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Ten Books That Slouch Toward the Total Pain of Desire

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By Johanna Hedva | July 13, 2023

Why Regency Romance Needs to Give Its Characters of Color Greater Agency

Why Regency Romance Needs to Give Its Characters of Color Greater Agency

Amita Murray on Queen Charlotte, Bridgerton, and Navigating the Genre as a Brown Writer of South Asian Descent

By Amita Murray | July 13, 2023

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James Shapiro: Shakespeare Was NOT More Than One Person

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Beth Nguyen on Memoir, Mothering, and Refugeedom

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Ruth Madievsky on the Semi-Cursed Nightlife of Los Angeles

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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“Most of us don’t mind literary grave robbing, especially when it comes to authors we love.”

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RIP to one of the great horny novelists of the 20th century, Milan Kundera.

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Inspiration, From a Distance: On Loving and Fictionalizing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Elizabeth L. Silver Considers the Perks of a Near Miss

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27 new books out today!

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Tom Hanks on What Nora Ephron Told Him About Writing

Tom Hanks on What Nora Ephron Told Him About Writing

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New England Noir: A Brief, Idiosyncratic History of a Literary Region

New England Noir: A Brief, Idiosyncratic History of a Literary Region

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