On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

Jim Downs Considers the Important Work of Heather Cox Richardson, Jill Lepore, Kevin Kruse, and More

By Jim Downs | July 23, 2026

For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

Kōhei Saitō on the Myth of Free Market Solutions to Climate Change

By Kohei Saito | July 23, 2026

God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

A Conversation With Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell

By Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell | July 23, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“People are objects, terrified of one another as they wake up to nightmarish scenes.”

By Book Marks | July 23, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Victoria Chang is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Victoria Chang is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Amina Cain, Karen Solie, Cecily Parks, and More

By Diana Arterian | July 23, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending July 19, 2026

By Literary Hub | July 23, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Cloudthief
  • Cool Machine
  • Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
  • Beginning Middle End
  • They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | July 23, 2026

Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Bund

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 23, 2026

“The Romantics,” a Poem by Maya C. Popa

By Maya C. Popa | July 22, 2026

How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

Jesse Waggoner on the Harlem Renaissance's Contributions to Modern Disability Rights

By Jesse Waggoner | July 22, 2026

A Culture of Collaboration: The Legacy of Lunigiana’s Traveling Booksellers

A Culture of Collaboration: The Legacy of Lunigiana’s Traveling Booksellers

Antonio Romani Explores the Development of Bookselling, From the Italian Countryside to the World's Great Cities

By Antonio Romani | July 22, 2026

Why Writing Feels So Hard (and How to Make it Easier)

Why Writing Feels So Hard (and How to Make it Easier)

April Dávila on the Neuroscience Behind Writer’s Block and What We Can Do to Conquer It

By April Dávila | July 22, 2026

Why We Need More Woman-Centric Retellings of <em>The Odyssey</em>

Why We Need More Woman-Centric Retellings of The Odyssey

“We are like Penelope, unraveling Homer’s tale for our own purposes.”

By Mary Helen Specht | July 21, 2026

What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction

What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction

Rowan Beaird on How Reading Romance Rewired Her Writing Brain

By Rowan Beaird | July 21, 2026

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

Emily Eakin Explores New Developments in French Thought After World War II

By Emily Eakin | July 21, 2026

Sheila Heti on Talking to Everyone at Once

Sheila Heti on Talking to Everyone at Once

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | July 21, 2026

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