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Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | April 17, 2026

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | April 17, 2026

One great poem to read today: Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”

One great poem to read today: Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”

By Jonny Diamond | April 17, 2026

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Five

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Five

Out of the Park and Clueless-less

By Literary Hub | April 17, 2026

Rasputin: Fraud, Mystic, Womanizer, Prophet... Or All of the Above?

Rasputin: Fraud, Mystic, Womanizer, Prophet... Or All of the Above?

Antony Beevor on the Enigmatic Spiritualist Who Enchanted Russian High Society and Changed the Course of History

By Antony Beevor | April 17, 2026

On the Dark Arts of Writing Dangerously (and Marriage, and Life in L.A.)

On the Dark Arts of Writing Dangerously (and Marriage, and Life in L.A.)

Luke Goebel Considers the Evolution of a Novel, and a Relationship

By Luke Goebel | April 17, 2026

Best Reviewed
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What’s In a Name? Leise Hook on What Her American and Chinese Names Reveal About Herself

By Leise Hook | April 17, 2026

God Bless the Pill: Meet the Devout Catholic Who Invented Oral Contraception

By Samira K. Mehta | April 17, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Khong is Reading Now, And Next

By Diana Arterian | April 17, 2026

One great poem to read today: Alejandra Pizarnik’s “[All night I hear the noise of water sobbing.]”

One great poem to read today: Alejandra Pizarnik’s “[All night I hear the noise of water sobbing.]”

By Oliver Scialdone | April 16, 2026

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Four

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Four

By Literary Hub | April 16, 2026

It’s Getting Harder to Spot AI in Contemporary Publishing. And That’s Very, Very Bad.

It’s Getting Harder to Spot AI in Contemporary Publishing. And That’s Very, Very Bad.

Maris Kreizman on the Increasingly Impossible Job of the Editor

By Maris Kreizman | April 16, 2026

How <em>Parks and Recreation</em> Helped Create the Vision for a Better America

How Parks and Recreation Helped Create the Vision for a Better America

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong on the Real-Life Inspirations for the Town of Pawnee, Indiana

By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong | April 16, 2026

On the Systematic Annihilation of Gaza’s Educational Future

On the Systematic Annihilation of Gaza’s Educational Future

Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi Confronts the Devastation Wrought Upon Her Generation of Young Palestinians

By Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi | April 16, 2026

Polly Barton on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s <em>Hell of Solitude</em>

Polly Barton on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Hell of Solitude

“The question then is, what does matter? What do we have when we do not have a story?”

By Polly Barton | April 16, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending April 12, 2026

By Literary Hub | April 16, 2026

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