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Why We Still Need Book Festivals

Why We Still Need Book Festivals

Julie Finch’s Keynote Speech From the 2026 London Book Fair

By Julie Finch | March 25, 2026

Louise Erdrich, Han Kang, David Streitfeld, and more: 20 new books out today!

Louise Erdrich, Han Kang, David Streitfeld, and more: 20 new books out today!

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How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

Caroline Tracey on Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Salt Lakes

By Caroline Tracey | March 23, 2026

Pepper Basham on How <em>The Secret Garden</em> Inspired Her Love for British Literature

Pepper Basham on How The Secret Garden Inspired Her Love for British Literature

"I can still find my way there through these pages. Some gardens, it turns out, are always in season."

By Pepper Basham | March 23, 2026

Mieko Kawakami on Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Hope in the Darkness

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In Conversation With Her Translators, Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio

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If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of <em>Wuthering Heights</em>, Read This Book

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“A family is always a bit of a fantasy, requiring some realist puncturing. Every good biographer, then, is a problem child.”

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From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

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Enchantment is Possible

Enchantment is Possible

The Cosmic Library's Proust season reaches its inevitable conclusion!

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Love Stories, Feminism, and Why Cemeteries Are Sexy

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Jessica Ferri on Ann Rower’s Lee and Elaine

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