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A Deal With the Devil: What the Age-Old Faustian Bargain Reveals About the Modern World

A Deal With the Devil: What the Age-Old Faustian Bargain Reveals About the Modern World

Ed Simon on "The Most Important Story Ever Told," That of Humanity's Transactional Relationship With Evil

By Ed Simon | July 9, 2024

Kevin Barry on Reimagining the Novel: “You Can’t Be Afraid to Go Nuts on the Page”

Kevin Barry on Reimagining the Novel: “You Can’t Be Afraid to Go Nuts on the Page”

Dan Sheehan talks to the author of “The Heart in Winter” about doomed romances in the Mountain West

By Dan Sheehan | July 9, 2024

Christine Smallwood on Going Back to the Text

Christine Smallwood on Going Back to the Text

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | July 9, 2024

What Truman Capote’s <em>In Cold Blood</em> Reveals About Its Author's Intentions

What Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood Reveals About Its Author's Intentions

Rachael Hanel on Teaching a True Crime Classic to Incarcerated Women

By Rachael Hanel | July 8, 2024

Expanding Words, Worlds, and Permissions to Be: Five Powerful Trans Books

Expanding Words, Worlds, and Permissions to Be: Five Powerful Trans Books

KB Brookins Recommends Leslie Feinberg, Akwaeke Emezi, C. Riley Snorton, and More

By KB Brookins | July 8, 2024

Christian Gullette on Architecture in Verse, Grief’s Layers, and Poems as Liminal Spaces

Christian Gullette on Architecture in Verse, Grief’s Layers, and Poems as Liminal Spaces

In Conversation With the Author of “Coachella Elegy”

By Literary Hub | July 8, 2024

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Our 21 Most-Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2024

By Drew Broussard | July 3, 2024

Meet the literary critics who are keeping the culture honest (and sometimes spicy).

By Brittany Allen | July 2, 2024

10 Great New Children’s Books to Throw in Your Beach Bag

By Caroline Carlson | July 2, 2024

Nina Schuyler on Giving a Voice to Nature in Fiction

Nina Schuyler on Giving a Voice to Nature in Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of "In This Ravishing World"

By Jane Ciabattari | July 2, 2024

Joy Williams! Rust Belt writers! Phillip Lopate! 25 new books out today.

Joy Williams! Rust Belt writers! Phillip Lopate! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 2, 2024

Dragon Heists and Choose-Your-Own-Futures: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Dragon Heists and Choose-Your-Own-Futures: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Summer stunners from Peng Shepherd, Aliette de Bodard, and China Miéville and Keanu Reeves

By Natalie Zutter | July 1, 2024

Gravity and Grace: What Becoming a Nurse Teaches You About Being a Poet

Gravity and Grace: What Becoming a Nurse Teaches You About Being a Poet

Dorinda Wegener on Channeling Her Creative Empathy and Curiosity Into the Medical Field

By Dorinda Wegener | July 1, 2024

Bamboo Wives, Biddle City, Coachella, and Cyberspace: Six Poetry Collections to Read in July

Bamboo Wives, Biddle City, Coachella, and Cyberspace: Six Poetry Collections to Read in July

Rebecca Morgan Frank Recommends Marianne Chan, Nicole Cooley, Alan Felsenthal, and Others

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | July 1, 2024

On Co-Writing, Belonging, and Punishing Your Characters: Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett in Conversation

On Co-Writing, Belonging, and Punishing Your Characters: Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett in Conversation

The Authors of “Trust & Safety” Discuss Their New Novel

By Literary Hub | July 1, 2024

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Griffin Dunne, Joni Mitchell, Olivia Laing, and More

By Book Marks | June 28, 2024

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