Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on Harry Belafonte’s Extraordinary Art & Activism

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on Harry Belafonte’s Extraordinary Art & Activism

In Conversation with Christian Barter and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 6, 2026

On the Poetics of Canine Narration

On the Poetics of Canine Narration

Erik Gleibermann Considers Etna, The Call of the Wild, and More

By Erik Gleibermann | August 5, 2026

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

Featuring Books by Dave Zirin, Claudia Rankine, Kathryn Jezer-Morton, and More

By Literary Hub | August 5, 2026

Generational Storytelling: Writing For My Grandmother and My Daughter

Generational Storytelling: Writing For My Grandmother and My Daughter

Margrét Ann Thors on Honoring Her Icelandic Heritage in Her Debut Novel

By Margrét Ann Thors | August 5, 2026

Rumpelstiltskin is My Unlikely Writing Companion

Rumpelstiltskin is My Unlikely Writing Companion

Louise Nealon on the Chaos of Her Creativity

By Louise Nealon | August 5, 2026

The City With a Stroller: Why Babies (and Mothers) Are the Best Flâneurs

The City With a Stroller: Why Babies (and Mothers) Are the Best Flâneurs

Emily McBride Considers the Different Ways Mothers and Children Inhabit Urban Space

By Emily McBride | August 4, 2026

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Complicating the Marriage Plot: A Reading List

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Orna Guralnik on Listening for the Unconscious

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Reckoning with the Long Literary Tradition of Age-Gap Relationships

Reckoning with the Long Literary Tradition of Age-Gap Relationships

Carly Mattox on Half His Age, A Girl’s Story, and Her Own Experience

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10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This August

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Sea Monster Villages and Soul Traders: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

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This Week in Literary History: William Shakespeare’s <em>Macbeth</em> is Performed for the First Time (Probably)

This Week in Literary History: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is Performed for the First Time (Probably)

Toil and Trouble

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Jamaica Kincaid! Eimear McBride! 19 books out in paperback this August.

Jamaica Kincaid! Eimear McBride! 19 books out in paperback this August.

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Chelsea Rathburn on the Unexpected Beauty of the “Research Dead-End”

Chelsea Rathburn on the Unexpected Beauty of the “Research Dead-End”

What Failed Poetry Can Teach Us

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Read the First Reviews of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s <em>The Little Prince</em>.

Read the First Reviews of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince.

”The Little Prince will shine upon children with a sidewise gleam.“

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