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Is Summer Actually the Season for Reading Big, Thick Books?

Is Summer Actually the Season for Reading Big, Thick Books?

In Which James Folta Wonders If Bigger Really is Better

By James Folta | July 2, 2025

Jessica Berger Gross on the Special Euphoria of Debuting as a Novelist in Her 50s

Jessica Berger Gross on the Special Euphoria of Debuting as a Novelist in Her 50s

The Author of “Hazel Says No” Shares What She Learned from Decades of Doubt

By Jessica Berger Gross | July 2, 2025

Other, Better Worlds: Pip Adam on the Possibilities of Politically Engaged Speculative Fiction

Other, Better Worlds: Pip Adam on the Possibilities of Politically Engaged Speculative Fiction

Danielle Dutton In Conversation With the Author of “Audition”

By Danielle Dutton | July 2, 2025

Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini on Bola Agbaje's <em>Gone Too Far!</em>

Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini on Bola Agbaje's Gone Too Far!

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 2, 2025

Libby Buck on Writing Like an Art Historian

Libby Buck on Writing Like an Art Historian

“I follow the object, asking it to speak to me.”

By Libby Buck | July 1, 2025

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025, Part Two

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025, Part Two

249 Books to Read Before the End of the Year

By Literary Hub | July 1, 2025

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Maris Kreizman on Fighting the Publishing Industry’s Elitism

By Maris Kreizman | July 1, 2025

Paris Made My Cheeks Hurt: On Language and Muscle Memory

By Benedict Nguyễn | July 1, 2025

Meg Waite Clayton on Fictionalizing Hollywood’s Blacklist Era

By Jane Ciabattari | July 1, 2025

Jemimah Wei and Tash Aw Tell Time and Place

Jemimah Wei and Tash Aw Tell Time and Place

In Conversation with Lena Crown on Awakeners

By awakeners | July 1, 2025

Owls, Haunted Pianos, Having the Moon for a Neighbor: Ten Children’s Books to Read in July

Owls, Haunted Pianos, Having the Moon for a Neighbor: Ten Children’s Books to Read in July

Caroline Carlson Recommends Sue Soltis, Marzena Sowa, Sarah J. Mendonca, and More

By Caroline Carlson | June 30, 2025

Ghetto Koans, Pattern Books, Devouring Wolves: Seven Poetry Collections to Read in July

Ghetto Koans, Pattern Books, Devouring Wolves: Seven Poetry Collections to Read in July

Rebecca Morgan Frank Recommends James Cagney, Marissa Davis, Cassandra Whitaker, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | June 30, 2025

$Defracted Universes, Memory Divers, and Darkest Academia: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books$

Defracted Universes, Memory Divers, and Darkest Academia: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Speculative Summer Reads From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mattie Lubchansky, Cassandra Khaw, and More

By Natalie Zutter | June 30, 2025

The Agonies and Ecstasies of a Slow Book Project

The Agonies and Ecstasies of a Slow Book Project

Stephanie Elizondo Griest on Life as an Art Monk

By Stephanie Elizondo Griest | June 30, 2025

Remembering the Great Manuel Puig, Cosmopolitan Chronicler of the Everyday

Remembering the Great Manuel Puig, Cosmopolitan Chronicler of the Everyday

Suzanne Jill Levine on Knowing and Translating One of Latin America’s Finest 20th Century Writers

By Suzanne Jill Levine | June 30, 2025

André Alexis on Discovering as He Goes

André Alexis on Discovering as He Goes

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 30, 2025

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