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There's Got to Be a Better Way to Categorize the Books We Love

There's Got to Be a Better Way to Categorize the Books We Love

From Lists to Libraries, Literary Nonfiction Has a Classification Problem

By Maggie Anderson | January 9, 2018

Everything You Need to Know About Michael Wolff's <em>Fire and Fury</em>

Everything You Need to Know About Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury

The Trump Exposé That Everyone is Talking About

By Emily Temple | January 5, 2018

Sure, It Gets Better, But Don't Tell 14-Year-Old Me to Wait

Sure, It Gets Better, But Don't Tell 14-Year-Old Me to Wait

James Han Mattson on Just How Hard It Is to Survive Your Teen Years

By James Han Mattson | January 5, 2018

35 Literary Adaptations to Look Forward to in 2018

35 Literary Adaptations to Look Forward to in 2018

Prepare Your Reading Schedule Now

By Emily Temple | January 4, 2018

Want to Hear a Dirty Joke? Get a Woman to Tell It

Want to Hear a Dirty Joke? Get a Woman to Tell It

Eileen Pollack on the Courage and Comic Genius of
Groundbreaking Female Stand-Ups

By Eileen Pollack | January 4, 2018

Margaret Atwood and Andrew O'Hagan on Fake News, Truth-Telling, and What Fiction Can Do

Margaret Atwood and Andrew O'Hagan on Fake News, Truth-Telling, and What Fiction Can Do

Part Two of Their Conversation with John Freeman

By Literary Hub | January 4, 2018

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On the Pain of Being a Secret High School Geek (and Sometime Freak)

By Sam Graham-Felsen | January 3, 2018

How to Dig a Hole—and Other Pieces of 1,000-Year-Old Wisdom

By Alexander Laglands | January 2, 2018

One Man's Escape From North Korea

By Masaji Ishikawa | January 2, 2018

Five Books Making News This Week (Plus a Few Extra)

Five Books Making News This Week (Plus a Few Extra)

Dave Eggers, Myriam Gurba, Yan Lianke, and More

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40 Overlooked Books from 2017, as Chosen By Booksellers

40 Overlooked Books from 2017, as Chosen By Booksellers

A Year-End Reading List from America's Great Readers

By Literary Hub | December 30, 2017

Mourning Sue Grafton

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The Crime Fiction Titan Has Died at Age 77

By Literary Hub | December 29, 2017

How to Sanitize a Hateful Troll

How to Sanitize a Hateful Troll

Changing Hate Speech Into Dog Whistles Doesn't Make it Acceptable

By Blair Beusman | December 29, 2017

Counting Down the Top Literary News Stories of 2017: 20 to 11

Counting Down the Top Literary News Stories of 2017: 20 to 11

From Sylvia Plath in a Bikini to the Hillbilly Whisperer

By Literary Hub | December 29, 2017

Spending New Year's Eve On a Train With No Midnight

Spending New Year's Eve On a Train With No Midnight

Joseph Keckler: Citizen of the Future

By Joseph Keckler | December 29, 2017

Where Can Hollywood's Reboot Obsession Go From Here?

Where Can Hollywood's Reboot Obsession Go From Here?

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