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Villains Are Just More Interesting Than Heroes (and More F*ckable, If We’re Being Frank)

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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

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“I Hope to Die Laughing.” On Tom Drury’s <em>The End of Vandalism</em>

“I Hope to Die Laughing.” On Tom Drury’s The End of Vandalism

Ross McMeekin Explores the Ways Fiction Can Help Us Cope With Emotionally Difficult Periods of Life

By Ross McMeekin | May 22, 2026

Namwali Serpell and Tracy K. Smith Discuss Toni Morrison’s <em>The Bluest Eye</em>

Namwali Serpell and Tracy K. Smith Discuss Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

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By Passages: On Morrison | May 21, 2026

Why We Shouldn’t Feel Guilty For Not Being Extremely Well Read

Why We Shouldn’t Feel Guilty For Not Being Extremely Well Read

Ed Simon Considers the Many Uses and Abuses of Promoting “Great Books”

By Ed Simon | May 21, 2026

What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

Nick Romeo Looks to Aldous Huxley and Gore Vidal for Clues About Where We’re Headed

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It’s All Just Torture Porn: A Record of Failed Attempts to Explain What Trans Lit is “For”

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My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

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Christian B. Miller on The Honesty Crisis

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How George Saunders’s Analysis of Russian Masters Provides a Critical Language for Audio Narratives

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Strange, Mysterious and Beautiful: Rachel Mills Recommends Essential Novels of Sisterhood

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Why, As Writers, Do We Cut the Things We Love?

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The Man Who Reads Books For a Living (One Every Two Days)

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