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September’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

September’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Jon Ronson, Emily Wilson, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and More

By Book Marks | September 30, 2026

September’s Best Reviewed Fiction

September’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Marlon James, Emily St. John Mandel, Emma Cline, and More

By Book Marks | September 30, 2026

A Reticent Eloquence: Colm Tóibín on the Poetry of Thom Gunn

A Reticent Eloquence: Colm Tóibín on the Poetry of Thom Gunn

“He is ensuring that what he feels and what he thinks are secondary to the subject, the person who is dead or dying.”

By Colm Tóibín | September 30, 2026

On the Secret Three-Man Mission Deep in Nazi Europe That Won WWII

On the Secret Three-Man Mission Deep in Nazi Europe That Won WWII

Jason Bell Recounts the Lead-Up to Operation Sparrow, the Allied Invasion of the Balkans That Never Was

By Jason Bell | September 30, 2026

Happy International Translation Day!

Happy International Translation Day!

Celebrating an Essential Literary Art

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2026

Who Gets to Have a Baby in America? On the High Cost of Fertility in America

Who Gets to Have a Baby in America? On the High Cost of Fertility in America

“Some argue that fertility care is simply basic healthcare and should be universally accessible.”

By Anna Louie Sussman | September 30, 2026

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Hernan Diaz's New Novel Isn’t a Dystopia—Trust Him

By Eric Olson | September 29, 2026

What Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot and Joan Didion Really Meant With Their Most Famous Aphorisms

By Eli Burnstein | September 29, 2026

Personal Yet Systemic: On Antiblackness as a Social, Historical and Cultural Phenomenon

By Patrice D. Douglass | September 29, 2026

Nina Schuyler on Personifying a River in Craft and Creative Voice

Nina Schuyler on Personifying a River in Craft and Creative Voice

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Open the Floodgates

By Jane Ciabattari | September 29, 2026

The “Mutually Confounding” Relationship Between Librarian and Researcher

The “Mutually Confounding” Relationship Between Librarian and Researcher

Matthew J. Prigge on Writing His Book With the Help of a Librarian and a Stack of Boxes in the Basement

By Matthew J. Prigge | September 29, 2026

Robert Kolker Motivates Himself By Asking “What if Writing Were Fun?”

Robert Kolker Motivates Himself By Asking “What if Writing Were Fun?”

The Author of The Vanishing Family Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | September 29, 2026

William T. Vollmann on Trying to Excavate American Foreign Policy From the Cold War to the War on Terror

William T. Vollmann on Trying to Excavate American Foreign Policy From the Cold War to the War on Terror

Behind the Decades-Long Publication Journey Behind His Latest Novel

By William T. Vollmann | September 28, 2026

A Journey to Antarctica in Photos: Remembering Ernest Shackleton’s Grand Expedition

A Journey to Antarctica in Photos: Remembering Ernest Shackleton’s Grand Expedition

Alexandra Shackleton on the Enduring Legacy of Her Grandfather’s Voyage to the Southernmost Tip of the World

By Alexandra Shackleton | September 28, 2026

The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England

The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England

Marion Gibson on the Deadly Moral Panic of 17th-Century Britain

By Marion Gibson | September 28, 2026

Angela Flournoy on Exploring Economic and Social Uncertainty in the Internet Age

Angela Flournoy on Exploring Economic and Social Uncertainty in the Internet Age

The Author of The Wilderness in Conversation With Brit Bennett and Raven Leilani at The Center For Fiction

By The Center for Fiction | September 28, 2026

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