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Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging

Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging

Douglas J. Penick Considers Time, Transitions, and Classical Music

By Douglas J. Penick | April 3, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Szalay has written a novel about the Big Question: about the numbing strangeness of being alive.”

By Book Marks | April 3, 2025

More Than Just a Toy: What an Old Dollhouse Taught Me About Storytelling and Family

More Than Just a Toy: What an Old Dollhouse Taught Me About Storytelling and Family

Elise Hooper: “In a world that feels increasingly troubling and out of control, the dollhouse is where my mother and I are at our best together.”

By Elise Hooper | April 3, 2025

Meghan O’Rourke on The End of the University

Meghan O’Rourke on The End of the University

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 3, 2025

American Literature’s White Whale: Why the “Great American Novel” is Still Worth Pursuing

American Literature’s White Whale: Why the “Great American Novel” is Still Worth Pursuing

Ed Simon on the Importance of Chasing an Elusive Literary Ideal in an Era of National Decline

By Ed Simon | April 2, 2025

Fighting for One’s Fiction: How Norman Mailer Taught Me to Defend My Plots

Fighting for One’s Fiction: How Norman Mailer Taught Me to Defend My Plots

Anthony Giardina Explores “Advertisements for Myself” and a Controversial Author’s Legacy

By Anthony Giardina | April 2, 2025

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From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April

From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April

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Ten New Children’s Books That Reveal the Wondrous Act of Storytelling

Ten New Children’s Books That Reveal the Wondrous Act of Storytelling

Caroline Carlson Rounds Up Some Great Kids’ Books Out in April

By Caroline Carlson | March 31, 2025

Gatsby, Bluebeard, and the Roys Walk Into a TBR: April’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Gatsby, Bluebeard, and the Roys Walk Into a TBR: April’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Sagas and Standalones from Olivie Blake, Nghi Vo, Isaac Fellman, and More

By Natalie Zutter | March 31, 2025

Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry

Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry

Featuring Ariana Benson, Peter Gizzi, Romeo Oriogun, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Greg Rappleye, and Jess Smith

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2025

Unhappy National Poetry Month: Seven Poetry Books to Read This April

Unhappy National Poetry Month: Seven Poetry Books to Read This April

Christopher Spaide Recommends Esther Kondo Heller, Jack Saebyok Jung, Antonio Gamoneda and More

By Christopher Spaide | March 31, 2025

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