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Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Erin McCarthy and the Team at Mental Floss Examine Some Famous Phrases

By Erin McCarthy & the Team at Mental Floss | June 30, 2023

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring new titles by Michael Finkel, Jennifer Ackerman, Sarah Viren, and More

By Book Marks | June 30, 2023

Mattie Lubchansky: Why Comics?

Mattie Lubchansky: Why Comics?

“A visual story, for me, is something experiential.”

By Mattie Lubchansky | June 30, 2023

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

John McPhee, Terrance Hayes, Richard Wagamese, and More

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2023

Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

Bryn Turnbull Recommends Madeline Martin, Janie Chang, and More

By Bryn Turnbull | June 30, 2023

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in July

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in July

With Some A+ Throwbacks to Get You Through the Summer Slump

By Emily Temple | June 30, 2023

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26 books out in paperback this July!

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 30, 2023

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | June 30, 2023

The Booker Revisited: Notions of the “Fatherland” in Peter Ho Davies’ The Welsh Girl

By Lucy Scholes | June 30, 2023

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of June

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of June

This Month's Finest in Literary Listening

By Literary Hub | June 30, 2023

Clémence Michallon on Why Fiction Must Be More Realistic Than Nonfiction

Clémence Michallon on Why Fiction Must Be More Realistic Than Nonfiction

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 30, 2023

Marin Ireland on Being Starstruck by Novelists

Marin Ireland on Being Starstruck by Novelists

The 2023 Golden Voice Narrator in Conversation with Jo Reed

By Behind the Mic | June 30, 2023

Tania James on Trust, Truth, and the Desire to Create Something That Lasts

Tania James on Trust, Truth, and the Desire to Create Something That Lasts

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | June 29, 2023

The Pleasure of Taking the Long Way: On Puzzling the Route to a Poem

The Pleasure of Taking the Long Way: On Puzzling the Route to a Poem

Lauren Camp Considers the Value of Spending Time in Astonishment

By Lauren Camp | June 29, 2023

T.C. Boyle on Writing in Gloomy Weather About Climate Catastrophe

T.C. Boyle on Writing in Gloomy Weather About Climate Catastrophe

The Author of Blue Skies Talks to Ona Russell in the New Season of Authors in the Tent

By Authors in the Tent | June 29, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Outrageous, turbulent and as raw as a wound, but good, the kind of book you read in a single shudder.”

By Book Marks | June 29, 2023

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