5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore

5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore

Helen Nde Recommends Isidore Okpewho, Ruth Finnegan, Ibrahim Al-Koni, and More

By Helen Nde | March 12, 2025

Helen Garner on Henry Green's <em>Party Going</em>

Helen Garner on Henry Green's Party Going

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | March 12, 2025

Carvell Wallace on Changing Perspective

Carvell Wallace on Changing Perspective

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 12, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction</em>

A Small Press Book We Love:
That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction

By Drew Broussard | March 11, 2025

The Best Villains in Literature Bracket: The Not-So-Sweet 16

The Best Villains in Literature Bracket: The Not-So-Sweet 16

Round Three!

By Literary Hub | March 11, 2025

Jackson Howard on Risking It All

Jackson Howard on Risking It All

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | March 11, 2025

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  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
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  • The Plans I Have for You
  • In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment
  • Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

Karen Russell Received an Ice Bucket as a Courtship Gift, and Other Literary Tidbits

By Literary Hub | March 11, 2025

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

By Teddy Wayne | March 11, 2025

Karen Russell! Torrey Peters! Joan Didion! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 11, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Wings in Time</em> by Callie Garnett

A Small Press Book We Love:
Wings in Time by Callie Garnett

By Jessie Gaynor | March 10, 2025

Draw Me a Controversy: On the Banning of Beloved Children’s Book Author Eric Carle

Draw Me a Controversy: On the Banning of Beloved Children’s Book Author Eric Carle

Lisa Tolin Explores How “Draw Me a Star” Was Swept Into a Dangerous Culture War

By Lisa Tolin | March 10, 2025

“A Conflicted, Imperfect Love.” Jesmyn Ward on William Faulkner’s <em>As I Lay Dying</em>

“A Conflicted, Imperfect Love.” Jesmyn Ward on William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying

“I realized he was kin in telling this complicated, complex story that is Mississippi.”

By Jesmyn Ward | March 10, 2025

What Western Art Can Learn from Hayao Miyazaki’s Radical Portrayals of Childhood

What Western Art Can Learn from Hayao Miyazaki’s Radical Portrayals of Childhood

Henry Lien on Self-Esteem, "My Neighbor Totoro," and Defying Box-Office Tropes

By Henry Lien | March 10, 2025

John Keene on the Life and Literary Legacy of Essex Hemphill an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life

John Keene on the Life and Literary Legacy of Essex Hemphill an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life

In Praise of an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life

By Essex Hemphill | March 7, 2025

The Best Story Collection About California Wildfires Isn’t a Book—It’s a Brand-New Record 

The Best Story Collection About California Wildfires Isn’t a Book—It’s a Brand-New Record 

Rebecca Worby on Will Stratton’s “Points of Origin”

By Rebecca Worby | March 7, 2025

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 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Laila Lalami, Chloe Dalton, and More

By Book Marks | March 7, 2025

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