Two New York City books will split this year's $70,000 Gotham Book Prize.

Two New York City books will split this year's $70,000 Gotham Book Prize.

By Emily Temple | April 24, 2023

Definitive proof that publishing your novel won't make you happy.

Definitive proof that publishing your novel won't make you happy.

By Janet Manley | April 24, 2023

These are the 13 books people tried to ban the most in 2022.

These are the 13 books people tried to ban the most in 2022.

By Emily Temple | April 24, 2023

Let's talk about that <em>Great Expectations</em> finale.

Let's talk about that Great Expectations finale.

By Janet Manley | April 24, 2023

Announcing the Winners of the 2023 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Announcing the Winners of the 2023 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Lauren Groff on This Year's Winners and the "Infinitely Malleable, Gorgeously Economical, and Endlessly Surprising" Short Story Form

By Lauren Groff | April 24, 2023

Julie Buntin on the Uncanny Omniscience of Judy Blume

Julie Buntin on the Uncanny Omniscience of Judy Blume

Tracing a Girlhood Through the Books That Predicted It

By Julie Buntin | April 24, 2023

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The Monstrousness Lurking Inside Motherhood

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What is The Power Trying to Say?

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On Smuggling a Book Into the Psych Ward

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<em>Black Shakespeare</em>: Ian Smith on Systematic Whiteness and Transforming the Way We Interpret Shakespeare

Black Shakespeare: Ian Smith on Systematic Whiteness and Transforming the Way We Interpret Shakespeare

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 24, 2023

Sam Lee on the Musical Kinship Between Folk Music and Birdsong

Sam Lee on the Musical Kinship Between Folk Music and Birdsong

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Ruchira Gupta on Empowering Girls to Fight Against Child Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

Ruchira Gupta on Empowering Girls to Fight Against Child Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 24, 2023

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar on Resisting Al Qaeda, Reading John Stuart Mill, and Eating a Good Kebab

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar on Resisting Al Qaeda, Reading John Stuart Mill, and Eating a Good Kebab

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Peter Grinspoon, MD, Untangles the Truth About Marijuana

Peter Grinspoon, MD, Untangles the Truth About Marijuana

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Hilary Mantel had an unpublished Jane Austen-inspired novel.

Hilary Mantel had an unpublished Jane Austen-inspired novel.

By Janet Manley | April 21, 2023

Take a Sigh of Relief: <em>Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.</em> is Wonderful

Take a Sigh of Relief: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is Wonderful

The 53-Year Wait Was Worth It

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 21, 2023

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