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Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

On Growing Slowly and Loving “Stunning” Books

By Corinne Segal | July 30, 2021

This is not a drill: we're getting a new Zora Neale Hurston essay collection in 2022.

This is not a drill: we're getting a new Zora Neale Hurston essay collection in 2022.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 29, 2021

Four Torrey Peters novellas will be published by Random House in 2022.

Four Torrey Peters novellas will be published by Random House in 2022.

By Walker Caplan | July 28, 2021

The U.S. has finally taken back the Epic of Gilgamesh . . . from Hobby Lobby.

The U.S. has finally taken back the Epic of Gilgamesh . . . from Hobby Lobby.

By Walker Caplan | July 28, 2021

This year's National Book Awards will be held in person.

This year's National Book Awards will be held in person.

By Emily Temple | July 28, 2021

Read the Winners of This Year’s Insider Prize, Selected by Mitchell S. Jackson

Read the Winners of This Year’s Insider Prize, Selected by Mitchell S. Jackson

American Short Fiction’s 2021 Contest for Incarcerated Writers in Texas

By American Short Fiction | July 28, 2021

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Here's the 2021 Booker Prize longlist.

By Emily Temple | July 27, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | July 23, 2021

Elvis’s annotated copy of The Prophet, gifted to his bodyguard and close friend, is on sale now.

By Walker Caplan | July 23, 2021

Revisiting Raymond Chandler’s most iconic lines.

Revisiting Raymond Chandler’s most iconic lines.

By Dan Sheehan | July 23, 2021

Do yourself a favor and listen to Robin Sloan read <em>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</em>.

Do yourself a favor and listen to Robin Sloan read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

By Emily Temple | July 23, 2021

Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama are teaming up on a book.

Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama are teaming up on a book.

By Walker Caplan | July 22, 2021

Viola Davis is publishing a memoir she describes as

Viola Davis is publishing a memoir she describes as "straight, no chaser."

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 22, 2021

Take a look at the cover for Ocean Vuong’s next book.

Take a look at the cover for Ocean Vuong’s next book.

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Stacey Abrams’s first children’s book will be published in December.

Stacey Abrams’s first children’s book will be published in December.

By Walker Caplan | July 21, 2021

Here are the first reviews of every Ernest Hemingway novel.

Here are the first reviews of every Ernest Hemingway novel.

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