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“Sylvia,” “Go, Gentle,” and “When It is Time,” Poems by Robert Fanning

“Sylvia,” “Go, Gentle,” and “When It is Time,” Poems by Robert Fanning

From the Collection All We Are Given We Cannot Hold

By Robert Fanning | February 4, 2026

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

Katherine Hollander on Intellectual, Political and Artistic Collaboration Among the Exiled Mitarbeiter

By Katherine Hollander | February 4, 2026

Geoff Dyer on Xiaolu Guo's A CONCISE CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR LOVERS

Geoff Dyer on Xiaolu Guo's A CONCISE CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR LOVERS

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

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 4, 2026

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

“I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.”

By Lily Meyer | February 3, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: <br>We’ve Been Here Before

Letter From Minnesota:
We’ve Been Here Before

Carolyn Holbrook Finds Wisdom For the Moment
in the Words of Octavia Butler

By Carolyn Holbrook | February 3, 2026

Toni Morrison on What Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction Reveals About Race in America

Toni Morrison on What Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction Reveals About Race in America

Considering the Role of Blackness and Black Bodies in the American Literary Canon

By Toni Morrison | February 3, 2026

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11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

By Ann Larson and Alissa Quart | February 3, 2026

Borrowing From the Bard: A Shakespeare-Inspired Reading List

By Rebecca Fallon | February 3, 2026

“[Speckled Yellow],” a Poem By Simon Armitage

By Simon Armitage | February 3, 2026

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s <em>Infinite Jest</em> Was Published

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest Was Published

And the Takes Began

By Literary Hub | February 2, 2026

Letter From Mni Sóta Makóče: “No One is Illegal on Stolen Land”

Letter From Mni Sóta Makóče: “No One is Illegal on Stolen Land”

Heid E. Erdrich on What It Means to Fight For Your Home

By Heid E. Erdrich | February 2, 2026

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in February

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in February

For Cuddling and Other Two-Person Activities

By Emily Temple | February 2, 2026

On Creating the Cover For David Foster Wallace’s <em>Infinite Jest</em>

On Creating the Cover For David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest

Steve Snider Remembers Trying to Visually Capture the Genius of DFW’s Magnum Opus

By Steve Snider | February 2, 2026

Mars Rainfall, Death Monks, and Frankenstein Summer: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Mars Rainfall, Death Monks, and Frankenstein Summer: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New books from Matt Dinniman, A.D. Sui, Makana Yamamoto, and more

By Natalie Zutter | February 2, 2026

The 10 Best Book Covers of January

The 10 Best Book Covers of January

Starting the Year Off Right

By Emily Temple | February 2, 2026

A Self Divided: What It Means to Leave Your Hometown

A Self Divided: What It Means to Leave Your Hometown

“If the decision to leave wasn’t entirely mine, the decision not to return is one I make consciously, every day.”

By Emanuela Anechoum | February 2, 2026

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