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Publishing Has a Hologram Problem. And It’s Growing. 

Publishing Has a Hologram Problem. And It’s Growing. 

For Robert Moor, Readers Are Quickly Losing the Line Between the Idea of a Book and the Book Itself

By Robert Moor | July 15, 2026

Joyelle McSweeney on Euripides's <em>Iphigenia Among the Taurians</em>, translated by Anne Carson

Joyelle McSweeney on Euripides's Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson

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

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Chana Joffe-Walt on The Best Tape You Can Get

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Sigrid Nunez, Julie Buntin, Pamela Colloff, and more: 20 new books out today!

Sigrid Nunez, Julie Buntin, Pamela Colloff, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | July 14, 2026

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s <em>Beirut Fragments</em>

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s Beirut Fragments

“She does not purport to be braver than she felt at any given time. Instead she is honest about her fear.”

By Angela Flournoy | July 14, 2026

The Cell Phone Novel Craze of Early 2000s Japan Did Not, in Fact, Destroy Literature

The Cell Phone Novel Craze of Early 2000s Japan Did Not, in Fact, Destroy Literature

Nicole Blackwood Charts the Rise and Fall of a Literary Microtrend

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If Rachel Aviv Weren’t a Writer, She’d Be a Psychologist

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By Literary Hub | July 9, 2026

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