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Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Lincoln Michel Recommends Alejandro Zambra, Renee Gladman, Percival Everett and More

By Lincoln Michel | May 13, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Lincoln Michel, Susanna Kwan, Domenica Ruta and More

By Teddy Wayne | May 13, 2025

Karen E. Bender on Channeling Contemporary Anxieties Through Speculative Fiction

Karen E. Bender on Channeling Contemporary Anxieties Through Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Words of Dr. L.and Other Stories”

By Jane Ciabattari | May 13, 2025

Rebecca Solnit! Ocean Vuong! Axe murders! 27 new books out today.

Rebecca Solnit! Ocean Vuong! Axe murders! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 13, 2025

What If It <em>Is</em> Happening Here? Lessons From the Anti-Fascist Novel in Trump’s Second Term

What If It Is Happening Here? Lessons From the Anti-Fascist Novel in Trump’s Second Term

David Renton Rereads Lewis and Roth in a New Era of Authoritarianism

By David Renton | May 12, 2025

One great short story to read today: madeline Ffitch’s “Seeing Through Maps”

One great short story to read today: madeline Ffitch’s “Seeing Through Maps”

By Jonny Diamond | May 9, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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

By Book Marks | May 9, 2025

Friend, Foe, Family, Stranger: Fourteen Books on Black Motherhood by Black Daughters

By Tramaine Suubi | May 9, 2025

Locked in Rapunzel’s Tower: Reflections on the Art Monster and Women’s Loneliness

By Amie Souza Reilly | May 9, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“In this artful and sad novel, forbearance is courage.”

By Book Marks | May 8, 2025

From the French Resistance to the Horrors of Hiroshima: Eight Globe-Spanning Books on World War II

From the French Resistance to the Horrors of Hiroshima: Eight Globe-Spanning Books on World War II

Natasha Lester Recommends Ariel Lawhon, Emma Pei Yin, Anne Sebba, and More

By Natasha Lester | May 8, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Jennifer Hope Choi Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Jennifer Hope Choi Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Ross Gay, Isabella Hammad, Chet’la Sebree, and Others

By Diana Arterian | May 8, 2025

Hamilton Nolan on How To Write Op-Eds

Hamilton Nolan on How To Write Op-Eds

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 8, 2025

Poet of the Queer Brotherhood: How William Blake Influenced Oscar Wilde’s Circle

Poet of the Queer Brotherhood: How William Blake Influenced Oscar Wilde’s Circle

Philip Hoare on Paul Nash, W. Graham Robertson, “De Profundis,” and More

By Philip Hoare | May 7, 2025

Asking Toni’s Questions: Decentering Whiteness in Literary Spaces

Asking Toni’s Questions: Decentering Whiteness in Literary Spaces

“It is the discomfort of asking and of making space for the answers...that will allow us to stay in the room together.”

By Rosa Castellano | May 7, 2025

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> on Dreams and Math in Dostoevsky

The Cosmic Library on Dreams and Math in Dostoevsky

Featuring Robin Feuer Miller, Paulina Rowińska, and more

By The Cosmic Library | May 7, 2025

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