Booker Prize Winner Paul Lynch on the Fundamental Dignity of the Individual

Booker Prize Winner Paul Lynch on the Fundamental Dignity of the Individual

“Literary style should be a way of knowing how the world is met in its unfolding.”

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Visiting Vonnegut’s Indianapolis

Visiting Vonnegut’s Indianapolis

Taylor Dorrell on the City Where the Legendary Writer Lived (but Was Not Laid to Rest)

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“The Status Quo is Not an Option...” John Vaillant on Our Climate Future

“The Status Quo is Not an Option...” John Vaillant on Our Climate Future

Alex Clark on the 2023 Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

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How a Mutiny on the <em>Somers</em> Changed America

How a Mutiny on the Somers Changed America

“No case of the century, prior to the assassination of President Lincoln, aroused as much interest and passion.”

By Richard Snow | November 21, 2023

“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

A Lit Mag Embraces Colorful Design and Literary Translation

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Here are the bookies' odds for the 2023 Booker Prize.

Here are the bookies' odds for the 2023 Booker Prize.

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Why We Should Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

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In a new Joan Didion biopic,

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Here's the winner of the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize.

Here's the winner of the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize.

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Why Toni Morrison Left Publishing

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Dan Sinykin on Black Editors, White Publishers, and Beloved

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