Chocolate, Books, and More Books: Could America Even Handle Iceland’s Traditional Christmas “Book Flood”?

Chocolate, Books, and More Books: Could America Even Handle Iceland’s Traditional Christmas “Book Flood”?

Jess deCourcy Hinds Wonders If We’re Ready for a Jólabókaflóðið of Our Own

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | December 23, 2022

“I Am Here to Mourn a Writer Who Has Become Part of My Personal Canon.” On the Short Stories of Naira Kuzmich

“I Am Here to Mourn a Writer Who Has Become Part of My Personal Canon.” On the Short Stories of Naira Kuzmich

Aram Mrjoian Remembers the Author of In Everything I See Your Hand

By Aram Mrjoian | December 22, 2022

The Legacy of ISIS: Dunya Mikhail on Yazidi Women Captives in Iraq

The Legacy of ISIS: Dunya Mikhail on Yazidi Women Captives in Iraq

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 22, 2022

Just in Time for the Holidays: 5 Books To Read For When You’re Lonely

Just in Time for the Holidays: 5 Books To Read For When You’re Lonely

Claire Alexander Recommends Sylvia Plath, Haruki Murakami, and More

By Claire Alexander | December 22, 2022

Cameroonian Anglophone Literature: Peripheral, Prophetic, and Radical

Cameroonian Anglophone Literature: Peripheral, Prophetic, and Radical

Nchanji Njamnsi Recommends Mwalimu Johnnie MacViban, Imbolo Mbue, and More

By Nchanji Njamnsi | December 22, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Simone White is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Simone White is Reading Now and Next

Gayl Jones, Imani Perry, Denise Ferreira da Silva, and More

By Diana Arterian | December 22, 2022

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Hervé Tullet Reflects on a Career of Creating Creatively Unconventional Children’s Literature

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"Like in a publicity stunt, the strength of the image gives all the explanation necessary."

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Crow, Donkey, Poet: Sumana Roy on the Useless in the Poetic

Crow, Donkey, Poet: Sumana Roy on the Useless in the Poetic

“Through difference and repetition, the useless is smuggling in poetry and the poetic in language.”

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Kate Mosse, Lucy Foley and Ella Berthoud Discuss <em>Marple: Twelve New Stories</em>

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The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

From Nancy Pelosi’s Poetic Soul to Delia Owens’ Sordid Past

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The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2022

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2022

“Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog’s eye goo.”

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Literary Fanmail: The Letters of Harold Bloom and James Merrill

Literary Fanmail: The Letters of Harold Bloom and James Merrill

Heather Cass White Unearths the Correspondence Between a Poet and His Faithful Reader

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