Unimprovable Penis-Forward Poems and More! Seven Poetry Books to Read This August

Unimprovable Penis-Forward Poems and More! Seven Poetry Books to Read This August

Christopher Spaide Recommends Taylor Byas, Heather Christle, bruno darío and More

By Christopher Spaide | August 1, 2025

Audre Lorde! Elizabeth Strout! Oscar Wilde! 25 books out in paperback this August.

Audre Lorde! Elizabeth Strout! Oscar Wilde! 25 books out in paperback this August.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 1, 2025

On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

Meg Pillow Unpacks an Archetype and Tells Her Own Story

By Meg Pillow | July 31, 2025

<em>Vanity Fair</em>’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows

Vanity Fair’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 31, 2025

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Gary Shteyngart, Michael Clune, Ed Park, and More

By Dan Sheehan | July 31, 2025

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Love at Sea, Amelia Earhart, the Roma, and More

By Book Marks | July 31, 2025

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  • The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
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The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of August

By Audiofile Magazine | July 31, 2025

“If God Were Like Chekhov, I Would Be Consoled.” On the Privileges of Misery

By Philip Metres | July 30, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | July 30, 2025

Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of “An Oral History of Atlantis”

By Eric Olson | July 30, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Gustav Flaubert, Yiyun Li, Francesca Wade, and Others

By Diana Arterian | July 30, 2025

Roy Williams on Dael Orlandersmith’s <em>Yellowman</em>

Roy Williams on Dael Orlandersmith’s Yellowman

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

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 30, 2025

Ed Park Can’t Stop Thinking About Zabar’s Strudel

Ed Park Can’t Stop Thinking About Zabar’s Strudel

The Author of “An Oral History of Atlantis” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | July 29, 2025

Rax King! Writers on writing! Gwyneth Paltrow? 16 new books out today!

Rax King! Writers on writing! Gwyneth Paltrow? 16 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 29, 2025

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

“In literature I have found a landscape or galaxy that is vaster and more enduring than a country or a state.”

By Ha Jin | July 28, 2025

Small Book, Big Ideas: <em>Harold and the Purple Crayon</em> and the Art of Imagination

Small Book, Big Ideas: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Art of Imagination

Philip Nel on the Enduring Cultural Legacy of a Children’s Classic

By Philip Nel | July 28, 2025

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