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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Geraldine Brooks, Ali Smith, Hanif Kureishi, and More

By Book Marks | February 7, 2025

Does Any of This Matter? Am I the Literary Asshole?

Does Any of This Matter? Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | February 6, 2025

Pádraig Ó Tuama on Patricia Smith, Poems as Acts of Noticing, and the Power of Good Teachers

Pádraig Ó Tuama on Patricia Smith, Poems as Acts of Noticing, and the Power of Good Teachers

From the Introduction to “44 Poems on Being with Each Other”

By Pádraig Ó' Tuama | February 6, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It reads as if it is trying to wrap its arms around the abundance of experience.”

By Book Marks | February 6, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Sarah Chihaya Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Sarah Chihaya Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Isabella Hammad, Roland Barthes, Katie Kitamura, and More

By Diana Arterian | February 6, 2025

Thomas Dai on Mapping, Naming, Borders, and Immigration

Thomas Dai on Mapping, Naming, Borders, and Immigration

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 6, 2025

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Finding Africa in Harlem: Displacement and Belonging in Claude McKay’s Home to Harlem

By Belinda Edmondson | February 5, 2025

Sweet (But Not Too Sweet): 6 Essential Literary Love Stories

By Jessica Soffer | February 5, 2025

Inside the Climate Techno-Dystopia of Michel Nieva’s Dengue Boy

By Rahul Bery | February 5, 2025

The Best of the Bard: Nine Literary Works That Radically Reimagine Shakespeare

The Best of the Bard: Nine Literary Works That Radically Reimagine Shakespeare

Grace Tiffany Recommends David Wroblewski, Dorothy Dunnett, Richard Adams, and More

By Grace Tiffany | February 4, 2025

Actually, <em>Master and Commander</em> is a Domestic Fantasy About a Codependent Life Partnership!

Actually, Master and Commander is a Domestic Fantasy About a Codependent Life Partnership!

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith on the Queer Subtext of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin Series

By Olivia Wolfgang-Smith | February 4, 2025

Love Books? You Still Might Suffer From Bibliophobia

Love Books? You Still Might Suffer From Bibliophobia

Sarah Chihaya on the Real Consequences of Fearing Books

By Sarah Chihaya | February 4, 2025

Josephine Baker! Lidia Yuknavitch! Geraldine Brooks! Ali Smith! 26 new books out today.

Josephine Baker! Lidia Yuknavitch! Geraldine Brooks! Ali Smith! 26 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 4, 2025

Skeld Season, Spider Brides, and Black Orbs: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Skeld Season, Spider Brides, and Black Orbs: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Hibernate with New SFF from Edward Ashton, Karen Thompson Walker, Gareth L. Powell, and More

By Natalie Zutter | February 3, 2025

Orphans, Institutions, and Adventures Out West: Five Books Featuring Unconventional Families

Orphans, Institutions, and Adventures Out West: Five Books Featuring Unconventional Families

Tom Lamont Reflects on Novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, Elizabeth Bowen, Hilary Mantel, and More

By Tom Lamont | February 3, 2025

Small Joys for Winter: 10 Great New Children’s Books to Read in February

Small Joys for Winter: 10 Great New Children’s Books to Read in February

Caroline Carlson Recommends the Latest Reads for Your Kids’ TBR Pile

By Caroline Carlson | February 3, 2025

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