Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

Donna Seaman on the Books About Books You Need

By Donna Seaman | June 18, 2025

“I Feed on Queer Literature.” Michelle Tea on Her Ten Favorite Gay Books

“I Feed on Queer Literature.” Michelle Tea on Her Ten Favorite Gay Books

“Why are so many people afraid of questions?”

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Why America Can’t Get Enough of <em>The Wizard of Oz</em>

Why America Can’t Get Enough of The Wizard of Oz

Hazel Gaynor Celebrates the Films, Prequels, Sequels, and More

By Hazel Gaynor | June 18, 2025

How a “Centuries-Old” Carpet Duped Art Dealers and Curators For Decades

How a “Centuries-Old” Carpet Duped Art Dealers and Curators For Decades

Dorothy Armstrong Explores the History of Real and Fake Antique Textiles, from Central Asia to Europe

By Dorothy Armstrong | June 18, 2025

Less Matters More: Joanna Walsh on the Expansive Possibilities of the Short Story

Less Matters More: Joanna Walsh on the Expansive Possibilities of the Short Story

“The memory of these fragments is always created, as a matter of reconstruction. And creation is always hope.”

By Joanna Walsh | June 18, 2025

Summers on the Forest: What It’s Like Training to Fight Wildfires

Summers on the Forest: What It’s Like Training to Fight Wildfires

Kelly Ramsey Recounts Her Early Days with the US Forest Service

By Kelly Ramsey | June 18, 2025

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A Place of Rugged, Simple Beauty: One Summer in Rural Newfoundland

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Sigrid Nunez on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

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How to Teach a Controversial Novel of Racial and Sexual Violence in 2025

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erin Khuê Ninh on the Reissue of Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s 1997 Novel “Blu’s Hanging”

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Leo Carey on What’s Not There

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How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America

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Anthony Aycock on “Little v. Llano County” and the Increasingly Imperiled Freedom to Read in America

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Immaculate, Erotic and Quintessentially Modern: On Edna O’Brien’s <em>Night</em>

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Jane Alison In Praise of a Little-Known Novel From Ireland’s Foremost Chronicler of the Feminine Experience

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Life After ABBA: One Day in London With Agnetha Fältskog

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Jan Gradvall Sits Down With the Lead Singer of the Iconic Swedish Pop Group

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Five Essential Books About Florida (If You’re a Canadian Writing a Novel About Orlando)

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