funny?

Sloane Crosley: Can You Write Funny If You’re Not Naturally Funny?

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 15, 2022

The Power of Community: On the Radical History of Women’s Magazines

The Power of Community: On the Radical History of Women’s Magazines

Jess McHugh Uncovers the Revolutionary Core of Early Women’s Periodicals

By Jess McHugh | June 15, 2022

This is the most niche book recommendation I've ever made.

This is the most niche book recommendation I've ever made.

By Emily Temple | June 14, 2022

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