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“Speed Trap”

“Speed Trap”

A Poem by Kevin Young

By Kevin Young | September 30, 2021

Illustrating a Disruption to the Mundanity of Bureaucratic Life

Illustrating a Disruption to the Mundanity of Bureaucratic Life

From Theo Ellsworth's Adaption of Jeff VanderMeer's Short Story “Secret Life“

By Theo Ellsowrth and Jeff VanderMeer | September 30, 2021

On the Push and Pull of Muslim Cultural Identity

On the Push and Pull of Muslim Cultural Identity

Omar Mouallem: “Islam has a place within me. But do I have a place within it?”

By Omar Mouallem | September 30, 2021

The Credibility Discount: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers

The Credibility Discount: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers

Deborah Tuerkheimer on Rose McGowan, Harvey Weinstein, and How the Public Discredits Victims' Stories

By Deborah Tuerkheimer | September 30, 2021

Katharine Hayhoe on Having a New Conversation About Climate Change

Katharine Hayhoe on Having a New Conversation About Climate Change

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 30, 2021

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

Featuring Law-Breaking Animals, Mystery Illnesses, a History of the Heart, and More

By Book Marks | September 30, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

WATCH: Qian Julie Wang in Conversation with Charles Yu

By The Virtual Book Channel | September 30, 2021

WATCH: Matt Bell, Jeanne Thornton, Keenan Norris, and Brooks Sterritt at the Franklin Park Reading Series

By The Virtual Book Channel | September 30, 2021

Announcing the Winner of Restless Books 2021 Prize for New Immigrant Writing

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2021

How a World-Renowned Magician Stays in Touch with Wonder

How a World-Renowned Magician Stays in Touch with Wonder

Joshua Jay Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | September 30, 2021

Artist Diana Thater Is Determined to Reveal a World Worth Saving

Artist Diana Thater Is Determined to Reveal a World Worth Saving

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | September 30, 2021

“I Have a Mouth”

“I Have a Mouth”

An Excerpt from the Winner of Restless Books 2021 Prize for New Immigrant Writing

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 30, 2021

<em>Maya and the Robot</em> by Eve L. Ewing, Read by Bahni Turpin

Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing, Read by Bahni Turpin

Inspiring and Fun Middle-Grade Listening

By Behind the Mic | September 30, 2021

Lucy Ellmann: “It’s Time For Men to Read Books By Women”

Lucy Ellmann: “It’s Time For Men to Read Books By Women”

The Author of Things Are Against Us Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | September 29, 2021

Andrew Martin on the Fine Line Between Autofiction and Autobiographical Fiction

Andrew Martin on the Fine Line Between Autofiction and Autobiographical Fiction

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 29, 2021

Talking to Maya Angelou’s Son About the New Award Named in Her Honor

Talking to Maya Angelou’s Son About the New Award Named in Her Honor

Announcing the Nominees For the Maya Angelou Book Award

By Anne Kniggendorf | September 29, 2021

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