How Witi Ihimaera’s <em>The Whale Rider</em> Helped Introduce Maori Literature to the World

How Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider Helped Introduce Maori Literature to the World

Shilo Kino on the Novel That Represented and Reconnected New Zealand’s Indigenous People

By Shilo Kino | August 4, 2025

Ed Park on Trusting the Generative Mind

Ed Park on Trusting the Generative Mind

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 4, 2025

Jane Alison and Jeannine Ouellette on Craft and Form

Jane Alison and Jeannine Ouellette on Craft and Form

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 4, 2025

Talking <em>Lapham’s Quarterly</em> and Socialist Gothics on The Lit Hub Podcast

Talking Lapham’s Quarterly and Socialist Gothics on The Lit Hub Podcast

Pluse the Sealey Challenge, the Sameer Project, the Booker Longlist, and More!

By The Lit Hub Podcast | August 1, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It’s the best vaccination against 1970s nostalgia I’ve ever received.”

By Book Marks | August 1, 2025

Robot Ghost Kitchens and Memory Capitalism: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Robot Ghost Kitchens and Memory Capitalism: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Summer Reads from Annalee Newitz, Louis Sachar, Charlie Jane Anders, and More

By Natalie Zutter | August 1, 2025

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Taco Knights, A Mexican Romeo and Juliet, Goats: Ten Children’s Books to Read in August

By Caroline Carlson | August 1, 2025

Aymann Ismail on Asking the Right Questions (at the Right Time)

By Aymann Ismail | August 1, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Amy Silverberg Is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | August 1, 2025

Unimprovable Penis-Forward Poems and More! Seven Poetry Books to Read This August

Unimprovable Penis-Forward Poems and More! Seven Poetry Books to Read This August

Christopher Spaide Recommends Taylor Byas, Heather Christle, bruno darío and More

By Christopher Spaide | August 1, 2025

Audre Lorde! Elizabeth Strout! Oscar Wilde! 25 books out in paperback this August.

Audre Lorde! Elizabeth Strout! Oscar Wilde! 25 books out in paperback this August.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 1, 2025

On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

Meg Pillow Unpacks an Archetype and Tells Her Own Story

By Meg Pillow | July 31, 2025

<em>Vanity Fair</em>’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows

Vanity Fair’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 31, 2025

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Gary Shteyngart, Michael Clune, Ed Park, and More

By Dan Sheehan | July 31, 2025

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Love at Sea, Amelia Earhart, the Roma, and More

By Book Marks | July 31, 2025

Eric Puchner on Humor, Craft, and Creating “Perfect Ambivalence” on the Page

Eric Puchner on Humor, Craft, and Creating “Perfect Ambivalence” on the Page

The Author of “Dream State” in Conversation with Jessie Gaynor

By Jessie Gaynor | July 31, 2025

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