Why Book Festivals Matter, Even in a Time of War

Why Book Festivals Matter, Even in a Time of War

An Invitation to Join the Lviv BookForum, Programmed Virtually Around the World

By Sofia Cheliak | October 5, 2022

“My Journal Became My Confidant.” Coming of Age as a Queer Jamaican Boy in the Belly of America

“My Journal Became My Confidant.” Coming of Age as a Queer Jamaican Boy in the Belly of America

Prince Shakur on Seeking Solace in Books in His Tumultuous Early Teenage Years

By Prince Shakur | October 5, 2022

Twenty Strangers on a Boat in the Dark: Javier Zamora on His Childhood Migration

Twenty Strangers on a Boat in the Dark: Javier Zamora on His Childhood Migration

From His New Memoir Solito

By Javier Zamora | October 5, 2022

What Woody Allen’s <em>Manhattan</em> Tells Us About Society’s Relationship With Powerful Men

What Woody Allen’s Manhattan Tells Us About Society’s Relationship With Powerful Men

Erin Keane On Undoing Self-Made Cinematic and Family Myths

By Erin Keane | October 5, 2022

“The land of the Mayombe doesn’t want us.” The Brutality and Folly of the Construction of the Congo-Océan Railroad

“The land of the Mayombe doesn’t want us.” The Brutality and Folly of the Construction of the Congo-Océan Railroad

J. P. Daughton on the Unspeakable Toll of the Colonial Project

By J. P. Daughton | October 5, 2022

The Pulse of American Life: On Emily Post’s Evolving Legacy

The Pulse of American Life: On Emily Post’s Evolving Legacy

“She was the source for American etiquette and manners advice.”

By Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning | October 5, 2022

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From Ovid to Hawthorne, on the Power and Possibility of Retelling Classic Stories

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Listen to the winner of the 2022 BBC National Short Story Award.

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Read excerpts from the 2022 National Book Award finalists.

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10 literary classics that didn't sell.

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Cover reveal: See the cover for Gerardo Sámano Córdova's <em> Monstrilio</em>.

Cover reveal: See the cover for Gerardo Sámano Córdova's Monstrilio.

By Literary Hub | October 4, 2022

Elizabeth McCracken Traces the Life of a First Edition... Her Own

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On the Books We Can Part With, and Those We Can’t

By Elizabeth McCracken | October 4, 2022

How Virologists in China Worked to Warn the World About COVID-19

How Virologists in China Worked to Warn the World About COVID-19

David Quammen on the Origins of the Coronavirus Pandemic

By David Quammen | October 4, 2022

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