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    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

     
    By Brittany Allen  August 29, 2025
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    The Hub

    Six reissued classics to get hyped for this fall.

    By Brittany Allen  August 19, 2025
    The Hub

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  August 15, 2025
    Literary History

    On “Mocha Dick,” the White Whale of the Pacific that Influenced Herman Melville

    By Tim Queeney  August 12, 2025
    The Hub

    Can you match the novelist to their nom de plume?

    By Brittany Allen  August 11, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Climate Change

    Dreading Those Sunny Days: The Perils of Surviving Without Shade as a Homeless Person

    By Sam Bloch  August 8, 2025
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of July

    By Emily Temple  July 31, 2025
    The Hub

    Rejected pitches for
    The Devil Wears Prada 2.

    By Brittany Allen  July 28, 2025
    News and Culture

    The 14 Best Book Covers of August

    Leading with Art

    By Emily Temple  August 29, 2025
    Architecture

    A Brief History of New York’s First Great Architectural Firm

    By Henry Wiencek  July 22, 2025
    The Hub

    Vladimir Nabokov’s entire backlist is getting a brand new redesign.

    By Emily Temple  July 18, 2025
    Travel

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  July 18, 2025
    Travel

    Black authors’ houses are historically hard to preserve. Here’s why (plus, a few to visit).

    Taking a literary pilgrimage this summer? Visit these historic Black authors' homes.

    By Brittany Allen  July 15, 2025
    The Hub

    Why architecture is like literature: On the Shanghai city block that went for a walk.

    By James Folta  July 11, 2025
    The Hub

    The case against Substack. (ICYMI)

    By Brittany Allen  July 10, 2025
    Book Covers

    The 13 Best Book Covers of June

    By Emily Temple  June 27, 2025
    Forgeries

    How a “Centuries-Old” Carpet Duped Art Dealers and Curators For Decades

    Dorothy Armstrong Explores the History of Real and Fake Antique Textiles, from Central Asia to Europe

    By Dorothy Armstrong  June 18, 2025
    Travel

    Five literary theme parks to blow your vacation days on.

    By Brittany Allen  June 17, 2025
    The Hub

    Dad Books: a flowchart.

    By Brittany Allen  June 11, 2025
    Literary Magazines

    First Impressions: 15 Years of The Common Through Its Covers

    By Kei Lim  June 9, 2025
    The Hub

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  June 6, 2025
    The Hub

    New Yorkers can meet the Moomins at a new exhibit. (And for everyone else, here’s a sneak preview.)

    By Brittany Allen  June 5, 2025
    The Hub

    All the fake books in Wes Anderson’s multiverse, ranked.

    By Brittany Allen  June 2, 2025
    The Hub

    Why Clueless is still the best Austen adaptation to ever do it.

    By Brittany Allen  July 23, 2025
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