László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.

László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | October 9, 2025

When the American Dream Goes Sideways; Or, Why I Am Not Like JD Vance

When the American Dream Goes Sideways; Or, Why I Am Not Like JD Vance

Georgiann Davis Offers Some Lessons From A Middle School Dropout

By Georgiann Davis | October 9, 2025

In Line With All the Pynchon Fans at the Midnight Release of <em> Shadow Ticket </em>

In Line With All the Pynchon Fans at the Midnight Release of Shadow Ticket

Brittany K. Allen—aka Eustace Meander—Goes Deep Undercover at Greenlight Books

By Brittany Allen | October 9, 2025

The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise

The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise

Maris Kreizman on the Difference Between Cancel Culture and Consequence Culture

By Maris Kreizman | October 9, 2025

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

“These young people, Gen Z Madagascar, will bring down entire paradigms of thought.”

By Raharimanana | October 9, 2025

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

Sarah Curtis: “Maybe we’ve just learned what my teenage daughter does not yet fully know: that to be held to a law is often to be loved.”

By Sarah Curtis | October 9, 2025

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Here are the winners of the 2025 Kirkus Prize.

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Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.

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HarperCollins UK is pulling copies of a book that alleges Epstein introduced Melania and Donald Trump.

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How a Democracy Descends Into Murderous Fascism: On Pinochet’s Chile

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To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

Ed Simon Explores the Terror of Being Buried Alive and Americanism in Poe’s Work

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How American Tech Cartels Use Apps to Break the Law

How American Tech Cartels Use Apps to Break the Law

Cory Doctorow on Big Tech’s Drive to Enshittify Our Lives

By Cory Doctorow | October 8, 2025

Love and Sustenance: Why Indian Mothers Obsess Over Feeding Our Kids

Love and Sustenance: Why Indian Mothers Obsess Over Feeding Our Kids

Yamini Pathak In Praise of Nourishment From Hand to Mouth, For Mothers and Children Alike

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