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Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

The Author of “The Dry Season” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

By Sarah Viren | June 4, 2025

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

From His Keynote Speech from the 2025 Whiting Awards Ceremony

By Ocean Vuong | June 4, 2025

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Mark Kriegel on Tyson’s Unstable Childhood, Lorna Mae, and the Fighter’s Historic Obsession

By Mark Kriegel | June 4, 2025

What Does a Million Years Mean to You? Five Books That Explore Deep Time

What Does a Million Years Mean to You? Five Books That Explore Deep Time

Tim Weed Recommends Robert Hazen, Marcia Bjornerud, Thomas Halliday and More

By Tim Weed | June 4, 2025

Novelist’s Nonfiction: Writing Across the Gaps in the Record

Novelist’s Nonfiction: Writing Across the Gaps in the Record

Aidan Ryan on Applying His Background in Fiction to the Challenges of Biography

By Aidan Ryan | June 4, 2025

Learning Luxury: Exploring the History and Practice of High-End Hospitality

Learning Luxury: Exploring the History and Practice of High-End Hospitality

Maggie Stiefvater: “Here is another way luxury differs from wealth. Wealth does what you tell it to. Luxury surprises you.”

By Maggie Stiefvater | June 4, 2025

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Bernardine Evaristo has been awarded the Women's Prize for Fiction's Outstanding Contribution Award.

By Literary Hub | June 3, 2025

My book recommendations versus your book recommendations.

By James Folta | June 3, 2025

Molly Jong-Fast on Human Frailty and Unlearning Erica Jong’s Lessons

By Molly Jong-Fast | June 3, 2025

How Britain’s 1980s Anti-Gay Laws Impacted a Generation of Young LGBTQ Readers

How Britain’s 1980s Anti-Gay Laws Impacted a Generation of Young LGBTQ Readers

Claire Lynch on the Legacy of Section 28 and the Parallels With Current Book Bans Across the Pond

By Claire Lynch | June 3, 2025

From Charlottesville to the White House: How the “Unite the Right” Rally Altered American Politics

From Charlottesville to the White House: How the “Unite the Right” Rally Altered American Politics

Deborah Baker on Richard Spencer, White Nationalism, and the Challenges of Covering Neo-Nazis

By Deborah Baker | June 3, 2025

The Loneliest Time of the Year: On the Memories That Chase You During the Holiday Season

The Loneliest Time of the Year: On the Memories That Chase You During the Holiday Season

Anelise Chen: “She could plaster over her past memories with this new memory in which the territory belonged to her alone.”

By Anelise Chen | June 3, 2025

Four Great Sports Books That Go Way Beyond the Game

Four Great Sports Books That Go Way Beyond the Game

S.L. Price Recommends Frederick Exley, Mark Harris, Buzz Bissinger and More

By S. L. Price | June 3, 2025

All the fake books in Wes Anderson's multiverse, ranked.

All the fake books in Wes Anderson's multiverse, ranked.

By Brittany Allen | June 2, 2025

A Place of Healing: Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Medicinal Plants of the Adirondacks

A Place of Healing: Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Medicinal Plants of the Adirondacks

"If we value the medicine the land offers us so generously, we must become medicine for the land."

By Robin Wall Kimmerer | June 2, 2025

Chronicle of a Hard-Won Defeat: Steve Prefontaine's Olympic Debut

Chronicle of a Hard-Won Defeat: Steve Prefontaine's Olympic Debut

Brendan O’Meara on the Star Runner's Performance at the 1972 Summer Games

By Brendan O’Meara | June 2, 2025

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