Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

Mark Harman Considers the Striking Social Commentary of the Unfinished Novel

By Mark Harman | October 6, 2025

How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing 

How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing 

Michelle Gurule on Writing About Sex Work

By Michelle Gurule | October 6, 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

Featuring Lily King, Mariana Enriquez, Souvankham Thammavongsa, and More

By Book Marks | October 3, 2025

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Andrew Ervin Looks for Answers (to Impossible Questions) in Recent Books by Luke Kemp and Richard Mabey

By Andrew Ervin | October 3, 2025

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

Sarah Viren Talks to the Translator of Laura Vazquez‘s “The Endless Week”

By Sarah Viren | October 3, 2025

“Inhabiting the Poem.” Seven Poetry Collections to Read This October

“Inhabiting the Poem.” Seven Poetry Collections to Read This October

Christopher Spaide Recommends Gbenga Adesina, Cameron Awkward-Rich, and More

By Christopher Spaide | October 3, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Silver Book
  • The Land in Winter
  • Evensong
  • Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
  • The History of Money: A Story of Humanity
  • The American Revolution: An Intimate History

Am I the Asshole For Being Sick to Death of All the Mediocre Speculative Fiction Out There?

By Kristen Arnett | October 2, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | October 2, 2025

Lily King on Campus Novels, Time Jumps, and Having Fun While Writing

By Emma Straub | October 2, 2025

A View with a Room: How Poetry Can Save the Human Brain

A View with a Room: How Poetry Can Save the Human Brain

Kate Colby on Finding Inspiration in Edward Hopper’s “Cape Cod Morning”

By Kate Colby | October 2, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anton Hur Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anton Hur Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Han Kang, Irenosen Okojie, Siang Lu, and Others

By Diana Arterian | October 2, 2025

Yiming Ma on the Future of Censorship

Yiming Ma on the Future of Censorship

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 2, 2025

The Poetry of Tortured Hearts: On Taylor Swift’s Pre-Raphaelite Era

The Poetry of Tortured Hearts: On Taylor Swift’s Pre-Raphaelite Era

“Swift seems to be identifying with, and forcefully reimagining, this tragic figure from Victorian history.”

By Emily J. Orlando | October 1, 2025

Cannibal Sororities and Butterfly Girl Gangs: October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Cannibal Sororities and Butterfly Girl Gangs: October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Spooky Season Conjures New Books From Ken Liu, Alix E. Harrow, Eric Heisserer, and More

By Natalie Zutter | October 1, 2025

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October That Celebrate All Types of Emotions

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October That Celebrate All Types of Emotions

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This Fall

By Caroline Carlson | October 1, 2025

Claire Vaye Watkins on Grief in the Desert

Claire Vaye Watkins on Grief in the Desert

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | October 1, 2025

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