Read from the 2020 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

Read from the 2020 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

From the Aztec Empire to the Birth of Modern Greece, Some of the Best in Contemporary History

By Literary Hub | October 14, 2020

Poets and Revolutionaries: On Grappling with Lebanon's Descent to War

Poets and Revolutionaries: On Grappling with Lebanon's Descent to War

From Kim Ghattas's Cundill Prize-Nominated
Black Wave

By Kim Ghattas | October 14, 2020

The Two Languages That Shaped the History of India

The Two Languages That Shaped the History of India

From Richard M. Eaton's Cundill Prize-Nominated
India in the Persianate Age

By Richard M. Eaton | October 14, 2020

How Waiting for a Cease-Fire Exposed the United States' Influence in the Middle East

How Waiting for a Cease-Fire Exposed the United States' Influence in the Middle East

From Rashid Khalidi's Cundill Prize-Nominated
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

By Rashid Khalidi | October 14, 2020

On Rethinking the 'Modern' in Modern Greece

On Rethinking the 'Modern' in Modern Greece

From Roderick Beaton Greece's Cundill-Prize Nominated Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

By Roderick Beaton | October 14, 2020

How a Commissary General and His Clerks Dispossessed Thousands of Their Native Land

How a Commissary General and His Clerks Dispossessed Thousands of Their Native Land

From Claudio Saunt's Cundill Prize-Nominated
Unworthy Republic

By Claudio Saunt | October 14, 2020

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Bryan Washington's new novel will be adapted for television.

By Corinne Segal | October 13, 2020

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | October 13, 2020

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By Kiki Nicole | October 12, 2020

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | October 9, 2020

Charlie Kaufman is adapting Yōko Ogawa's <em>The Memory Police</em> into a feature film.

Charlie Kaufman is adapting Yōko Ogawa's The Memory Police into a feature film.

By Dan Sheehan | October 9, 2020

Antibody: Starring Makenna Goodman, Hari Kunzru, and Sigrid Nunez

Antibody: Starring Makenna Goodman, Hari Kunzru, and Sigrid Nunez

With Your Host Brian Gresko

By The Antibody Reading Series | October 8, 2020

Louise Glück has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Louise Glück has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

By Jonny Diamond | October 8, 2020

Because there is no morality in capitalism, Fox News is getting its own imprint at HarperCollins.

Because there is no morality in capitalism, Fox News is getting its own imprint at HarperCollins.

By Aaron Robertson | October 7, 2020

It's been a bittersweet week for surf literature.

It's been a bittersweet week for surf literature.

By Dan Sheehan | October 7, 2020

Sarah Hall is the first writer to win the BBC Short Story Award twice.

Sarah Hall is the first writer to win the BBC Short Story Award twice.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 6, 2020

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