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The Politics of Care and Resistance in the Work of a Forgotten Pulitzer Prize-Winner

The Politics of Care and Resistance in the Work of a Forgotten Pulitzer Prize-Winner

Finding Hope in the Stories of Zona Gale

By Deborah Williams | July 14, 2025

Even Better the Second (or Third, or Fourth...) Time: In Praise of Re-Reading

Even Better the Second (or Third, or Fourth...) Time: In Praise of Re-Reading

Kathy Wang: “There are certain books where...the pleasure there isn’t really the ending but rather the journey.”

By Kathy Wang | July 14, 2025

Other Worlds, Other Futures: On <em>Black Panther</em> and the Dream of Escapist Emancipation

Other Worlds, Other Futures: On Black Panther and the Dream of Escapist Emancipation

Ekow Eshun Explores the Possibilities of Black Futures That Transcend the Expectations of Modernity

By Ekow Eshun | July 11, 2025

Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White

Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White

“I think writing is mainly work.”

By Sam Weller | July 11, 2025

Irenosen Okojie on Creating New Mythologies

Irenosen Okojie on Creating New Mythologies

In Praise of the Excitement of Reinterpretation

By Irenosen Okojie | July 11, 2025

Genre is a Container, Not a Cage, a Tool, Not a Limitation

Genre is a Container, Not a Cage, a Tool, Not a Limitation

Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante on the Importance Writing Outside Your Comfort Zone

By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante | July 11, 2025

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War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

By Wanjeri Gakuru | July 11, 2025

Edmund White: Remembering a Doyen of LGBTQ+ Literature and His Mentorship

By Michael T. Luongo | July 11, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | July 11, 2025

“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

On One of America’s Great Poets, Gone at 84

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 10, 2025

A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon... Or Both?

A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon... Or Both?

“When you're disgustingly wealthy, your days don’t have to be touched by banal oppressors, like the office or public transportation.”

By Brittany Allen | July 10, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A book about the destruction of bohemia and the nightmare of trying to live—let alone make art—with very little money.”

By Book Marks | July 10, 2025

Raina Lipsitz on Mamdani, DSA, and the Rise of a New Left

Raina Lipsitz on Mamdani, DSA, and the Rise of a New Left

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 10, 2025

Cushty, Prat, Cowson... and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America

Cushty, Prat, Cowson... and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America

Christopher J. Yates on Language Nostalgia

By Christopher J. Yates | July 9, 2025

Cruising the Holy Highway: Mary Jo Bang Journeys Through Dante’s “Paradiso”

Cruising the Holy Highway: Mary Jo Bang Journeys Through Dante’s “Paradiso”

From the Introduction to a New Translation of the Heavenly Portion of "The Divine Comedy"

By Mary Jo Bang | July 9, 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

In Case You Need More Books to Read...

By Drew Broussard | July 8, 2025

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