• Features

    The Quarantine Tapes

    Jorie Graham: Are We Still Capable of Being Custodians of the Future?

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 11, 2020
    Graphic Memoir

    Valérie Plante on Her Way to Becoming Montreal’s (First Woman) Mayor

    By Valerie Plante and Delphie Cote-Lacroix  December 11, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: The Rally Reading Series, Co-Hosted by The Rumpus

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 11, 2020
    New Books Network

    How Bob Dylan Reinvented Himself as a Poet

    By New Books Network  December 11, 2020
    Literary Disco

    Will All Crime Novels Soon Be Historical Fiction?

    By Literary Disco  December 11, 2020
    The Literary Life

    The Team at Books & Books Recommends Their Holiday Picks

    By The Literary Life  December 11, 2020
    Civil Rights

    Civil Rights Activist George M. Houser Worked with the Greats of the 20th Century

    By Sheila D. Collins  December 11, 2020
    NewberyTart

    The Real Life Hero(es) Behind Jarrett J. Krosoczka’s
    Lunch Lady Series

    By NewberyTart   December 11, 2020
    New Books Network

    Evan Winter on the Trap of Exceptionalism in His Trilogy (and Life)

    By New Books Network  December 11, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    A Conversation with Frankie Corzo, Narrator of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    By Behind the Mic   December 11, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    An Interview with Adam Lazarre-White, Narrator of A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper

    By Behind the Mic   December 11, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    An Interview with Robin Miles, Narrator of The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

    By Behind the Mic   December 11, 2020
    Technology

    Digital Technology Has Made Day-to-Day Living a Game

    By Alessandro Baricco  December 10, 2020
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Andrzej Sapkowski on the Mythologies Behind The Witcher

    By Literary Hub  December 10, 2020
    News and Culture

    The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2020

    By Book Marks  December 10, 2020
    The Maris Review

    Michelle Buteau on Translating Her Comedy Into a (Mostly) PG-13 Book

    By The Maris Review  December 10, 2020
    Art and Politics

    Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

    By Paulo Gurgel Valente  December 10, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    I Wrote a Tragic Novel About the 1918 Flu. 14 Years Later, My Family Got COVID

    By Thomas Mullen  December 10, 2020
    Awards

    Chris Jackson on the Privilege of Being an Editor, and Publishing’s Systemic Problems

    By Literary Hub  December 10, 2020
    European History

    Memorializing History’s Dark Corners With Absurdity

    By Keith Lowe  December 10, 2020
    Well-Versed

    On the Fruitful ‘Historic Pain’ Beneath Family Interactions (Even—or Especially—the Mundane Ones)

    By Well-Versed   December 10, 2020
    Singer Songwriters

    When a Great Songwriter Turns Poet: On Richard Buckner’s New Collection

    By Nina MacLaughlin  December 10, 2020
    New York City

    The Private Lives of Shuttered Stores: On Abandoned Interiors

    By Mark Hage  December 10, 2020
    Keen On

    It’s Time to Expand Our Definition of the ‘Sharing Economy’

    By Keen On  December 10, 2020
    Poetry

    “Your Hair Over the Sea”

    By Paul Celan  December 10, 2020
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