Is Summer Actually the Season for Reading Big, Thick Books?

Is Summer Actually the Season for Reading Big, Thick Books?

In Which James Folta Wonders If Bigger Really is Better

By James Folta | July 2, 2025

How Houston’s Third Ward Became a Hub of Black Art, Culture, and Opportunity

How Houston’s Third Ward Became a Hub of Black Art, Culture, and Opportunity

Lauren O'Neill Butler on Shotgun Houses, Segregation, and the Art of Rick Lowe and John Biggers

By Lauren O'Neill Butler | July 2, 2025

Jessica Berger Gross on the Special Euphoria of Debuting as a Novelist in Her 50s

Jessica Berger Gross on the Special Euphoria of Debuting as a Novelist in Her 50s

The Author of “Hazel Says No” Shares What She Learned from Decades of Doubt

By Jessica Berger Gross | July 2, 2025

Other, Better Worlds: Pip Adam on the Possibilities of Politically Engaged Speculative Fiction

Other, Better Worlds: Pip Adam on the Possibilities of Politically Engaged Speculative Fiction

Danielle Dutton In Conversation With the Author of “Audition”

By Danielle Dutton | July 2, 2025

How Immigrants and Other ESL Students Make American English Their Own

How Immigrants and Other ESL Students Make American English Their Own

Megan C. Reynolds on the Linguistic Quirks That Contribute to the Diversity of the English Language

By Megan C. Reynolds | July 2, 2025

On the Dehumanizing Impact of Deportation and Our Obligations to Each Other

On the Dehumanizing Impact of Deportation and Our Obligations to Each Other

Laurie Sheck Considers the Plight of Refugee Children

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“How Much We Died...”
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Libby Buck on Writing Like an Art Historian

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A Series of Unfortunate Salaries: <br>Maris Kreizman on Fighting the Publishing Industry’s Elitism

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Paris Made My Cheeks Hurt: On Language and Muscle Memory

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Benedict Nguyễn Explores Writing and Revising Across Linguistic Lines

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Doomsday Profiteers: On Corporate America’s Y2K Response

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Leigh Claire La Berge Looks Back at the Digital Apocalypse That Wasn’t

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Meg Waite Clayton on Fictionalizing Hollywood’s Blacklist Era

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Owls, Haunted Pianos, Having the Moon for a Neighbor: Ten Children’s Books to Read in July

Owls, Haunted Pianos, Having the Moon for a Neighbor: Ten Children’s Books to Read in July

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Ghetto Koans, Pattern Books, Devouring Wolves: Seven Poetry Collections to Read in July

Ghetto Koans, Pattern Books, Devouring Wolves: Seven Poetry Collections to Read in July

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