Writing About Life in America Before Roe v. Wade, in Fiction and in Memoir

Writing About Life in America Before Roe v. Wade, in Fiction and in Memoir

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How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

Max Rudin’s Reflects on the History of the Press at the 2026 Whiting Awards Ceremony   

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Here are the finalists for the NYPL’s 2026 Young Lions Fiction Award.

Here are the finalists for the NYPL’s 2026 Young Lions Fiction Award.

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Why you should be reading Nancy Lemann’s nonfiction, too.

Why you should be reading Nancy Lemann’s nonfiction, too.

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One great poem to read today: William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 28”

One great poem to read today: William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 28”

By Drew Broussard | April 23, 2026

Bernd Heinrich on His Life in the Maine Woods

Bernd Heinrich on His Life in the Maine Woods

“It was all like an impossible dream come true.”

By Bernd Heinrich | April 23, 2026

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