The (un)Lonely Reader: On the Pleasure of Finding Community in a Book

The (un)Lonely Reader: On the Pleasure of Finding Community in a Book

Emily Hodgson Anderson Considers the Connective Power of Reading

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Cursed Rats, Doll Dreams, and Latin American Folktales: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in June

Cursed Rats, Doll Dreams, and Latin American Folktales: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in June

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May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

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May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

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Jhumpa Lahiri! Colson Whitehead! Sex cults! 25 new books out in paperback this June.

Jhumpa Lahiri! Colson Whitehead! Sex cults! 25 new books out in paperback this June.

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AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

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Between Languages: Yukiko Tominaga on Writing in English and Japanese

By Yukiko Tominaga | May 31, 2024

I Think Most Short Stories Are Glorified Therapy Sessions: Am I the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | May 30, 2024

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Jonny Diamond on His Mother and Alice Munro

Jonny Diamond on His Mother and Alice Munro

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, <em>Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise</em>

Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise

On Taiwanese Literature, Trauma, and Redefining "Home"

By Jenna Tang | May 30, 2024

Cass Sunstein on How to Become Famous

Cass Sunstein on How to Become Famous

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer

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By Emily Temple | May 29, 2024

Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s <em>The Women of Brewster Place</em>

Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | May 29, 2024

The Narrative Pleasures of Social Discomfort: A Reading List of School Reunion Stories

The Narrative Pleasures of Social Discomfort: A Reading List of School Reunion Stories

Elise Juska Recommends Mary McCarthy, Sam Lipsyte, Philip Roth, and More

By Elise Juska | May 29, 2024

A Queer, Carnivalesque Vision of Chile’s Independence Day from Pedro Lemebel

A Queer, Carnivalesque Vision of Chile’s Independence Day from Pedro Lemebel

From “A Last Supper of Queer Apostles: Selected Essays”

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