Books Aren’t Magic Empathy Pills (But They Help)

Books Aren’t Magic Empathy Pills (But They Help)

Maris Kreizman on the Importance of Standing Up For Literature

By Maris Kreizman | August 28, 2025

Five Books With Narrators Learning to Live in Unexpected Lives

Five Books With Narrators Learning to Live in Unexpected Lives

Kelly Sundberg Recommends Titles to Read for Your New Life

By Kelly Sundberg | August 28, 2025

On the Cyber Soldiers Defending the Cuban Revolution From Internet Slander

On the Cyber Soldiers Defending the Cuban Revolution From Internet Slander

“Somebody wrote an article online that shit talks Fidel.”

By Abraham Jiménez Enoa | August 28, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Academia is a hellscape; ‘Katabasis’ just makes it literal.”

By Book Marks | August 28, 2025

What Would Happen If All the Ice on Earth Suddenly Melted?

What Would Happen If All the Ice on Earth Suddenly Melted?

Peter Brannen on the Melting of Snowball Earth

By Peter Brannen | August 28, 2025

Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs on Great American Road Trip Books

Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs on Great American Road Trip Books

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 28, 2025

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The Paddystinians of Belfast: On the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in Northern Ireland

By Philip Metres | August 27, 2025

Hero Edit: On Literary Depictions of Reality TV

By Hannah Berman | August 27, 2025

Amanda Uhle on Using a Childhood Photo as the Cover of Her Book

By Amanda Uhle | August 27, 2025

How the Oslo Accords Fragmented Palestine and Uprooted a People

How the Oslo Accords Fragmented Palestine and Uprooted a People

Revisiting a Turning Point in the History of Israel’s Occupation

By Literary Hub | August 27, 2025

Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—<em>Plum Bun</em>

Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—Plum Bun

Remembering the Work of “The Crisis” Editor and Harlem Renaissance Writer

By Glory Edim | August 27, 2025

The Enduring Legacy of Eleanor Bumpurs, Murdered by the NYPD For Resisting Eviction

The Enduring Legacy of Eleanor Bumpurs, Murdered by the NYPD For Resisting Eviction

“Gender and femininity have never shielded Black women and girls from unfettered anti-Blackness or police violence.”

By LaShawn Harris | August 27, 2025

Poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney on Writing Rituals, Maximalism, and How to Surprise an Audience

Poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney on Writing Rituals, Maximalism, and How to Surprise an Audience

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of “Joy Is My Middle Name”

By Peter Mishler | August 27, 2025

Sahar Mustafah on the ADL’s Quiet Indoctrination of American Schools

Sahar Mustafah on the ADL’s Quiet Indoctrination of American Schools

“It has rigorously weaponized Jewish victimhood in order to foment fear.”

By Sahar Mustafah | August 27, 2025

Shame and English Translation on <em>The Critic and Her Publics</em>

Shame and English Translation on The Critic and Her Publics

a week-long season on translation continues

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 27, 2025

Rana Dasgupta on Giuseppe di Lampedusa's <em>The Leopard</em>

Rana Dasgupta on Giuseppe di Lampedusa's The Leopard

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | August 27, 2025

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