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Joan Didion and Eve Babitz! Rachel Kushner! 25 books out in paperback this July.

Joan Didion and Eve Babitz! Rachel Kushner! 25 books out in paperback this July.

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 27, 2025

Am I the Asshole For Sabotaging My Own Writing Before Even Starting?

Am I the Asshole For Sabotaging My Own Writing Before Even Starting?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | June 26, 2025

The Magical Mundane: Work, Technology and Consumerism in the World of <em>Harry Potter</em>

The Magical Mundane: Work, Technology and Consumerism in the World of Harry Potter

Keridiana Chez Explores the Role of Magic as Instant Gratification and Automation in the Potter-Verse

By Keridiana Chez | June 26, 2025

For Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, There Must Be Poetry in a Time of Genocide

For Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, There Must Be Poetry in a Time of Genocide

Cindy Juyoung Ok Talks to the National Book Award-Winning Author of “Something About Living”

By Cindy Juyoung Ok | June 26, 2025

Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Nicola Wilson on the Book Society, Hugh Walpole, and Lynd’s Overshadowed Author Career

By Nicola Wilson | June 26, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A great, galloping read, pointed and provocative; the kind of book you might call a good bad time.”

By Book Marks | June 26, 2025

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Ernesto Londoño on the Personal Cost of Minnesota’s Political Killings

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 26, 2025

Renee Gladman Makes Prose Spiral

By Thresholds | June 25, 2025

Gatsby’s Lost Plaintiffs: On the Absurd Fiction of Legal Equality in America

By Aron Solomon | June 24, 2025

5 Great Literary Mysteries Set in Coastal Massachusetts

5 Great Literary Mysteries Set in Coastal Massachusetts

Plus a Few More Where the Only Mystery is Who’s Sleeping With Whom

By Dwyer Murphy | June 24, 2025

Eurydice at 18: On the Off-Broadway Revival of Sarah Ruhl’s Beloved Play

Eurydice at 18: On the Off-Broadway Revival of Sarah Ruhl’s Beloved Play

Pamela Newton Considers the Impact of the ur-Ruhl Production

By Pamela Newton | June 24, 2025

Sibling Duos, Trios, Quartets, and More: Nine Stories and Folktales Featuring Sisters

Sibling Duos, Trios, Quartets, and More: Nine Stories and Folktales Featuring Sisters

Fran Littlewood Recommends Alison Espach, Katherine Mansfield, the Brothers Grimm, and Others

By Fran Littlewood | June 24, 2025

Hal Ebbott on Writing a Novel of Male Friendship

Hal Ebbott on Writing a Novel of Male Friendship

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Among Friends”

By Jane Ciabattari | June 24, 2025

Belle Starr! Agatha Christie! A reality-TV <em>Lord of the Flies</em>! 22 new books out today.

Belle Starr! Agatha Christie! A reality-TV Lord of the Flies! 22 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 24, 2025

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Benjamin Hale Remembers His Literary Mentor

By Benjamin Hale | June 23, 2025

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

Ed Simon Looks at Eduard Limonov, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Yukio Mishima, and Others

By Ed Simon | June 23, 2025

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