“Bookworm, Cliché, Deadline...” And Other Unexpected Etymologies

“Bookworm, Cliché, Deadline...” And Other Unexpected Etymologies

David Crystal Explores the Unlikely Stories Behind Some Common Turns of Phrase

By David Crystal | June 27, 2025

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Jess Walter, Susan Choi, Joyce Carol Oates, and More

By Book Marks | June 27, 2025

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Catherine Lacey, Caroline Fraser, Geoff Dyer, and More

By Book Marks | June 27, 2025

I’m <em>Obsessed</em>: On the Importance of Getting Lost in Your Writing

I’m Obsessed: On the Importance of Getting Lost in Your Writing

The First in a Five-Part Series on the Craft of Writing by Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante

By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante | June 27, 2025

Leila Mottley Wonders If You Can Truly Write a Place You’ve Never Been

Leila Mottley Wonders If You Can Truly Write a Place You’ve Never Been

Creating an Authentic World Without Living in It

By Leila Mottley | June 27, 2025

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of July

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of July

What to Listen To As Summer Kicks In

By Audiofile Magazine | June 27, 2025

Best Reviewed
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  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

The 13 Best Book Covers of June

By Emily Temple | June 27, 2025

Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander Have Shown Us a Way Forward

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 26, 2025

Last Outposts: Rediscovering Hope for Humanity on Norway’s Remote Northern Coast

By James Rebanks | June 26, 2025

Am I the Asshole For Sabotaging My Own Writing Before Even Starting?

Am I the Asshole For Sabotaging My Own Writing Before Even Starting?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | June 26, 2025

The Magical Mundane: Work, Technology and Consumerism in the World of <em>Harry Potter</em>

The Magical Mundane: Work, Technology and Consumerism in the World of Harry Potter

Keridiana Chez Explores the Role of Magic as Instant Gratification and Automation in the Potter-Verse

By Keridiana Chez | June 26, 2025

For Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, There Must Be Poetry in a Time of Genocide

For Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, There Must Be Poetry in a Time of Genocide

Cindy Juyoung Ok Talks to the National Book Award-Winning Author of “Something About Living”

By Cindy Juyoung Ok | June 26, 2025

Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Nicola Wilson on the Book Society, Hugh Walpole, and Lynd’s Overshadowed Author Career

By Nicola Wilson | June 26, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A great, galloping read, pointed and provocative; the kind of book you might call a good bad time.”

By Book Marks | June 26, 2025

“Thermal Imaging,” a Poem by DeeSoul Carson

“Thermal Imaging,” a Poem by DeeSoul Carson

From the Latest Issue of the Michigan Quarterly Review

By DeeSoul Carson | June 26, 2025

Uncaring Healthcare: The Impossible Cost of Being Undocumented and Ill in America

Uncaring Healthcare: The Impossible Cost of Being Undocumented and Ill in America

Alix Dick and Antero Garcia Chronicle Illicit Medical Procedures for Those Lacking Social Security Numbers

By Alix Dick and Antero Garcia | June 26, 2025

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