Paul Yamazaki on the Important, Joyous Work of Running an Independent Bookstore

Paul Yamazaki on the Important, Joyous Work of Running an Independent Bookstore

“At a great store you can look at twelve well-selected, serendipitous linear inches and find a universe.”

By Paul Yamazaki | April 19, 2024

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 New Titles by Salman Rushdie, Caoilinn Hughes, Caleb Carr, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and More

By Book Marks | April 19, 2024

How Much is Enough? On the Writerly Balance Between Money and Time

How Much is Enough? On the Writerly Balance Between Money and Time

For Novelist Ryan Chapman, “There are wants, and there are needs.”

By Ryan Chapman | April 19, 2024

Julia Alvarez on Falling in Love with Writing Again

Julia Alvarez on Falling in Love with Writing Again

“Resets are necessary throughout a writing life.”

By Julia Alvarez | April 19, 2024

An Oasis in the Desert: Why Libraries Are the Best Places to Write

An Oasis in the Desert: Why Libraries Are the Best Places to Write

Rahul Mehta Considers the Virtues of Public Space as Writing Space

By Rahul Mehta | April 19, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Levine is a gifted performance artist of literary fiction—part French existentialist and part comic bomb-thrower.”

By Book Marks | April 18, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
  • Under Water
  • Paradiso 17
  • The Plans I Have for You
  • In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment
  • Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

Writing As Labor: Doing More With Less, Together

By David Hill | April 18, 2024

My “Friend” Keeps Sending Me Their Writing and I Need It To Stop: Am I the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | April 18, 2024

Jen Silverman on Generational Divides in American Politics

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 18, 2024

Facing That Which Haunts You: Ethel Rohan on Writing About Grief

Facing That Which Haunts You: Ethel Rohan on Writing About Grief

“For most of my life, I’ve suffered in shame and silence while the men who hurt me got away scot-free.”

By Ethel Rohan | April 18, 2024

The Money Diaries: Real Writers, Real Budgets

The Money Diaries: Real Writers, Real Budgets

What Writers Spend in a Week of Their Lives

By Literary Hub | April 17, 2024

In Service: Writers on Making Ends Meet in the Service Industry

In Service: Writers on Making Ends Meet in the Service Industry

“It’s easy to remain clueless about how the world works for most people.”

By Literary Hub | April 17, 2024

Why Television Can Be Our Best Writing Teacher

Why Television Can Be Our Best Writing Teacher

Christine Ma-Kellams on What She’s Learned From the Small Screen

By Christine Ma-Kellams | April 17, 2024

Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 17, 2024

The Time I Stole Tama Janowitz’s <em>Slaves of New York</em> and Couldn’t Stop Reading It

The Time I Stole Tama Janowitz’s Slaves of New York and Couldn’t Stop Reading It

Elwin Cotman on His Frustration and Enchantment with a True 1980s Classic

By Elwin Cotman | April 16, 2024

How Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon Forged a Literary and Romantic Bond

How Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon Forged a Literary and Romantic Bond

Michael Korda on the Creative and Sentimental Camaraderie Between Two Soldier Poets

By Michael Korda | April 16, 2024

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