• Features

    Fashion

    Charlie Porter on the Unspoken Language of the Sartorial

    By Charlie Porter  May 3, 2022
    Fashion

    The Untold and Very True Story of The Devil Wears Prada

    By Amy Odell  May 3, 2022
    Book Design

    On the Groundbreaking Art of Bascove’s Book Covers

    By Rebecca Rego Barry  May 3, 2022
    Poetry

    Three Poems by N. Scott Momaday

    By N. Scott Momaday  May 3, 2022
    Writing

    Lessons Learned from a Year Listening to the Fictional Octopus in My Head

    By Shelby Van Pelt  May 3, 2022
    The Cosmic Library

    Struggling with Disaster—and Language—in the Hebrew Bible

    By The Cosmic Library   May 3, 2022
    On Writing

    How the Small Moments That Haunt Us Can Form the Seeds of a Novel

    By Steve Almond  May 3, 2022
    Micro

    An Ode to Shapes: Readings by Paula Harris, Praise Osawaru, and Sarah McPherson

    By Micro   May 3, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Read by Julia Whelan

    By Behind the Mic   May 3, 2022
    Storybound

    Phil Klay Reads His Essay “The Citizen-Soldier: Moral Risk and the Modern Military”

    By Storybound   May 3, 2022
    Keen On

    How Hawks Teach Us a Different Way to Love

    By Keen On  May 3, 2022
    Keen On

    How “My Old Kentucky Home” Is a Sonic Monument to a Segregated America

    By Keen On  May 3, 2022
    Book Design

    Jeff VanderMeer Talks to the Designers About His Book Covers

    By Jeff VanderMeer  May 2, 2022
    Russian Literature

    Searching for a Lost History in Modern-Day Russia

    By Marcia DeSanctis  May 2, 2022
    Chilean Literature

    Alejandro Zambra on Juan Emar, Whose Avant-Garde Writings Deserve Our Attention

    By Alejandro Zambra  May 2, 2022
    Interview with an Indie Pres

    Interview with an Indie Press: Grid Books

    By Literary Hub  May 2, 2022
    On Grief

    A Quiet Reply to a Life Cut Short: After a Profound Loss, How to Honor the Dead

    By Elisha Cooper  May 2, 2022
    Animals

    What Animals Can Show Us About More Meaningfully Encountering the Wider World

    By Sy Montgomery  May 2, 2022
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Book Marks  May 2, 2022
    Marriage

    Love is Space: Notes on Marriage and Creativity

    By Andrea Bajani  May 2, 2022
    Emergence Magazine

    Robin Wall Kimmerer on What Mosses Can Teach Us About Persisting Amid Climate Change

    By Emergence Magazine  May 2, 2022
    African American History

    How Sissieretta Jones, Celebrated Black Opera Singer, Enshrined Her Own Story

    By Rosalyn Story  May 2, 2022
    The History of Literature

    What Makes Mysteries so Compelling?

    By History of Literature  May 2, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, Read by John Lee, Dylan Moore, Arthur Morey, and Kirsten Potter

    By Behind the Mic   May 2, 2022
    New Books Network

    Second Act: How Edith Scott Saavedra Went from International Lawyer to Debut Novelist

    By New Books Network  May 2, 2022
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