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The Annotated Nightstand: What Serena Chopra is Reading Right Now

The Annotated Nightstand: What Serena Chopra is Reading Right Now

Featuring Susan Briante, Sappho, Christopher Marmolejo and More

By Diana Arterian | June 26, 2026

40 Great New Books You May Have Missed

40 Great New Books You May Have Missed

Maris Kreizman Collects Worthy Alternatives to JD Vance’s Oxygen-Sucking Memoir

By Maris Kreizman | June 25, 2026

Save It for Your Novel: The Difference in Writing for the Screen Versus the Page

Save It for Your Novel: The Difference in Writing for the Screen Versus the Page

Spiro Skentzos in Conversation with Rasheed Newson

By Spiro Skentzos | June 25, 2026

Namwali Serpell and Cathy Park Hong on Toni Morrison’s <em>Jazz</em>

Namwali Serpell and Cathy Park Hong on Toni Morrison’s Jazz

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By Passages: On Morrison | June 25, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Vance’s hypocrisy alone makes Communion nearly unreadable. You don’t need me to tell you this, but he is not a good Catholic.”

By Book Marks | June 25, 2026

A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

Danny Bate on the Linguistic History of Our Alphabet

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The Clothes Make the Man: How Dark Suits Defined the Early American Republic

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Matthew Wolfe on the Secret History of Radical Environmentalism

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My Mother’s Voice: <br>Messages From Tehran

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“I would never blame them. But being around Americans while this country is bombing mine is the last thing I can do.”

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On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

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Andrew McKenzie-McHarg Revisits the Grandfather of Rational Paranoia, Carl Oglesby

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For a Historian, the Facts of Any Given Life Disappear the Moment They Occur

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Thomas S. Mullaney Considers Family Duty Through the Lens of Historical Practice

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The Crops That Created America (Mostly Came From Africa)

The Crops That Created America (Mostly Came From Africa)

Michael Carter Jr. on How People of African Descent Have Shaped American Agriculture

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Jessica M. Goldstein on the Inherent Optimism of Time Travel

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“Time travel contends that we matter to each other whether we want to or not, whether we believe it or not.”

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How F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Overlooked Story Collection Helped Me Write My LA Novel

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