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Heather Eng Recommends Six Books About the American Dream and Social Striving

Heather Eng Recommends Six Books About the American Dream and Social Striving

Featuring Marisa Kashino, Susie Yang, Danzy Senna, and More

By Heather Eng | May 19, 2026

What It Means to Go From School Drop Out to Writing Tutor

What It Means to Go From School Drop Out to Writing Tutor

Djamel White on Teaching Kids How to Write

By Djamel White | May 19, 2026

Paige Lewis, Ali Smith, Jesmyn Ward, and more: 21 new books out today!

Paige Lewis, Ali Smith, Jesmyn Ward, and more: 21 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | May 19, 2026

Translator Beware: On the Myth of the Finicky English Reader

Translator Beware: On the Myth of the Finicky English Reader

Anton Hur Discusses the Future of Literary Translation

By Anton Hur | May 18, 2026

Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

Katherine Kelaidis on the Russian Writers Defying Putin's Regime from Abroad

By Katherine Kelaidis | May 18, 2026

Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

“We need these stories, because they reveal a potent truth: no one is immune to illness and death.”

By Lorraine Boissoneault | May 18, 2026

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Who Are You Stacey Levine? What Happens When a “Deeply Weird,” (Very) Small Press Novel is a Pulitzer Finalist

By Max Pearl | May 15, 2026

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

By Book Marks | May 15, 2026

On the Road to Canterbury Reading Dan Simmons Sci-Fi Adaptation of Chaucer’s Classic

By Adrian McKinty | May 15, 2026

Five Books For the Insomniac in Your Life

Five Books For the Insomniac in Your Life

Ailsa Ross Recommends Byung-Chul Han, Annabel Abbs-Streets, Samantha Harvey, and More

By Ailsa Ross | May 15, 2026

Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations

Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations

Maris Kreizman on Wuthering Heights, Scarpetta, Vladimir, and an Epidemic of Beautiful People in the Wrong Roles

By Maris Kreizman | May 14, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It’s a character study of a woman becoming corrupted by the only kind of power she considers herself able to wield.”

By Book Marks | May 14, 2026

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Daegan Miller on the Often Misunderstood Work of Roy Scranton

By Daegan Miller | May 14, 2026

Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing

Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing

Fazlur Rahman Recommends John Bayley, Danielle Ofri, Ayaz Virji, and More

By Fazlur Rahman | May 14, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending May 10, 2026

By Literary Hub | May 14, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending May 10, 2026

By Literary Hub | May 14, 2026

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