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Guantánamo Diary

Guantánamo Diary

Mohamedou Ould Slahi

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 8, 2015

How the Book Business Invented Modern Gift-Giving

How the Book Business Invented Modern Gift-Giving

Gold, Frankincense, and Gift Books

By Michael Bourne | December 8, 2015

Five Books Making News This Week: Artists, Anonymity, and Rock 'n' Roll

Five Books Making News This Week: Artists, Anonymity, and Rock 'n' Roll

Molly Crabapple, Greil Marcus, Adrian Tomine and More

By Jane Ciabattari | December 8, 2015

The Staff Shelf: WORD

The Staff Shelf: WORD

What are booksellers reading?

By Interview with a Bookstore | December 8, 2015

Announcing the PEN Longlists, Pt. 1

Announcing the PEN Longlists, Pt. 1

The PEN/Robert W. Bingham and PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Awards

By Literary Hub | December 7, 2015

At the Coolest NYC Invite-Only Publishing Holiday Fundraiser

At the Coolest NYC Invite-Only Publishing Holiday Fundraiser

Don't worry, we weren't invited either

By Emily Firetog and Blair Beusman | December 7, 2015

Best Reviewed
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  • The Six Loves of James I

Zagreb: Dark Heart, Darker Lit

By Ivan Srsen | December 7, 2015

Interview with a Bookstore: WORD

By Interview with a Bookstore | December 7, 2015

In an Arctic That Never Was, and Will Soon Be No More

By Ben Shattuck | December 4, 2015

Bette Howland: The Tale of a Forgotten Genius

Bette Howland: The Tale of a Forgotten Genius

How Brigid Hughes Discovered a Lost Writer, and Her Letters From Saul Bellow

By A.N. Devers | December 4, 2015

Lunacy at St Elizabeths

Lunacy at St Elizabeths

A. David Moody

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 4, 2015

Why I Bought PANK

Why I Bought PANK

The Rise and Fall and Rise of a Great American Journal

By John Gosslee | December 4, 2015

The Man Who Made Millions From Old Comics in a Closet

The Man Who Made Millions From Old Comics in a Closet

How a Life-Changing Collection Almost Ended Up in a Bin

By Rebecca Rego Barry | December 3, 2015

How to Read a Movie Like a Book

How to Read a Movie Like a Book

In Which Richard Brody Completely Misses the Point of Brooklyn, the Movie

By Bridget Read | December 3, 2015

The Joy of Writing about <em>The Joy of Painting</em>

The Joy of Writing about The Joy of Painting

In Which Bob Ross is Compared to God, Creator of Worlds

By Toby Fehily | December 2, 2015

Custer's Trials

Custer's Trials

T. J. Stiles

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 2, 2015

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