Villains Are Just More Interesting Than Heroes (and More F*ckable, If We’re Being Frank)

Villains Are Just More Interesting Than Heroes (and More F*ckable, If We’re Being Frank)

Natalie Zina Walschots on Why We‘re More Drawn to the Bad Guys

By Natalie Zina Walschots | May 22, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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“I Hope to Die Laughing.” On Tom Drury’s <em>The End of Vandalism</em>

“I Hope to Die Laughing.” On Tom Drury’s The End of Vandalism

Ross McMeekin Explores the Ways Fiction Can Help Us Cope With Emotionally Difficult Periods of Life

By Ross McMeekin | May 22, 2026

Manil Suri on Visualizing Your Book’s Narrative Structure

Manil Suri on Visualizing Your Book’s Narrative Structure

The Art of the Book X-Ray

By Manil Suri | May 22, 2026

On Homecoming (and Leaving), Jakarta to New York

On Homecoming (and Leaving), Jakarta to New York

“How silly I was to think that leaving home had fragmented my existence.”

By May Teng | May 22, 2026

Reconsidering Mary McCarthy’s Iconic Friendship Novel <em>The Group</em>

Reconsidering Mary McCarthy’s Iconic Friendship Novel The Group

Rebecca Chace on How McCarthy’s Book Influenced Her Own Work

By Rebecca Chace | May 22, 2026

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America’s First War on Drugs Was Also a War on Jazz

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Namwali Serpell and Tracy K. Smith Discuss Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

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What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

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It’s All Just Torture Porn: A Record of Failed Attempts to Explain What Trans Lit is “For”

It’s All Just Torture Porn: A Record of Failed Attempts to Explain What Trans Lit is “For”

Katherine Packert Burke Considers the Past, Present and Future of Transgender Literary Representation

By Katherine Packert Burke | May 21, 2026

An Exile’s Guide to Losing a Country

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Ece Temelkuran on the Slow Creep of Authoritarianism

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How Donald Trump and His Allies Seek to Remake American Schools in Their Own Image

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Alison Kinney on the Effects of the Current Right-Wing Rejection of Educational Equity

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My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

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Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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