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33 Joan Didion Book Covers, Ranked

33 Joan Didion Book Covers, Ranked

The List You Never Knew You Always Needed

By Emily Temple | October 27, 2017

The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

Yellow Books, L. Frank Baum's Emerald, and The Color Purple

By Kassia St. Clair | October 27, 2017

The Dreams of Helga Goebbels: From Ulli Lust's New Graphic Novel

The Dreams of Helga Goebbels: From Ulli Lust's New Graphic Novel

An Excerpt from the First Work of Fiction From an Award-Winning Graphic Novelist

By Ulli Lust | October 27, 2017

Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit

Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit

"We Owe it to Them, and Ourselves, to Bear Close Witness"

By Tiya Miles | October 27, 2017

First-Person Stories of the Body Are Much More Than Clickbait

First-Person Stories of the Body Are Much More Than Clickbait

In Praise of Narrative Medicine

By M. Sophia Newman | October 26, 2017

The Libyan Bookshops Staying Open Through Civil War

The Libyan Bookshops Staying Open Through Civil War

"Just don’t ask us why we do it"

By Charlotte Bailey | October 26, 2017

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8 Delusions of Western Democracy We Could Do Without

By Erica Benner | October 26, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Memory, History, and Anxiety

By Jane Ciabattari | October 26, 2017

Come and Eat the World's Largest Shrimp Cocktail in Mexico's Massacre Capital

By Diego Enrique Osorno | October 25, 2017

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Boston

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Boston

From a Bar Called Bukowski's to the Oldest Poetry Bookstore in America

By Oset Babur | October 25, 2017

Learning the Hard Way That Writing a Book is Not Like Writing for TV

Learning the Hard Way That Writing a Book is Not Like Writing for TV

Evany Rosen on Assembling Her Own Personal Writers Room

By Evany Rosen | October 25, 2017

Los Angeles is Getting Its Very Own Bookmobile

Los Angeles is Getting Its Very Own Bookmobile

In a City Where Car is King, the Books Will Come To You

By Matt Grant | October 25, 2017

Meet the Small Nigerian Press With Its Sights Set on the World

Meet the Small Nigerian Press With Its Sights Set on the World

Cassava Republic Wants to Broaden Your Understanding of African Literature

By Shayera Dark | October 25, 2017

America's Enduring Pastime: Baseball, Misogyny, and Reading <em>The Natural</em>

America's Enduring Pastime: Baseball, Misogyny, and Reading The Natural

Sara Novic Examines Her Love for a Game with an Ever-Present Dark Side

By Sara Nović | October 24, 2017

See It Here First: The Cover for Alexander Chee’s New Essay Collection

See It Here First: The Cover for Alexander Chee’s New Essay Collection

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

By Literary Hub | October 24, 2017

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

How 30,000 Enslaved People Gained Freedom by
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By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | October 24, 2017

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