God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

A Conversation With Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“People are objects, terrified of one another as they wake up to nightmarish scenes.”

By Book Marks | July 23, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Victoria Chang is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Victoria Chang is Reading Now, and Next

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Bund

Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Bund

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

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On Alt Text Image Description as Literary Practice

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Why Writing Feels So Hard (and How to Make it Easier)

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Why We Need More Woman-Centric Retellings of The Odyssey

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Claire Vaye Watkins on Writing a Love Letter to the Mojave Desert

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Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Yellow Pine

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What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction

What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction

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Colson Whitehead, Michael Cunningham, Claire Vaye Watkins, and more: 20 new books out today!

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Sheila Heti on Talking to Everyone at Once

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A Dialogue With the Facts: On Writing Literary Biography in a Post-Truth Age

A Dialogue With the Facts: On Writing Literary Biography in a Post-Truth Age

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Nostos, or Homecoming: Why I Keep Returning to the <em>Odyssey</em>

Nostos, or Homecoming: Why I Keep Returning to the Odyssey

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Who, Exactly, Were All Those Girls in Renoir’s Paintings?

Who, Exactly, Were All Those Girls in Renoir’s Paintings?

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