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How Romance Novels Filled in the Gaps Left by Sex Ed

How Romance Novels Filled in the Gaps Left by Sex Ed

Caroline Eubanks on the Power of “Smut” to Break Taboos Around Sex

By Caroline Eubanks | September 18, 2026

Isabel Allende on Finding the Freedom to Write

Isabel Allende on Finding the Freedom to Write

The House of the Spirits Started Out as a Letter to Allende’s Grandfather

By Isabel Allende | September 18, 2026

Going Inside the Board Book with Jon Klassen

Going Inside the Board Book with Jon Klassen

Janet Manley Talks to the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Winner

By Janet Manley | September 18, 2026

Antonella Lettieri On Translating Roberta Recchia’s <em>All That is Left of Life</em>

Antonella Lettieri On Translating Roberta Recchia’s All That is Left of Life

"Its true grace is in the balance it achieves between big, choral moments and smaller, more intimate ones."

By Antonella Lettieri | September 18, 2026

Is Nonfiction in Crisis? These 14 Books Suggest Otherwise

Is Nonfiction in Crisis? These 14 Books Suggest Otherwise

Maris Kreizman Recommends David Treuer, Franny Choi, Zaina Arafat, and More

By Maris Kreizman | September 17, 2026

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The result is a strange, bewitching experiment in autobiography.”

By Book Marks | September 17, 2026

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How Books Can Make an Awkward Encounter Slightly Less Awkward

By Nanako Hanada | September 17, 2026

Nine Books of Poetry About Breakups (and Awakenings)

By Elizabeth Metzger | September 17, 2026

Writing Through Loss: On Crafting Nonfiction That Tackles America’s Opioid Crisis

By Nadia Bowers and Stephanie Wittels Wachs | September 17, 2026

The Great American Road Trip Novel Isn’t Just For White People

The Great American Road Trip Novel Isn’t Just For White People

Winnie M. Li Recommends Valeria Luiselli, William Least Heat-Moon, Jesmyn Ward and More

By Winnie M. Li | September 17, 2026

Emily McBride on Maternal Mental Health and the Lindsay Clancy Trial

Emily McBride on Maternal Mental Health and the Lindsay Clancy Trial

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 17, 2026

Revisiting Vikram Chandra’s Ode to the Art of Human Coding in the Age of AI

Revisiting Vikram Chandra’s Ode to the Art of Human Coding in the Age of AI

Tobias Carroll Talks to the Author of Geek Sublime About the Ubiquity of Vibe Coding

By Tobias Carroll | September 16, 2026

How an Egyptian Prison Poem Came to Structure My Memoir

How an Egyptian Prison Poem Came to Structure My Memoir

Abdelrahman ElGendy on the Way Language Can Build a Relationship Between Author and Reader

By Abdelrahman ElGendy | September 16, 2026

Who Are MFA Workshops *Really* For?

Who Are MFA Workshops Really For?

Devon Halliday Considers the MFA and Its Discontents

By Devon Halliday | September 16, 2026

In Prison, White Supremacist Literature Is Required Reading

In Prison, White Supremacist Literature Is Required Reading

“White supremacy welcomed his rage, and that made it irresistible.”

By Joseph Margulies | September 16, 2026

Embodied, Unbodied, and the Body Destroyed: Five Books About the Body

Embodied, Unbodied, and the Body Destroyed: Five Books About the Body

Lydia Mathis Recommends Justin Torres, Jesmyn Ward, Sarah Gailey, and More

By Lydia Mathis | September 16, 2026

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