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

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Or: Trapped in a Movie Theater with Salman Rushdie, c. 1996

By Martin Amis | May 22, 2023

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 22, 2023

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

Casey Plett on the Distance Between Author-Selves, Ten Years Apart

By Casey Plett | May 22, 2023

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What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing

By Bethanne Patrick | May 22, 2023

When One of the World’s Largest Flying Machines Crashed in a French Field

By S. C. Gwynne | May 22, 2023

“Smoking Ruins Were All Around Me.” On Experiencing Psychosis For the First Time

By Thomas Melle and Luise von Flotow | May 22, 2023

Arati Kumar-Rao on the Shifting Embrace of the Ganga River

Arati Kumar-Rao on the Shifting Embrace of the Ganga River

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | May 22, 2023

The Raw and the Refined: On the Origins and Making of Peru Balsam

The Raw and the Refined: On the Origins and Making of Peru Balsam

Perfumer Dominique Roques Journeys to the Heart of Scent Production in Central America

By Dominique Roques | May 22, 2023

Anne Elizabeth Moore on Finding Minor Moments That Build a Picture of the World

Anne Elizabeth Moore on Finding Minor Moments That Build a Picture of the World

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 22, 2023

Gretchen Cherington on Investigating Toward Deeper Truths

Gretchen Cherington on Investigating Toward Deeper Truths

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | May 22, 2023

Only in Florida: couple steals rare books, vintage comics, AND endangered tortoises.

Only in Florida: couple steals rare books, vintage comics, AND endangered tortoises.

By Jonny Diamond | May 19, 2023

One great short story to read today: Steven Millhauser's

One great short story to read today: Steven Millhauser's "Miracle Polish."

By Emily Temple | May 19, 2023

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

Also, She Would Still Be Scheduling Dog Surgeries If She Wasn't a Writer

By Literary Hub | May 19, 2023

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