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50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time

50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time

This Year and Every Year

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The Bidens seem stuck in a version of America that does not exist and perhaps never did.”

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I Thought I Had Nothing to Write About. Then I Got a Dog.

I Thought I Had Nothing to Write About. Then I Got a Dog.

Camille Perri in Praise of Furry Friends and Furry Muses

By Camille Perri | June 11, 2026

Introducing Lost Kite Editions, the Indie Press Bringing “Insurgent” Work to Minneapolis.

Introducing Lost Kite Editions, the Indie Press Bringing “Insurgent” Work to Minneapolis.

“The people most often kept outside publishing’s institutions should help shape its future.”

By Brittany Allen | June 11, 2026

Namwali Serpell and Vinson Cunningham on Toni Morrison’s <em>Beloved</em>

Namwali Serpell and Vinson Cunningham on Toni Morrison’s Beloved

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term

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Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

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Is This the Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written?

Is This the Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written?

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Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

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To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

Sofia Montrone: “Where else does writing come from, if not the desire to peer through the keyhole of someone else’s mind?”

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Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?

Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?

Sarah Braunstein on Killing Off Main Characters

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Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Contrapposto

By Jane Ciabattari | June 9, 2026

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

James Bailey on the Writer’s Eternal Pursuit of the Literary Life

By James Bailey | June 9, 2026

What’s in a Book’s Name? One Writer’s Journey to Finding the Perfect Title

What’s in a Book’s Name? One Writer’s Journey to Finding the Perfect Title

Brook Wilensky-Lanford on the Long, Difficult (Yet Fun) Process of Titling Her New Book, A God-Shaped Nation

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