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How (And Why) Primo Levi’s Work Was Once Rejected

How (And Why) Primo Levi’s Work Was Once Rejected

Marco Belpoliti on Collective Memory and Publishing in Post-War Italy

By Marco Belpoliti and Clarissa Botsford | May 26, 2022

Why Elif Batuman’s Been Thinking About “Compulsive Heterosexuality”

Why Elif Batuman’s Been Thinking About “Compulsive Heterosexuality”

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 26, 2022

The Dazzling, Treacherous World of New York City Real Estate

The Dazzling, Treacherous World of New York City Real Estate

From Big Wins to Financial Disasters, Adam Piore Recommends Some of His Favorites Tales of Big Money Life

By Adam Piore | May 26, 2022

The People Who Show Up for You: A Reading List of Unconventional Families

The People Who Show Up for You: A Reading List of Unconventional Families

Amy Feltman Recommends Books by Miranda July, Marie-Helene Bertino, and More

By Amy Feltman | May 26, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Joshua Ferris on Dan Chaon, Maggie Shipstead on Elif Batuman, Jeff VanderMeer on Kim Stanley Robinson, and more

By Book Marks | May 26, 2022

Buddhism’s <em>Dukkha</em> and Hamlet’s Dust: On Shakespeare’s Spiritual Wisdom

Buddhism’s Dukkha and Hamlet’s Dust: On Shakespeare’s Spiritual Wisdom

Lauren Shufran on How Reading Shakespeare Helped Her Better Read Herself

By Lauren Shufran | May 25, 2022

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From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

By Lillian Fishman | May 25, 2022

Sarah Ruhl Tries to Look at Grief Through the Lens of Form

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2022

Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2022

Morgan Talty on Indigenous Literature, Penobscot Culture, and the Villain of Colonialism

Morgan Talty on Indigenous Literature, Penobscot Culture, and the Villain of Colonialism

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | May 25, 2022

Kathryn Miles on the Emotional Toll of Investigating Tragedies—and Why She Carries on

Kathryn Miles on the Emotional Toll of Investigating Tragedies—and Why She Carries on

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 25, 2022

Elif Batuman on the Need For Novels (And When Male Writers Describe Oral Sex)

Elif Batuman on the Need For Novels (And When Male Writers Describe Oral Sex)

Kristin Iversen Talks to the author of Either/Or

By Kristin Iversen | May 24, 2022

On the Ball: In Memory of Roger Angell, 1920-2022

On the Ball: In Memory of Roger Angell, 1920-2022

Michael Lindgren on One of the All-Time Greats

By Michael Lindgren | May 24, 2022

Is Summer Finally Here? 8 Books Set on the Jersey Shore

Is Summer Finally Here? 8 Books Set on the Jersey Shore

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By Katie Runde | May 24, 2022

15 new books to help you get through the week.

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By Katie Yee | May 24, 2022

Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

“She seems to be expressing a solitariness that is unusual, anti-romantic.”

By Elizabeth Hardwick | May 23, 2022

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