Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

The Author of “Everything Is Fine Here” Recalls a Seminal “This American Life” Episode

By Iryn Tushabe | June 13, 2025

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 Caroline Fraser, Jess Walter, Geoff Dyer, and More

By Book Marks | June 13, 2025

Lucas Schaefer on Troubleshooting a Problem Character

Lucas Schaefer on Troubleshooting a Problem Character

“A lackluster character was on the prowl, and he’d become the King Midas of meh.”

By Lucas Schaefer | June 13, 2025

Food as First Language: Mike Curato on the Validation of Learning to Cook Filipino Food

Food as First Language: Mike Curato on the Validation of Learning to Cook Filipino Food

The Author of “Gaysians” Rediscovers Memories of an Immigrant Childhood Through Special Dishes

By Mike Curato | June 13, 2025

Vikas Adam on His Golden Voice

Vikas Adam on His Golden Voice

in conversation with AudioFile's Jo Reed

By Behind the Mic | June 13, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A superb and disturbing vivisection of our darkest urges, this summer’s premier nonfiction read.”

By Book Marks | June 12, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist
  • Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis's Trans Pioneer
  • The Book of Chuck
  • The Maltese Version
  • The Song of Stork and Dromedary
  • The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
  • The Next Journalism: How the Press Must Change to Serve Democracy
  • Unprecedented Times
  • Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life's Greatest Collaborations

I Don’t Think My Fantasy-Writing Friend Will Get My Literary Fiction: Am I the Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | June 12, 2025

The Ultimate Summer 2025 Reading List

By Emily Temple | June 12, 2025

Tired of Telling Just One Kind of Truth: On Moving from Journalism to Fiction

By Janelle Brown | June 12, 2025

Jess Walter on the American Family Unplugged

Jess Walter on the American Family Unplugged

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 12, 2025

To Tell The Honest Truth: Why Black Women’s Stories Remain Essential

To Tell The Honest Truth: Why Black Women’s Stories Remain Essential

A’Lelia Bundles on Writing About Her Great-Grandmother, A’Lelia Walker, America's first Black Celebrity Heiress

By A'Lelia Bundles | June 11, 2025

The Craft of This Mortal Coil: Jonathan Gluck on Writing a Different Cancer Story

The Craft of This Mortal Coil: Jonathan Gluck on Writing a Different Cancer Story

Terry McDonell in Conversation with the Author of “An Exercise in Uncertainty”

By Terry McDonell | June 11, 2025

On Reimagining <em>The Great Gatsby</em> as a Black American Story

On Reimagining The Great Gatsby as a Black American Story

Kyra Davis Lurie Explores Adaptations, Sugar Hill, and Fitzgerald’s Racism

By Kyra Davis Lurie | June 11, 2025

Sarah Aziza on Trying Not to Disappear

Sarah Aziza on Trying Not to Disappear

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | June 11, 2025

Melissa Febos and Lydi Conklin Aren’t Afraid to Be Direct

Melissa Febos and Lydi Conklin Aren’t Afraid to Be Direct

In Conversation with Lena Crown on Awakeners

By awakeners | June 10, 2025

A Past Most Queer: Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Radical Gay Historical Fiction

A Past Most Queer: Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Radical Gay Historical Fiction

B. Pietras on Queering “Flint Anchor,” LGBTQ Historical Stories, and Finding the Present in the Past

By B. Pietras | June 10, 2025

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