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Puzzlement Over Answers: On Fiction as a Mode of Inquiry

Puzzlement Over Answers: On Fiction as a Mode of Inquiry

Mary Lane Potter Considers Stories by Clarice Lispector, Kevin McIlvoy, and Alva Noë

By Mary Lane Potter | January 19, 2024

Why is March 2024 the Best Month in Years For Books?

Why is March 2024 the Best Month in Years For Books?

In Her Debut Column, Maris Kreizman Considers This Spring’s Flood of Great Books

By Maris Kreizman | January 18, 2024

Why We Should All Read <br>Hannah Arendt Now

Why We Should All Read
Hannah Arendt Now

Lyndsey Stonebridge on “The Origins of Totalitarianism” and the Failure of Democracy

By Lyndsey Stonebridge | January 18, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A hallucinatory rummaging through the mind of a broken man.”

By Book Marks | January 18, 2024

Former Biden Speechwriter Nate Rawlings on Claudine Gay, Neil Gorsuch, and the Politics of Plagiarism

Former Biden Speechwriter Nate Rawlings on Claudine Gay, Neil Gorsuch, and the Politics of Plagiarism

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 18, 2024

Why Nonfiction Writers Should Try Writing Fiction (and Vice Versa)

Why Nonfiction Writers Should Try Writing Fiction (and Vice Versa)

Abbott Kahler on How Real Life Informs Fiction

By Abbott Kahler | January 17, 2024

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The Music of Other Tongues: On Translating Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry

By Literary Hub | January 17, 2024

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

By Jitka Čejková | January 16, 2024

Transcending the Mundane: On Fictional Characters in Search of Utopias

By Tara Isabella Burton | January 16, 2024

“Mean Girls!” Life lessons from Hannah Arendt! 23 new books out today.

“Mean Girls!” Life lessons from Hannah Arendt! 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 16, 2024

For the Love of Plants: 11 Books on Nature and Conservation Coming Out in 2024

For the Love of Plants: 11 Books on Nature and Conservation Coming Out in 2024

Amy Brady Recommends Erika Howsare, Miriam Darlington, Zoë Schlanger, and More

By Amy Brady | January 12, 2024

An Ode to Acknowledgements

An Ode to Acknowledgements

Sarah Wheeler on the Joy of Learning About the Village Behind a Book

By Sarah Wheeler | January 12, 2024

Taking Down the System, Seductively: On Women Who Use Beauty as Currency

Taking Down the System, Seductively: On Women Who Use Beauty as Currency

Celine Saintclare Recommends Mona Awad, Emma Cline, Frances Cha, and More

By Celine Saintclare | January 12, 2024

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Hisham Matar, Álvaro Enrigue, Rachel Slade, and More

By Book Marks | January 12, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is not a banal sentence or purple patch to be found in this book, which only a poet could have written.”

By Book Marks | January 11, 2024

The Element That Defines America: Ten Great American Poems (and a Whole Book of Poetry) About Fire

The Element That Defines America: Ten Great American Poems (and a Whole Book of Poetry) About Fire

Katie Peterson Recommends Work by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Douglas Kearney, and More

By Katie Peterson | January 11, 2024

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