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How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing

How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing

R. Joshua Scannell on the Intersection Between the Carceral State and Big Tech

By R. Joshua Scannell | August 24, 2026

Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up

Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up

“What if every human being were born with an irresistible need to do good?”

By Christelle Dabos | August 24, 2026

Jeff Jarvis on Mark Twain, America’s First Celebrity Author and Publisher

Jeff Jarvis on Mark Twain, America’s First Celebrity Author and Publisher

Exploring the Rise and Fall of Subscription Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media

By Jeff Jarvis | August 21, 2026

A Literary Haunting: What the Ghost of Sylvia Plath Taught Me About Grief

A Literary Haunting: What the Ghost of Sylvia Plath Taught Me About Grief

“What haunts us doesn’t need to harm us, but can instead help guide us through what feels too difficult...”

By Abigail Rose-Marie | August 21, 2026

Television to the Rescue! Camille Acker on the Craft Potential of TV

Television to the Rescue! Camille Acker on the Craft Potential of TV

More Like Literary Box

By Camille Acker | August 21, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Anjet Daanje, Carlos the Jackal, Dorthe Nors, and More

By Book Marks | August 21, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political

By Faraaz Mahomed and Damon Galgut | August 21, 2026

In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

By Maris Kreizman | August 20, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | August 20, 2026

How Orchids Inspired the Groundbreaking Work of Charles Darwin

How Orchids Inspired the Groundbreaking Work of Charles Darwin

Rowan Hooper on the Hidden Life of a Remarkable Flower

By Rowan Hooper | August 20, 2026

What Does “Progress” Mean, Anyway?

What Does “Progress” Mean, Anyway?

Stuart Firestein on Technology, Science, and the Fraught Subject of Progress

By Stuart Firestein | August 20, 2026

Can Plants Feel Pain? On the Dynamic Sensitivity of the Vegetal World

Can Plants Feel Pain? On the Dynamic Sensitivity of the Vegetal World

Lucinda M. Vardey Dispels Some Common Myths Concerning Living Green Organisms

By Lucinda M. Vardey | August 20, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending August 16, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 20, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending August 16, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 20, 2026

How Accusations Against Black Academics Point to the Real End of “Woke 1.0”

How Accusations Against Black Academics Point to the Real End of “Woke 1.0”

The tragedy of Jason Arday reflects a rigged game for today’s Black scholars.

By Brittany Allen | August 19, 2026

The Submitters: On the Literary Economy of Unreadness

The Submitters: On the Literary Economy of Unreadness

M.C. Mah Considers the Work of Making and Waiting

By M. C. Mah | August 19, 2026

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