• Features

    Book Covers

    The 12 Best Book Covers of January

    By Emily Temple  January 31, 2024
    African History

    Paradise Lost: How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Helped Fuel Violent Conflict in West Africa

    By Hannah Durkin  January 31, 2024
    Work

    Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

    By Brandi Wells  January 31, 2024
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of January

    By AudioFile Magazine  January 31, 2024
    World War II

    Sisterhood of the Second World War: On Writing Female Spies’ Classified Adventures

    By CJ Wray  January 31, 2024
    Reading Lists

    January’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  January 31, 2024
    Emergence Magazine

    Seeds of Reciprocity

    By Emergence Magazine  January 31, 2024
    Keen On

    Mike Chen on Why Science is Stranger than Science Fiction

    By Keen On  January 31, 2024
    Graphic Memoir

    How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

    By Ai Weiwei, Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini  January 30, 2024
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Gregory Pardlo on the Psychology of Tennis, Historical Omissions, and Wanting to Be an Architect

    By Literary Hub  January 30, 2024
    Book Bans

    A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books

    By Laura Pappano  January 30, 2024
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Andrea Long Chu on Liking and Hating

    By The Critic and Her Publics   January 30, 2024
    Writers in Conversation

    “I now lack the juice to fuel the bluster to conceal that I am a simpleton.” Padgett Powell, Legend

    By Jean Marc Ah-Sen  January 30, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Duncan M. Yoon on the Literary Interplay Between China and Africa

    By History of Literature  January 30, 2024
    Talk Easy

    Wesley Morris on the Disappearing Middle

    By Talk Easy  January 30, 2024
    War

    What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

    By Aminatta Forna  January 29, 2024
    Book Hoarding

    On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

    By Vanessa Ogle  January 29, 2024
    Language

    Playing the Dozens: On the Joys and Functions of Sh*t Talk

    By Rafi Kohan  January 29, 2024
    The Writing Life

    Collaboration, Not Competition: How Betty Smith Helped Her Fellow Writers

    By Rachel Gordan  January 29, 2024
    Arab American Literature

    No Safe Place to Grieve: The Trauma of Muslim Americans Living Under Surveillance

    By Aisha Abdel Gawad  January 29, 2024
    First Draft

    Ilyon Woo on Not Trying to Force It

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 29, 2024
    Write-minded

    Janet Fitch on Writing With All The Senses

    By Memoir Nation   January 29, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 26, 2024
    On Writing

    Author as Illusionist: William Maxwell on Literary Magic and Refusing to Give Up as a Writer

    By William Maxwell  January 26, 2024
    Unlikeable Female Characters

    So Fetch, So Fierce: In Praise of All the Literary Mean Girls

    By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong  January 26, 2024
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