What Do Americans <em>Really</em> Want to Read? We (Might) Have the Answer

What Do Americans Really Want to Read? We (Might) Have the Answer

Tom Comitta Explores the Country’s Literary Imagination As Revealed Through Public Opinion Polls and Surveys

By Tom Comitta | June 4, 2025

What Does a Million Years Mean to You? Five Books That Explore Deep Time

What Does a Million Years Mean to You? Five Books That Explore Deep Time

Tim Weed Recommends Robert Hazen, Marcia Bjornerud, Thomas Halliday and More

By Tim Weed | June 4, 2025

Novelist’s Nonfiction: Writing Across the Gaps in the Record

Novelist’s Nonfiction: Writing Across the Gaps in the Record

Aidan Ryan on Applying His Background in Fiction to the Challenges of Biography

By Aidan Ryan | June 4, 2025

Learning Luxury: Exploring the History and Practice of High-End Hospitality

Learning Luxury: Exploring the History and Practice of High-End Hospitality

Maggie Stiefvater: “Here is another way luxury differs from wealth. Wealth does what you tell it to. Luxury surprises you.”

By Maggie Stiefvater | June 4, 2025

Tongo Eisen-Martin on Ayi Kwei Armah’s <em>The Healers</em>

Tongo Eisen-Martin on Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Healers

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 4, 2025

Lisa Ko on Destroying Her Diaries

Lisa Ko on Destroying Her Diaries

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | June 4, 2025

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Molly Jong-Fast on Human Frailty and Unlearning Erica Jong’s Lessons

By Molly Jong-Fast | June 3, 2025

How Britain’s 1980s Anti-Gay Laws Impacted a Generation of Young LGBTQ Readers

By Claire Lynch | June 3, 2025

Yahdon Israel on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | June 3, 2025

Susan Choi on Writing a Cross-Cultural Story of Mystery and Tragedy

Susan Choi on Writing a Cross-Cultural Story of Mystery and Tragedy

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Flashlight”

By Jane Ciabattari | June 3, 2025

The Loneliest Time of the Year: On the Memories That Chase You During the Holiday Season

The Loneliest Time of the Year: On the Memories That Chase You During the Holiday Season

Anelise Chen: “She could plaster over her past memories with this new memory in which the territory belonged to her alone.”

By Anelise Chen | June 3, 2025

Madeleine Thien on Writing a Love for This World

Madeleine Thien on Writing a Love for This World

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 2, 2025

Elissa Altman on Permission

Elissa Altman on Permission

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | June 2, 2025

In Praise of Poetry About Bugs

In Praise of Poetry About Bugs

Hannah Brooks-Motl on Insect Verses by John Clare, William Blake, David Seung, and More

By Hannah Brooks-Motl | June 2, 2025

From Michael Douglas to Bivalve Memoirs: 10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in June

From Michael Douglas to Bivalve Memoirs: 10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in June

Featuring Work by Jeremy Atherton Lin, Melissa Febos, Dana A. Williams, and More

By Literary Hub | June 2, 2025

At the Intersection of Magic and Destiny: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

At the Intersection of Magic and Destiny: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New releases from Megan Giddings, Kate Elliott, Tessa Gratton, and more

By Natalie Zutter | June 2, 2025

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