Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s <em>Berlin Shuffle</em>

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s Berlin Shuffle

Philip Boehm Considers the Contemporary Relevance of a Tale of 1920s Germany

By Philip Boehm | January 29, 2026

Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

For Devin Thomas O’Shea, This is Pynchon’s USA and We’re Just Living In It

By Devin Thomas O’Shea | January 29, 2026

SI SI SI SI SI: On Fascist Passions in Mussolini’s Italy

SI SI SI SI SI: On Fascist Passions in Mussolini’s Italy

Tia Glista Considers Mussolini: Son of the Century and The Silver Book

By Tia Glista | January 29, 2026

Am I the Literary Asshole For Wanting My Friends to Shut Up About “Querying”?

Am I the Literary Asshole For Wanting My Friends to Shut Up About “Querying”?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | January 29, 2026

Why Bob Dylan’s COVID-Era Album Was the Real Nobel Lecture

Why Bob Dylan’s COVID-Era Album Was the Real Nobel Lecture

Robert Polito Explores the Singer-Songwriter’s Lyrical Reckoning With American History and Contemporary Reality

By Robert Polito | January 29, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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No Matter How Much Great Literature We Feed Into AI, It Cannot Feel

No Matter How Much Great Literature We Feed Into AI, It Cannot Feel

Naomi S. Baron Considers the Role of Chatbots In Contemporary Literacy

By Naomi S. Baron | January 29, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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Joe Jackson on the Spanish-American War and Trump’s Imperial Ambitions

Joe Jackson on the Spanish-American War and Trump’s Imperial Ambitions

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 29, 2026

George Saunders on Creating His Own Version of the Afterlife

George Saunders on Creating His Own Version of the Afterlife

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George Saunders, Heather Ann Thompson, Stephen Fishbach, and more: 20 new books out today!

George Saunders, Heather Ann Thompson, Stephen Fishbach, and more: 20 new books out today!

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Bodies Fall, Not Ideas: <em>On the Zero Line</em> and the Urgency of Preserving Gaza’s Culture

Bodies Fall, Not Ideas: On the Zero Line and the Urgency of Preserving Gaza’s Culture

Maya Al Zaben on Literature as Resistance

By Maya Al Zaben | January 26, 2026

Six Debut Collections by Stargazing Poets

Six Debut Collections by Stargazing Poets

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