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Announcing the Winners of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Announcing the Winners of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Series Editor Jenny Minton Quigley on Tommy Orange, Chekhov, and Humble Stories

By Jenny Minton Quigley | April 14, 2026

Lena Dunham, Maria Semple, Solvej Balle, and more: 22 new books out today!

Lena Dunham, Maria Semple, Solvej Balle, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | April 14, 2026

Of Nature, Art and Grace: On Norman Maclean’s <em>A River Runs Through It</em>

Of Nature, Art and Grace: On Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It

James Chandler Remembers a Seminal Work of Autobiographical Fiction on Its 50th Anniversary

By James Chandler | April 13, 2026

On Writing the Hard Truths of Rural American Life

On Writing the Hard Truths of Rural American Life

For Jennifer Acker, Money Troubles Are As Much a Part of Farming As the Weather

By Jennifer Acker | April 13, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Tom Stoppard’s <em>Arcadia</em> Premieres in London

This Week in Literary History: Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia Premieres in London

“It’s the best possible time of being alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong.”

By Literary Hub | April 13, 2026

Aja Gabel on Love and Grief

Aja Gabel on Love and Grief

“There we are, in the blinding brightness of loss, together.”

By Aja Gabel | April 13, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

In Pursuit of Genius In Troubling Times: On Philip Owens’s Picture of Nobody

By Allen Bratton | April 13, 2026

Five Novels That Showcase Queer Domesticity

By Erin O. White | April 13, 2026

One great poem to read today: Tim Dlugos’s “Shelley Winters”

By Jessie Gaynor | April 13, 2026

Rich Benjamin on Writing From Before You Were Born

Rich Benjamin on Writing From Before You Were Born

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Drew Broussard | April 13, 2026

Molly Crabapple on History as a Necromantic Art

Molly Crabapple on History as a Necromantic Art

And Ten Tips to Help Your Conjuring

By Molly Crabapple | April 10, 2026

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 Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Caro Claire Burke, and more

By Book Marks | April 10, 2026

How <em>Amazing Stories</em> Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

How Amazing Stories Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

Ed Simon Goes Back to When the Past was the Future

By Ed Simon | April 10, 2026

One great poem to read today: Michael Ondaatje’s “To a Sad Daughter”

One great poem to read today: Michael Ondaatje’s “To a Sad Daughter”

By Jonny Diamond | April 9, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Might be described as a post-porn fever dream of Eastern European magic realism crossed with a plant-based Joy of Sex.”

By Book Marks | April 9, 2026

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

David Farrier Revisits Basil Bunting’s Classic, “Briggflatts”

By David Farrier | April 9, 2026

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