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Why Women Need Fairy Tales to Stay Rooted in Their Own Lives

Why Women Need Fairy Tales to Stay Rooted in Their Own Lives

“Sometimes the stories you need arrive right on time and change everything...”

By Sharon Blackie | June 3, 2026

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Ed Simon Rereads Howl, a ”Genuine Masterpiece”

By Ed Simon | June 3, 2026

What Do Arthurian Legend and <em>All My Children</em> Have in Common?

What Do Arthurian Legend and All My Children Have in Common?

John Glynn Explores the Similarities Between Soap Operas and Medieval Epics

By John Glynn | June 3, 2026

Lucy Sante on <em>An Anthology of New York Poets</em>

Lucy Sante on An Anthology of New York Poets

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 3, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in June

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in June

From Natural Histories of American Megafauna to Domestic Memoirs of Parenting While Trans, This Month Has Something For Everyone

By Literary Hub | June 2, 2026

What Co-Writing a Book on Shakespeare Taught Us About Marriage and Parenthood

What Co-Writing a Book on Shakespeare Taught Us About Marriage and Parenthood

Charles O’Malley and Scott W. Stern on Balancing the Demands of Publishing and Family

By Charles O’Malley and Scott W. Stern | June 2, 2026

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Melissa Albert Recommends Six Books Centered Around Art That Doesn’t Actually Exist

By Melissa Albert | June 2, 2026

How Do You Write a “Mighty Book” in 2026?

By Alexander Starritt | June 2, 2026

Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Ruth Ozeki and more: 21 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | June 2, 2026

Unicorn Diversions, Robot Valets, and More: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Unicorn Diversions, Robot Valets, and More: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Natalie Zutter Recommends New SFF From Katherine Arden, Angela Mi Young Hur, Paul Tremblay and more

By Natalie Zutter | June 1, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Carson McCullers’s <em>The Heart is a Lonely Hunter</em> is Published

This Week in Literary History: Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is Published

A Classic is Born

By Literary Hub | June 1, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in June 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in June 2026

Caroline Carlson Showcases the Best New Kidlit For the Start of Summer

By Caroline Carlson | June 1, 2026

On Group Portraiture and the Secret Histories of Art: Paul Elie and Julia Cooke in Conversation

On Group Portraiture and the Secret Histories of Art: Paul Elie and Julia Cooke in Conversation

“Insights and kinships emerge almost unbidden—called forth through juxtaposition.”

By Julia Cooke | June 1, 2026

“Vulnerability as a Valid Way.” 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This June

“Vulnerability as a Valid Way.” 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This June

Craig Morgan Teicher Recommends Your Poetry TBR Pile This Month

By Craig Morgan Teicher | June 1, 2026

Lost and Found: On Eileen Myles’s “Bird Watching”

Lost and Found: On Eileen Myles’s “Bird Watching”

CAConrad in Praise of the Poet’s Early Work

By CAConrad | June 1, 2026

Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years

Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years

Sara Youngblood Gregory on the Possibilities Offered For Queer Literature by Speculative Fiction

By Sara Youngblood Gregory | May 29, 2026

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