Here is the Nonfiction Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

Here is the Nonfiction Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

On this, the Nicest Year of the Awards

By Emily Temple | September 13, 2018

Here is the Poetry Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

Here is the Poetry Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

On this, the Nicest Year of the Awards

By Emily Temple | September 13, 2018

The Political Drama That Almost Grounded Project Apollo

The Political Drama That Almost Grounded Project Apollo

"We don’t know a damn thing about the surface of the Moon."

By John Logsdon | September 13, 2018

After the Storm: On the Artist's Life in Puerto Rico, Post-Maria

After the Storm: On the Artist's Life in Puerto Rico, Post-Maria

"Hurricane Maria was not merely a setback or temporary disaster. The threat was existential."

By Jennifer Acker | September 13, 2018

The Translated Literature Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

The Translated Literature Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

On This, the Nicest Year of the Awards

By Emily Temple | September 12, 2018

The Young People's Literature Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

The Young People's Literature Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

On This, the Nicest Year of the Awards

By Emily Temple | September 12, 2018

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So Many Rules to Break: On the Struggles of a Modern Muslim

So Many Rules to Break: On the Struggles of a Modern Muslim

Lur Alghurabi Discovers the Unlikeliest Places of Worship

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18 of the World's Most Striking Libraries, Illustrated

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