How a Fabulist Painting Showed Jenny Fran Davis the Cover of <em>Dykette</em>

How a Fabulist Painting Showed Jenny Fran Davis the Cover of Dykette

On the Magical-Realist Painter John Wilde, Butches and Femmes, and How the Author Saw Herself In An Artwork

By Jenny Fran Davis | May 24, 2023

On Xi Jinping’s Purges and the Contradictions of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

On Xi Jinping’s Purges and the Contradictions of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

“Too much fear can paralyze the bureaucracy.”

By Chun Han Wong | May 24, 2023

Knopf will publish Gabriel García Márquez's final novel.

Knopf will publish Gabriel García Márquez's final novel.

By Dan Sheehan | May 23, 2023

Haymarket Books is launching a fellowship for writers impacted by the criminal legal system.

Haymarket Books is launching a fellowship for writers impacted by the criminal legal system.

By Literary Hub | May 23, 2023

Just a few hateful parents are responsible for most of the book challenges in America.

Just a few hateful parents are responsible for most of the book challenges in America.

By Jonny Diamond | May 23, 2023

One great short story to read today: Kristin Valdez Quade's

One great short story to read today: Kristin Valdez Quade's "The Five Wounds."

By Emily Temple | May 23, 2023

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Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits Girl, Interrupted 30 Years After Its Publication

By Susanna Kaysen | May 23, 2023

Why the Idea of Western Civilization is More Myth Than History

By Naoíse Mac Sweeney | May 23, 2023

Kwame Alexander on the Legacies of Love Passed Down Through Food

By Kwame Alexander | May 23, 2023

Time For a Change: Rachel Louise Snyder on the Beginning of the End of Her Family

Time For a Change: Rachel Louise Snyder on the Beginning of the End of Her Family

“No child or parent abuse (verbal or physical). Control your anger and your words.”

By Rachel Louise Snyder | May 23, 2023

How Women and Girls Struggle to Pursue Their Interest In Science

How Women and Girls Struggle to Pursue Their Interest In Science

Melissa L. Sevigny on the Need to Tell More Stories About Ordinary Female Scientists

By Melissa L. Sevigny | May 23, 2023

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

“If we can access memories with our thumbs, why bother accurately searing them into our brains?”

By Avery Carpenter Forrey | May 23, 2023

“That Was a Big Part of My Healing.” Kwame Alexander on Narrating His New Memoir

“That Was a Big Part of My Healing.” Kwame Alexander on Narrating His New Memoir

In Conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic

By Behind the Mic | May 23, 2023

Good news: there are more bookstores in the US this year than last.

Good news: there are more bookstores in the US this year than last.

By Jonny Diamond | May 22, 2023

See the cover for Alissa Hattman's <em>Sift</em>

See the cover for Alissa Hattman's Sift

By Literary Hub | May 22, 2023

One great short story to read today: Charles Yu's

One great short story to read today: Charles Yu's "Standard Loneliness Package."

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2023

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