A Night at the National Book Awards

A Night at the National Book Awards

Surviving by poetry, reading for all, and love for assistants

By Kyle Lucia Wu | November 17, 2017

David France Has Won the 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

David France Has Won the 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

For How to Survive a Plague, a history of activists vs. the AIDS epidemic

By Emily Temple | November 16, 2017

The 2017 National Book Award Winners Announced

The 2017 National Book Award Winners Announced

In Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's Literature

By Emily Temple | November 16, 2017

What George Orwell Wrote About the Dangers of Nationalism

What George Orwell Wrote About the Dangers of Nationalism

On Facts, Fallacies, and Power

By Kristian Williams | November 16, 2017

In Praise of Sayaka Murata

In Praise of Sayaka Murata

John Freeman on a Young Japanese Writer We Should All Be Reading

By John Freeman | November 16, 2017

The Agony of Waiting for a Text, Illustrated

The Agony of Waiting for a Text, Illustrated

A Vignette From a New Book by the Author of Blue is the Warmest Color

By Julie Maroh | November 16, 2017

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The Origin Story of an Iconic Adaptation: The Graduate

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Wishing I Were John McPhee

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Min Jin Lee: Love in the New World

By Min Jin Lee | November 15, 2017

Against Amazon: Seven Arguments, One Manifesto

Against Amazon: Seven Arguments, One Manifesto

"Amazon appropriated our books. We will appropriate Amazon logic."

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Dan Rather: In Search of What Unites Us from 35,000 Feet

Dan Rather: In Search of What Unites Us from 35,000 Feet

A Legendary News Man Hits the Road

By Dan Rather | November 15, 2017

Documenting a Legendary Publisher's Final Project

Documenting a Legendary Publisher's Final Project

Uncovering the Story of Barney Rosset Through Friends, Family, and a Shaman

By Sandy Gotham Meehan | November 15, 2017

Capitalism or Fascism: Which Has Shaped Italy More?

Capitalism or Fascism: Which Has Shaped Italy More?

Umberto Eco on the Lingering Impact of Italy's Dueling Histories

By Umberto Eco | November 15, 2017

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Simon Schama

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Simon Schama

The author of Belonging on loving Tolstoy and being brave

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2017

How Does It Feel to Die in a Tsunami?

How Does It Feel to Die in a Tsunami?

When Everything You Planned Goes Wrong, and Still You Survive

By Richard Lloyd Parry | November 14, 2017

Orhan Pamuk: Taking Photographs in Istanbul

Orhan Pamuk: Taking Photographs in Istanbul

On Memory, Authenticity, and the Photographer Ara Güler

By Orhan Pamuk | November 14, 2017

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