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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 Rabih Alameddine, Arundhati Roy, Patrick Ryan, and More

By Book Marks | September 5, 2025

Lalla Romano Was Writing Autofiction Before It Existed

Lalla Romano Was Writing Autofiction Before It Existed

On the Late Italian Writer’s Masterpiece, “In Farthest Seas”

By Brian Robert Moore | September 5, 2025

On Not Writing, and Letting Wildness Be Your Guide

On Not Writing, and Letting Wildness Be Your Guide

Leila Chatti Wrestles With the Daily Idea of Being a Writer

By Leila Chatti | September 5, 2025

Patrick Ryan on the Secrets of the Omniscient Narrator

Patrick Ryan on the Secrets of the Omniscient Narrator

“I was the narrator’s manager, maybe. I was the narrator’s life coach. But I wasn’t the narrator.”

By Patrick Ryan | September 5, 2025

How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change

How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change

Beverly Gologorsky on Her Friendship with Fellow Writer Jane Lazarre and the Mentorship of a Writer’s Group

By Beverly Gologorsky | September 5, 2025

The (Almost) Wildness of Elizabeth Bennet

The (Almost) Wildness of Elizabeth Bennet

Devoney Looser on the Perennial Appeal of Jane Austen’s Remarkable Heroine

By Devoney Looser | September 4, 2025

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  • The Six Loves of James I

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | September 4, 2025

I Can’t Let Go of a Ten-Year-Old Literary Grudge: Am I the Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | September 4, 2025

Big Sister Writer, Little Brother Editor: Can They Work Together?

By Literary Hub | September 4, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kevin Young Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kevin Young Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Nicholas Boggs, Mavis Gallant, Jack Kerouac and More

By Diana Arterian | September 4, 2025

A New Translation of <em>Grave of the Fireflies</em> Commemorates 80 Years Since the End of WWII

A New Translation of Grave of the Fireflies Commemorates 80 Years Since the End of WWII

Ginny Tapley Takemori on the Realities of War and Translating for a New Audience

By Ginny Tapley Takemori | September 4, 2025

On the Literature of Ambitious Women

On the Literature of Ambitious Women

Eliana Ramage Recommends Benedict Nguyễn, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Danzy Senna and More

By Eliana Ramage | September 4, 2025

Patrick Ryan on The Good Heart of <em>Buckeye</em>

Patrick Ryan on The Good Heart of Buckeye

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 4, 2025

How One Snail Inspired Two Novels on Two Different Continents

How One Snail Inspired Two Novels on Two Different Continents

Maria Reva, Jasmin Schreiber, and Ed Yong Discuss Endlings, Ecological Grief, and Using Others’ Pain for Art

By Maria Reva | September 3, 2025

Emily Wilson Explores The <i>Aeneid </i>’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

“This ancient epic raises profound, provocative questions that are now more pressing than ever.”

By Emily Wilson | September 3, 2025

“Toni Morrison,” a Prose Poem by Nikki Giovanni

“Toni Morrison,” a Prose Poem by Nikki Giovanni

From the Collection “The New Book”

By Nikki Giovanni | September 3, 2025

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