17 new books to read outside in the sunshine.

17 new books to read outside in the sunshine.

By Katie Yee | March 23, 2021

Why People Are Still Mad About Thomas Nagel's 1974 Essay,

Why People Are Still Mad About Thomas Nagel's 1974 Essay, "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"

This week on the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | March 23, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>The Broken Heart Of America</em> by Walter Johnson

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Broken Heart Of America by Walter Johnson

Stephanie Burt on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Stephanie Burt | March 23, 2021

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

Marco d'Eramo on Innocents Abroad, the Account of an Early Transatlantic Cruise

By Marco d'Eramo | March 22, 2021

Trilogies, Thrillers, and Sci-Fi: 5 Books You May Have <br>Missed in February

Trilogies, Thrillers, and Sci-Fi: 5 Books You May Have
Missed in February

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Sebastian Fitzek,
Zhou Haohui, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | March 22, 2021

On Navigating a Polyglot’s Life Between Bangla and English

On Navigating a Polyglot’s Life Between Bangla and English

Saikat Majumdar Finds a Home for His Multilingual Identity on the Stage

By Saikat Majumdar | March 22, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: This Is Major by Shayla Lawson

By Megan Labrise | March 22, 2021

The YA Audie Awards Judges Chat with AudioFile Magazine

By Audiofile Magazine | March 19, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Equivalents by Maggie Doherty

By Tara Wanda Merrigan | March 19, 2021

Immobilized and in Love with Albertine Sarrazin, Patron Saint of Delinquent Writers

Immobilized and in Love with Albertine Sarrazin, Patron Saint of Delinquent Writers

“I cannot move. Sarrazin comes to my aid.”

By Cora Womble-Miesner | March 18, 2021

On Tove Ditlevsen and the Tradition of Women Writing Autofiction

On Tove Ditlevsen and the Tradition of Women Writing Autofiction

Ruby Brunton Considers the Work of Ditlevsen, Marguerite Duras, and Vanessa Springora

By Ruby Brunton | March 18, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>The Price of Peace</em> by Zachary D. Carter

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Price of Peace by Zachary D. Carter

Elizabeth Taylor on One of the Finalists for Biography

By Elizabeth Taylor | March 18, 2021

On the Case for Meanness in Fiction

On the Case for Meanness in Fiction

Brock Clarke: What Makes a Good Person Doesn’t Usually Make for a Good Story

By Brock Clarke | March 17, 2021

At New Directions University: Literary and Life Lessons from an Iconic Publisher

At New Directions University: Literary and Life Lessons from an Iconic Publisher

Mark Haber Traces an Indispensable Influence on His Reading
and Writing Life

By Mark Haber | March 17, 2021

Why So Many Novelists Write About Writers

Why So Many Novelists Write About Writers

David Laskin on an Unyielding Literary Paradox

By David Laskin | March 17, 2021

Vivian Gornick on the Magnetism of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Vivian Gornick on the Magnetism of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Looking Back at the "Wild and Elusive" Poet

By Vivian Gornick | March 17, 2021

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