Am the Literary Asshole For Wanting to Tell People Their Writing Sucks?

Am the Literary Asshole For Wanting to Tell People Their Writing Sucks?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | June 27, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It offers something darker, colder, more fraught, and ultimately, singular and transcendent.”

By Book Marks | June 27, 2024

The 15 Best Book Covers of June

The 15 Best Book Covers of June

It's Mustard Season

By Emily Temple | June 27, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tara M. Stringfellow Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tara M. Stringfellow Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Warsan Shire, Ann Patchett, Melissa Mogollon, and Others

By Diana Arterian | June 27, 2024

Maxim Loskutoff on the Unabomber and the Myth of the American West

Maxim Loskutoff on the Unabomber and the Myth of the American West

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 27, 2024

How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

Adam Smyth on Nancy Cunard, the Woman Who First Discovered the Future Nobel Laureate

By Adam Smyth | June 26, 2024

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Helen Fielding on Bridget Jones and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

By Helen Fielding | June 26, 2024

What the Rise of Techno-Humanitarianism Means For Crisis-Hit Communities Across the Globe

By Jean-Martin Bauer | June 26, 2024

Whatever You Do, Don’t Let Your Cat Do This

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What Unlearning Zionism Can Teach American Jews About Israel and Palestine

What Unlearning Zionism Can Teach American Jews About Israel and Palestine

Oren Kroll-Zeldin on Jewish Identity, Community Myths and Personal and Political Transformation

By Oren Kroll-Zeldin | June 26, 2024

An End to Exclusivity: On the Fight For Equitable Land Distribution in Minnesota

An End to Exclusivity: On the Fight For Equitable Land Distribution in Minnesota

Audrea Lim Considers the Reparative Possibilities of Land Ownership for Marginalized Communities

By Audrea Lim | June 26, 2024

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Alana Saab on Sharing a Mental Breakdown With Your Protagonist

By Alana Saab | June 26, 2024

Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 26, 2024

What to Read Before and After Seeing <em>How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer</em>

What to Read Before and After Seeing How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer

Readings on the Life, Works, and Conflicts of Norman Mailer

By Literary Hub | June 25, 2024

How Charles Darwin Became a 19th-Century Scientific Rock Star

How Charles Darwin Became a 19th-Century Scientific Rock Star

Howard Markel on the Debate That Forever Transformed Our Understanding of the Natural World

By Howard Markel | June 25, 2024

How Reading Grief Memoirs Helped Cody Delistraty Understand His Loss in New Ways

How Reading Grief Memoirs Helped Cody Delistraty Understand His Loss in New Ways

The Author of “The Grief Cure” on the Unexpected Invisibility of the Grieving

By Cody Delistraty | June 25, 2024

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