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The Poet Who Watched a Football Game on Nagasaki’s Atomic Killing Field

The Poet Who Watched a Football Game on Nagasaki’s Atomic Killing Field

Greg Mitchell on William W. Watt’s Experience in the Aftermath of Nuclear Devastation

By Greg Mitchell | August 8, 2025

Am I the Literary Asshole For Prioritizing My Writing Over the People in My Life?

Am I the Literary Asshole For Prioritizing My Writing Over the People in My Life?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | August 7, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Dystopian novels are not merely the expression of vivid imaginations, they are often warnings about what’s to come.”

By Book Marks | August 7, 2025

A City of Dreams and Dreamers: Ella Berman on Writing About Los Angeles

A City of Dreams and Dreamers: Ella Berman on Writing About Los Angeles

“There is no doubt that if anyone is capable of rebuilding and renewing, it is Los Angeles.”

By Ella Berman | August 7, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Chloe Caldwell Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Chloe Caldwell Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Sheila Heti, Yiyun Li, Hala Alyan, and Others

By Diana Arterian | August 7, 2025

Power and Punishment: How Colonists Legislated the First Slaves in America into Existence

Power and Punishment: How Colonists Legislated the First Slaves in America into Existence

Princess Joy L. Perry on Freedom, Servitude, and Writing a Novel Set in the Seventeenth Century

By Princess Joy L. Perry | August 7, 2025

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Barbara Kingsolver on Supporting Appalachian Women Recovering from Addiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 7, 2025

Carl Phillips and Aditi Machado Feel Like Radically Different Poets

By awakeners | August 7, 2025

On the Particular Joys of Etymological Detective Work

By Martha Barnette | August 6, 2025

On the Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos

On the Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos

Elizabeth Cook Breaks Down the “Uncertainty, Disrespect, and Bullying” of the Federal Government

By Elizabeth Kaye Cook | August 6, 2025

Doubles, Glitches, Hallucinations, Dreams: Nine Books that Feature David Lynchian Deja Vu

Doubles, Glitches, Hallucinations, Dreams: Nine Books that Feature David Lynchian Deja Vu

Vanessa Roveto Recommends Marguerite Duras, Leslie Scalapino, Joyelle McSweeney, and More

By Vanessa Roveto | August 6, 2025

“Black History Minute,” a Poem by Harryette Mullen

“Black History Minute,” a Poem by Harryette Mullen

From the Collection “Regaining Unconsciousness”

By Harryette Mullen | August 6, 2025

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

Joshua Sharpe on the Horror and Aftermath of the 1985 Georgia Church Murders

By Joshua Sharpe | August 6, 2025

A Modern Take on a Palestinian Classic, Made With Resourcefulness, Memory and Love

A Modern Take on a Palestinian Classic, Made With Resourcefulness, Memory and Love

Learn to Make Sami Tamimi’s Golden, Crisp Couscous Fritters

By Sami Tamimi | August 6, 2025

God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

Jon Raymond Recommends Don DeLillo, Denis Johnson, Theodor Adorno and More

By Jon Raymond | August 5, 2025

A Cosmic Bond: Five Essential Books on Queer Black Friendship

A Cosmic Bond: Five Essential Books on Queer Black Friendship

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