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Writer, Professor and Pen Pal: Josefine Kals Remembers Stephen Dixon

Writer, Professor and Pen Pal: Josefine Kals Remembers Stephen Dixon

“His work is a beautiful, and urgent, reminder of the poignancy of life’s smallest moments.”

By Josefine Kals | October 13, 2026

Bonnie Garmus on Writing a Coming-of-Age Novel of Poets and Poetry

Bonnie Garmus on Writing a Coming-of-Age Novel of Poets and Poetry

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Peck & Peck

By Jane Ciabattari | October 13, 2026

Bonnie Jo Campbell Recommends Her Favorite Literary Ghost Stories

Bonnie Jo Campbell Recommends Her Favorite Literary Ghost Stories

From Hamlet to Poe, Seven Iconic Narrative Hauntings

By Bonnie Jo Campbell | October 13, 2026

Bonnie Garmus, Yiyun Li, Joy Harjo, and more: 20 new books out today!

Bonnie Garmus, Yiyun Li, Joy Harjo, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | October 13, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Barbara Kingsolver, Sarah Perry, T. Geronimo Johnson, Nathaniel Philbrick, and More

By Book Marks | October 9, 2026

From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction

From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction

“If a character has already gotten everything they want, give them something else to want.”

By Deesha Philyaw | October 9, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Queer Recognition, Estrangement, and the Great Grey Area in Between

By Demetris Papadimitropoulos | October 9, 2026

Jérôme Lindon, Jérôme Lindon: On the Relationship Between Jean Echenoz and His Publisher

By Mark Polizzotti | October 9, 2026

How Navigating the Demands of Academia Helped Me Cope With Terrible Loss

By Barbara Young Welke | October 9, 2026

Alice Elliott Dark’s Afterword to “In the Gloaming”

Alice Elliott Dark’s Afterword to “In the Gloaming”

“The words were inside of me, and I was being called to compose a story.”

By Alice Elliott Dark | October 9, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Considering that both authors are innovators of highly consumable brain rot in different mediums, the book is an old-fashioned dud.”

By Book Marks | October 8, 2026

It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made

It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made

Luiz Schwarcz on the Editor’s Role in Shaping and Curating the Reading Experience

By Luiz Schwarcz | October 8, 2026

One Night in Frankfurt: Scenes From the Incomparable Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize Dinner

One Night in Frankfurt: Scenes From the Incomparable Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize Dinner

Morgan Entrekin on One of His Favorite Nights at the Frankfurt Book Fair; With Speeches From Jo Lendle and Stephan Kleiner

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just... Not Picking It Up?

Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just... Not Picking It Up?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 8, 2026

Storytelling Across Genre: On Being an Anishinaabe Poet in a Fiction Writer’s World

Storytelling Across Genre: On Being an Anishinaabe Poet in a Fiction Writer’s World

“I write fiction with a poetic inflection because I have honed my poetry muscles over decades.”

By Kimberly Blaeser | October 8, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending October 4, 2026

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2026

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