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Chana Joffe-Walt on The Best Tape You Can Get

Chana Joffe-Walt on The Best Tape You Can Get

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | July 15, 2026

Sigrid Nunez, Julie Buntin, Pamela Colloff, and more: 20 new books out today!

Sigrid Nunez, Julie Buntin, Pamela Colloff, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | July 14, 2026

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s <em>Beirut Fragments</em>

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s Beirut Fragments

“She does not purport to be braver than she felt at any given time. Instead she is honest about her fear.”

By Angela Flournoy | July 14, 2026

The Cell Phone Novel Craze of Early 2000s Japan Did Not, in Fact, Destroy Literature

The Cell Phone Novel Craze of Early 2000s Japan Did Not, in Fact, Destroy Literature

Nicole Blackwood Charts the Rise and Fall of a Literary Microtrend

By Nicole Blackwood | July 13, 2026

“A Person Should Be in Love Most of the Time.” An[other] Ode to Grace Paley

“A Person Should Be in Love Most of the Time.” An[other] Ode to Grace Paley

Moriel Rothman-Zecher Considers the Writer’s Dual Role as Activist and Artist

By Moriel Rothman-Zecher | July 13, 2026

Intimacy as Art: André Aciman on Eric Rohmer’s <em>Élisabeth</em>

Intimacy as Art: André Aciman on Eric Rohmer’s Élisabeth

“Rohmer’s characters... could all be on time-out and exist on an entirely different planet... But be under no illusion; it is still our world.”

By André Aciman | July 13, 2026

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When Someone Wants to Publish Your Correspondence With a Famous Writer

By Alice Mattison | July 13, 2026

Quietly Flamboyant: In Praise of Sober Queerness

By Jack Parlett | July 13, 2026

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

By Book Marks | July 10, 2026

Remembering Tom Stoppard: <br>A Night at the Theater

Remembering Tom Stoppard:
A Night at the Theater

Morgan Entrekin on the Small Kindnesses of a Literary Giant

By Morgan Entrekin | July 9, 2026

How—and Why—to Cull Your Book Collection

How—and Why—to Cull Your Book Collection

Maris Kreizman on the Joy (and Pain) of Downsizing

By Maris Kreizman | July 9, 2026

If Rachel Aviv Weren’t a Writer, She’d Be a Psychologist

If Rachel Aviv Weren’t a Writer, She’d Be a Psychologist

The Author of You Won’t Get Free of It Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | July 9, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It’s nothing more than hagiography for a dumbass.”

By Book Marks | July 9, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending July 5, 2026

By Literary Hub | July 9, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending July 5, 2026

By Literary Hub | July 9, 2026

Peter Hessler on the Implications of a Chinese Education

Peter Hessler on the Implications of a Chinese Education

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 9, 2026

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