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James Baldwin! Octavia Butler! Deadwood! 20 new books out today.

James Baldwin! Octavia Butler! Deadwood! 20 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 19, 2025

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Ed Simon Considers the Enduring Impact of the Atomic Bomb on Artistic and Literary Production

By Ed Simon | August 18, 2025

A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

The Author of "Strong Roots" Paints a Portrait of Her Ancestral Land in the Wake of Russia's Invasion

By Olia Hercules | August 15, 2025

Nancy Reddy on Finding the Plot in Your Own Life

Nancy Reddy on Finding the Plot in Your Own Life

“The most moving memoirs are the ones in which you see someone transformed.”

By Nancy Reddy | August 15, 2025

“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

Huda Fakhreddine: “A real poem is never only of the moment. A real poem defeats time, every time.”

By Nima Hasan | August 15, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The author is a professional contrarian, which pretty much means she can bounce off others to naysay whenever so moved.”

By Book Marks | August 14, 2025

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Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

By Emma Sloley | August 14, 2025

The Night the Warring Poet Clans of NYC Came Together in Peace

By Nathan Kernan | August 14, 2025

Will Bardenwerper on Baseball’s Betrayal of Its Minor League Roots

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 14, 2025

The View From Gaza—As Seen Through WB Yeats’s Widening Gyre

The View From Gaza—As Seen Through WB Yeats’s Widening Gyre

From Inside the Besieged Strip, Alaa Alqaisi on Life as a “Sustained Dismantling of the Soul”

By Alaa Alqaisi | August 13, 2025

Anthony Vahni Capildeo on Kimberly Campanello's <em>An Interesting Detail</em>

Anthony Vahni Capildeo on Kimberly Campanello's An Interesting Detail

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

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | August 13, 2025

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

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

Tim Queeney Explores Ropemaking, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Jeremiah N. Reynolds’s Wild Tale

By Tim Queeney | August 12, 2025

Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?

Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?

Jess deCourcy Considers the Staying Power of Green Eggs and Ham

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | August 12, 2025

Constantine Cavafy: The Making of a Poet

Constantine Cavafy: The Making of a Poet

Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys on the Artistic Journey of Modern Greek Literature’s Most Distinguished Poetic Voice

By Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys | August 12, 2025

Tobias Wolff on Adrienne Salinger’s Iconic <em>Teenagers in Their Bedrooms</em> Thirty Years Later

Tobias Wolff on Adrienne Salinger’s Iconic Teenagers in Their Bedrooms Thirty Years Later

“The humanity of these young faces implies a depth of feeling and experience that their histories confirm.”

By Literary Hub | August 12, 2025

Jessica Francis Kane on Fictionalizing Penelope Fitzgerald’s Mexican Sojurn

Jessica Francis Kane on Fictionalizing Penelope Fitzgerald’s Mexican Sojurn

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Fonseca”

By Jane Ciabattari | August 12, 2025

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