Why Writers Should Have Sympathy for Ghosts

Why Writers Should Have Sympathy for Ghosts

“There’s a pathetic doggedness to both ghosts and writers.”

By Annie Barrows | October 30, 2026

How Austerity is Killing Higher Ed <br>(and What We Can Do About It)

How Austerity is Killing Higher Ed
(and What We Can Do About It)

Peter Coviello on Bullshit Metrics and the Necessity of Unions

By Peter Coviello | October 29, 2026

On the Rise and Fall of Publishing’s “Make Book”

On the Rise and Fall of Publishing’s “Make Book”

Maris Kreizman on the Book Industry’s Debut Novel Conundrum

By Maris Kreizman | October 29, 2026

How Do You Write Through Grief?

How Do You Write Through Grief?

"How do you fit ghosts into paragraphs? How do you turn your weeping into a scene?"

By Traci Brimhall | October 29, 2026

Why Are Women’s Biographies Often Told From a Man’s Point of View?

Why Are Women’s Biographies Often Told From a Man’s Point of View?

Sarah Fritz on Writing About the Composer Clara Schumann

By Sarah Fritz | October 29, 2026

Trees Before Trees: A Natural History of Billions of Years of Plant Evolution

Trees Before Trees: A Natural History of Billions of Years of Plant Evolution

Jonathan Silvertown Explores the Processes That Brought Us the Leaves and Trees We Know Today

By Jonathan Silvertown | October 29, 2026

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How Humans Made the Loch Ness Monster

By Laura Fernández | October 29, 2026

Ten Years of Fiction/Non/Fiction: An Anniversary Episode

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 29, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rebecca Perry is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | October 29, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"There’s a certain kind of novel that’s not quite apocalyptic enough to be science fiction, but just far-fetched enough to be speculative."

By Book Marks | October 29, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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By Literary Hub | October 29, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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Pretending to Be Tony Shalhoub: On Co-Writing a Book in My Father's Voice

Pretending to Be Tony Shalhoub: On Co-Writing a Book in My Father's Voice

Josie Adams on the Strange Intimacy of Writing We Thought They’d Never Leave

By Josie Adams | October 28, 2026

Is Hitchcock Horror, Romance, or Both?

Is Hitchcock Horror, Romance, or Both?

Emma Cole on Finding the Romance Tropes in Psycho, Vertigo, and The Birds

By Emma Cole | October 28, 2026

Tiny, Furry Friends: A Short History of Small Dogs in European Art

Tiny, Furry Friends: A Short History of Small Dogs in European Art

Stephanie Howard-Smith Explores the Evolving Artistic and Domestic Role of Pets, From the Renaissance to the Victorian Era

By Stephanie Howard-Smith | October 28, 2026

What Working in the Emergency Department Taught Me About Death

What Working in the Emergency Department Taught Me About Death

Joanna Cannon on the ”Kodak Moments” She Gathered Working as a Doctor

By Joanna Cannon | October 28, 2026

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