Love Comes Back Like a Murderer: Seven Poetry Books to Read This June

Love Comes Back Like a Murderer: Seven Poetry Books to Read This June

Christopher Spaide Recommends Benjamin Zephaniah, Taylor Portela, Ashley D. Escobar and More

By Christopher Spaide | June 2, 2025

Laura Rossi and Jo Reed on Recent Earphones Award Winners

Laura Rossi and Jo Reed on Recent Earphones Award Winners

worth your listening time

By Behind the Mic | May 30, 2025

May's Best Reviewed Fiction

May's Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Ocean Vuong, Daniel Kehlmann, Allison Bechdel, and More

By Book Marks | May 30, 2025

May's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

May's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Ron Chernow, Robert Macfarlane, Yiyun Li, and More

By Book Marks | May 30, 2025

Paul Elie on Art, Faith, and Sex in 1980s America—and the New Pope

Paul Elie on Art, Faith, and Sex in 1980s America—and the New Pope

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 29, 2025

On Morals, Ethics, and Writing a Novel Inspired by a Story Ripped-From-the-Headlines

On Morals, Ethics, and Writing a Novel Inspired by a Story Ripped-From-the-Headlines

Darrow Farr on Patty Hearst, Exploitation, and Writing Other People's Traumas

By Darrow Farr | May 29, 2025

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  • The Silver Book
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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | May 29, 2025

Eight Books that Feature Wine in All Its Facets (and Flavor Notes)

By Rochelle Dowden-Lord | May 28, 2025

How Curtis Sittenfeld's "American Wife" Imbues Even Its Ugliest Characters with Nuance

By Jessica Stanley | May 28, 2025

One great short story to read today: Breece D’J Pancake’s “Time and Again”

One great short story to read today: Breece D’J Pancake’s “Time and Again”

By Jonny Diamond | May 27, 2025

Spring Ulmer on Political Poetry, Personification, and Translating as Gardening

Spring Ulmer on Political Poetry, Personification, and Translating as Gardening

The Author of "Phantom Number: An Abecedarium for April" in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | May 27, 2025

The Secret Link Between Raymond Chandler and P.G. Wodehouse

The Secret Link Between Raymond Chandler and P.G. Wodehouse

Arvind Ethan David on the Surprising Connection Between Two Legendary Authors

By Arvind Ethan David | May 23, 2025

What You See Is What You Get: The Optical Illusions That Shape Fiction—and Ourselves

What You See Is What You Get: The Optical Illusions That Shape Fiction—and Ourselves

T.J. Martinson Explores the Narrative Role of Sight on the Page and in the Real World

By T.J. Martinson | May 23, 2025

Nonfiction Against the End of the World: An Apocalypse Reading List

Nonfiction Against the End of the World: An Apocalypse Reading List

Martha Park Recommends Mark O’Connell, Emily Raboteau, Jeff Sharlet and More

By Martha Park | May 23, 2025

Gorilla Under the Bed: Desire and Death in James Tiptree Jr.’s <em>Her Smoke Rose Up Forever</em>

Gorilla Under the Bed: Desire and Death in James Tiptree Jr.’s Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

Elizabeth Costello Considers the Socially Aware Subtext of a Pseudonymous Master of Speculative Fiction

By Elizabeth Costello | May 23, 2025

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

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

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By Book Marks | May 23, 2025

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