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The longlist nominees for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction are. . .

The longlist nominees for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction are. . .

By Aaron Robertson | September 12, 2019

Watch the creepy first trailer for <em>Dublin Murders</em>, based on Tana French's novels.

Watch the creepy first trailer for Dublin Murders, based on Tana French's novels.

By Dan Sheehan | September 12, 2019

Edmund White will receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation.

Edmund White will receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation.

By Eleni Theodoropoulos | September 12, 2019

A Brief History of Mostly Terrible Campaign Biographies

A Brief History of Mostly Terrible Campaign Biographies

“No harm if true; but, in fact, not true.” (Buckle Up for 2020)

By Jaime Fuller | September 12, 2019

A Legendary Publishing House's Most Infamous Rejection Letters

A Legendary Publishing House's Most Infamous Rejection Letters

When Faber & Faber’s T.S. Eliot Passed on George Orwell (and More)

By Toby Faber | September 12, 2019

When D.H. Lawrence's

When D.H. Lawrence's "Unlovely" Paintings Were Confiscated by Scotland Yard

NSFW (If You're a Cop)

By Emily Temple | September 12, 2019

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The Eerily Prescient Lessons of
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Tangled Histories of Family and Empire, England and Jamaica

Hazel V. Carby on Generations of a Black British Family

By Hazel V. Carby | September 12, 2019

On the Iconic Iraqi Writer Who Modernized Poetic Forms

On the Iconic Iraqi Writer Who Modernized Poetic Forms

Fadhil al-Azzawi, a Countercultural Literary Force

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<em>Oxford American</em>, one of the great lit mags of the American South, gets a facelift.

Oxford American, one of the great lit mags of the American South, gets a facelift.

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Area woman heads to town and impulse-buys entire bookstore.

Area woman heads to town and impulse-buys entire bookstore.

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Susan Sontag reacting to 9/11 in <em>The New Yorker</em> remains essential reading.

Susan Sontag reacting to 9/11 in The New Yorker remains essential reading.

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Laura van den Berg on Divining the Unseeable, and Her Family's History with the Paranormal

Laura van den Berg on Divining the Unseeable, and Her Family's History with the Paranormal

From Tarot Readings on Book Tour, to a Medium for Pets

By Laura van den Berg | September 11, 2019

Stop Treating Rural White Voters as a Monolith

Stop Treating Rural White Voters as a Monolith

Christopher Ingraham on the Importance of Understanding
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