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Jenny Offill on the Ambition of Short Novels

Jenny Offill on the Ambition of Short Novels

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

By Reading Women | February 24, 2021

How I Ruined <em>Goodnight Moon</em> for Karen on Goodreads

How I Ruined Goodnight Moon for Karen on Goodreads

Julia Fine on Margaret Wise Brown

By Julia Fine | February 23, 2021

Flight Patterns: Reading of the Creatures of the Air

Flight Patterns: Reading of the Creatures of the Air

Matthew Gavin Frank Recommends Claudia Rankine,
Ross Gay, and More

By Matthew Gavin Frank | February 23, 2021

Chekhov’s <em>The Cherry Orchard</em>: Further Evidence That All Stories Are Hauntings

Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard: Further Evidence That All Stories Are Hauntings

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | February 23, 2021

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Ritchie Robertson on the Reading Revolution of the 18th Century

By Ritchie Robertson | February 23, 2021

Te-Ping Chen on Navigating Generational Difference and Political Turmoil

Te-Ping Chen on Navigating Generational Difference and Political Turmoil

The Author of Land of Big Numbers Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | February 23, 2021

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Books of the Week

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14 new books to add to your TBR pile today.

By Katie Yee | February 23, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Hamnet by
Maggie O’Farrell

By Colette Bancroft | February 23, 2021

When the Dreaded Reading Slump Comes Calling

By So Many Damn Books | February 23, 2021

Megan Giddings’s <em>Lakewood</em> is an Undeniable Classic of<br> Black Horror

Megan Giddings’s Lakewood is an Undeniable Classic of
Black Horror

Steffan Triplett on Writing Towards the Boundaries of Reality

By Steffan Triplett | February 22, 2021

Anna North on Reimagining a Wild West... That's Good to Mothers

Anna North on Reimagining a Wild West... That's Good to Mothers

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | February 22, 2021

Nicola Barker is Our Great Post-Punk Novelist

Nicola Barker is Our Great Post-Punk Novelist

Brian Castleberry Profiles the Author of Thirteen
"Baffling Innovative" Novels

By Brian Castleberry | February 22, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Finalists: <em>Golem Girl</em> by Riva Lehrer

This Year’s NBCC Finalists: Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer

Jacob M. Appel on One of the Finalists for Autobiography

By Jacob M. Appel | February 22, 2021

Will Self on What to Read: Canons to the Left, Canons to the Right, and Everything in Between

Will Self on What to Read: Canons to the Left, Canons to the Right, and Everything in Between

“As widely and as deeply as possible.”

By Will Self | February 19, 2021

5 Books You May Have Missed in January

5 Books You May Have Missed in January

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Alina Bronsky, Mckenzie Cassidy, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | February 19, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>here is the sweet hand</em> by francine j. harris

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: here is the sweet hand by francine j. harris

Megan Labrise on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Megan Labrise | February 19, 2021

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