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What’s the Point of a Prequel When We All Know Things End Badly?

What’s the Point of a Prequel When We All Know Things End Badly?

Matthew Redmond on the Reading Lessons of Better Call Saul and House of the Dragon

By Matthew Redmond | September 30, 2022

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Ian McEwan, Maggie O'Farrell, Kate Beaton, Ling Ma, and More

By Book Marks | September 30, 2022

George Takei, Philip Kan Gotanda, and Others Discuss <em>Sisters Matsumoto</em>

George Takei, Philip Kan Gotanda, and Others Discuss Sisters Matsumoto

Hear a Moving Post-Play Panel Discussion

By Audiobook Break | September 30, 2022

AudioFile’s Best </br>Audiobooks of September

AudioFile’s Best
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The Month in Literary Listening

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In Praise of Physical Books: From Symbols of Cultural Capital to... Cultural Relics?

In Praise of Physical Books: From Symbols of Cultural Capital to... Cultural Relics?

George Prochnik on Why Reading Offline Remains Essential

By George Prochnik | September 29, 2022

WATCH: Saeed Jones on the Apocalypse as a State of Being

WATCH: Saeed Jones on the Apocalypse as a State of Being

In Conversation with Adam Falkner at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | September 29, 2022

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On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist

By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert | September 29, 2022

Jasmine Guillory on Why Rom-Coms Are Exactly What We Need Right Now

By The Maris Review | September 29, 2022

“Let the Bees Tell You.” On the Holy Bible (For Beekeepers) of Buckfast Abbey

By Allison LaSorda | September 29, 2022

The 15 Best Book Covers of September

The 15 Best Book Covers of September

Books Just Look Better in the Fall

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Stephen King on Celeste Ng, Lauren Michele Jackson on Namwali Serpell, and More

By Book Marks | September 29, 2022

More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

Martha Anne Toll Recommends Sigrid Nunez, Julie Orringer, Alexandra Danilova, and More

By Martha Anne Toll | September 29, 2022

Saeed Jones on the Poetic Economy of Language

Saeed Jones on the Poetic Economy of Language

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | September 29, 2022

The Impact of <em>The Secret Lives of Church Ladies</em>, Two Years Later

The Impact of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Two Years Later

From the Ursa Short Fiction Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton

By Ursa | September 29, 2022

A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

"Dark academia is academia’s black swan and shadow self."

By Adrienne Raphel | September 28, 2022

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

Chiara Barzini on the Vibrant Poems of the Late Italian Poet

By Chiara Barzini | September 28, 2022

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