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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“If these characters were dogs, they would be constantly lifting their legs at one another.”

By Book Marks | October 15, 2026

Why Are Publishers Suing Big Tech With One Hand and Embracing AI With the Other?

Why Are Publishers Suing Big Tech With One Hand and Embracing AI With the Other?

Maris Kreizman on the Ever-Shifting Definition of Fair Use

By Maris Kreizman | October 15, 2026

Anna North on the Genre You Didn’t Know You Needed: Bogcore

Anna North on the Genre You Didn’t Know You Needed: Bogcore

With Work by Annie Proulx, Kay Chronister, Seamus Heaney and More

By Anna North | October 15, 2026

My Body Is a Poem: Emily Hyland In Praise of a Poetics of Physicality

My Body Is a Poem: Emily Hyland In Praise of a Poetics of Physicality

“The embodied realm is eager for inquiry, if one is willing and interested.”

By Emily Hyland | October 15, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What David Naimon Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What David Naimon Is Reading Now, and Next

The Author of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing with David Naimon Recommends Sabrina Orah Mark, Evelyn Araluen, and Mykaela Saunders

By Diana Arterian | October 15, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending October 11, 2026

By Literary Hub | October 15, 2026

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | October 15, 2026

Yiyun Li on Art, Fame, History, and Music Against the Night

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 15, 2026

Is It or Isn’t It? How Generative AI is Poisoning the Literary Well For Everyone

By James Folta | October 14, 2026

The Work of Witnessing: On New Ukrainian Lit by Artur Dron, Andriy Lyubka, and Lena Lyagushonkova

The Work of Witnessing: On New Ukrainian Lit by Artur Dron, Andriy Lyubka, and Lena Lyagushonkova

“For Ukrainians of today, war is neither an adventure nor a political game where they are someone’s pawns.”

By Oksana Lutsyshyna | October 14, 2026

Why Frank O’Hara is Perfect For Introducing Poetry to Tweens

Why Frank O’Hara is Perfect For Introducing Poetry to Tweens

Catherine Sawoski on Bringing the New York School to Middle School

By Catherine Sawoski | October 13, 2026

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

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

Featuring Kawai Strong Washburn, Adam Wilson, Lauren Michele Jackson and More

By Teddy Wayne | October 13, 2026

Adam Johnson on the Many Ways To Tell a Single Story

Adam Johnson on the Many Ways To Tell a Single Story

The Author of The Wayfinder in Conversation With Amitav Ghosh at The Center For Fiction

By The Center for Fiction | October 13, 2026

Writer, Professor and Pen Pal: Josefine Kals Remembers Stephen Dixon

Writer, Professor and Pen Pal: Josefine Kals Remembers Stephen Dixon

“His work is a beautiful, and urgent, reminder of the poignancy of life’s smallest moments.”

By Josefine Kals | October 13, 2026

Bonnie Garmus on Writing a Coming-of-Age Novel of Poets and Poetry

Bonnie Garmus on Writing a Coming-of-Age Novel of Poets and Poetry

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Peck & Peck

By Jane Ciabattari | October 13, 2026

Bonnie Jo Campbell Recommends Her Favorite Literary Ghost Stories

Bonnie Jo Campbell Recommends Her Favorite Literary Ghost Stories

From Hamlet to Poe, Seven Iconic Narrative Hauntings

By Bonnie Jo Campbell | October 13, 2026

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