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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

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Six Debut Collections by Stargazing Poets

Six Debut Collections by Stargazing Poets

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

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The Rise (and Fall) of the Sad Girl Grifter

The Rise (and Fall) of the Sad Girl Grifter

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Diamond Forde on Memory, Mothering, and Maya Angelou

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Why Heated Rivalry is the Perfect Adaptation of the Romance Novel’s Strict Conventions

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the <em>Heated Rivalry</em> Phenomenon

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the Heated Rivalry Phenomenon

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A Cry of Defiance: Eight Essential Works By Yiddish Women Writers

A Cry of Defiance: Eight Essential Works By Yiddish Women Writers

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Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota

Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 22, 2026

Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

Ed Simon on the Eternal Tension Between Human Creativity and Mechanical Efficiency

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What’s In a Literary Brand? David Guterson on Maintaining an Authorial Persona... Or Not

What’s In a Literary Brand? David Guterson on Maintaining an Authorial Persona... Or Not

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