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Why Thomas Pynchon’s <em>Vineland</em>—a Disappointment When It Was Published—is the Novel We Need Right Now

Why Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland—a Disappointment When It Was Published—is the Novel We Need Right Now

Devin Thomas O’Shea on What a Master of the 20th Century Can Offer the 21st

By Devin Thomas O’Shea | August 5, 2025

God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

Jon Raymond Recommends Don DeLillo, Denis Johnson, Theodor Adorno and More

By Jon Raymond | August 5, 2025

A Cosmic Bond: Five Essential Books on Queer Black Friendship

A Cosmic Bond: Five Essential Books on Queer Black Friendship

m. mick powell Recommends Toni Morrison, Brittany Rogers, Danez Smith and More

By m. mick powell | August 5, 2025

Jamaica Kincaid! The invention of a Brontë! Bruce Springsteen! 27 new books out today!

Jamaica Kincaid! The invention of a Brontë! Bruce Springsteen! 27 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 5, 2025

What We Can Give Each Other: On Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”

What We Can Give Each Other: On Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”

Aaron Boehmer Considers the Hope in Human Connection

By Aaron Boehmer | August 4, 2025

What Jane Austen’s Possessions Reveal About Her Literary Ethos

What Jane Austen’s Possessions Reveal About Her Literary Ethos

Kathryn Sutherland Explores the Iconic Author’s Life and Work Through the Most Seemingly Mundane Objects

By Kathryn Sutherland | August 4, 2025

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Audre Lorde! Elizabeth Strout! Oscar Wilde! 25 books out in paperback this August.

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On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

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By Meg Pillow | July 31, 2025

<em>Vanity Fair</em>’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows

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

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