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Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today!

Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | August 25, 2026

Agnes Callard on Socrates’s Turf

Agnes Callard on Socrates’s Turf

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 25, 2026

Dorthe Nors on Striving to Write Emotionally Resonant Fiction

Dorthe Nors on Striving to Write Emotionally Resonant Fiction

“As we know from the study of Goldilocks, fiction carries the deepest truths.”

By Dorthe Nors | August 24, 2026

Fiction as a Filter: On Writing the American West’s Water Crisis

Fiction as a Filter: On Writing the American West’s Water Crisis

Claire Boyles Considers the Ways Her Environmental Activism Informs Her Literary Life

By Claire Boyles | August 24, 2026

Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up

Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up

“What if every human being were born with an irresistible need to do good?”

By Christelle Dabos | August 24, 2026

How Talking About Death Helps Us Live a Fuller Life

How Talking About Death Helps Us Live a Fuller Life

E.K. Schrader on Ten Years Without Max Ritvo

By E. K. Schrader | August 21, 2026

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A Literary Haunting: What the Ghost of Sylvia Plath Taught Me About Grief

By Abigail Rose-Marie | August 21, 2026

Television to the Rescue! Camille Acker on the Craft Potential of TV

By Camille Acker | August 21, 2026

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Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political

Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political

Faraaz Mahomed Discusses His Debut Novel Mother/Land With Damon Galgut

By Faraaz Mahomed and Damon Galgut | August 21, 2026

In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

Maris Kreizman on the Need For Literary Friction

By Maris Kreizman | August 20, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Something is off in J.D. Vance’s new memoir.”

By Book Marks | August 20, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending August 16, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 20, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending August 16, 2026

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Claudia Rankine on Triage, Antigone, and Collapse

Claudia Rankine on Triage, Antigone, and Collapse

In Conversation with Christian Barter, Jennifer Maritza McCauley and Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 20, 2026

How Ursula K. Le Guin Channeled Her Environmentalism Into Fiction

How Ursula K. Le Guin Channeled Her Environmentalism Into Fiction

Shelley Streeby on the Ecologies That Inspired the Science Fiction Author's Body of Work

By Shelley Streeby | August 19, 2026

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