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Letter From Minnesota: Waiting For the Barbarians to Get the F*ck Out 

Letter From Minnesota: Waiting For the Barbarians to Get the F*ck Out 

Zeke Caligiuri on Coming Home, and Finding Pride in His City

By Zeke Caligiuri | February 20, 2026

What Growing Up On Mars Would Do to the Human Body

What Growing Up On Mars Would Do to the Human Body

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Letter From Minnesota: One Saturday in Late January in 40 Simple Steps

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Peter Pearson Remembers the Last Day of Alex Pretti’s Life

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Education as a Lifeline: <br>Hope and Hardship in Gaza

Education as a Lifeline:
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Hassan Herzallah visits his destroyed university

By Hassan Herzallah | February 20, 2026

How Finding My Narrator Brought My Entire Book Together

How Finding My Narrator Brought My Entire Book Together

Burnside Soleil on Living With His Characters

By Burnside Soleil | February 20, 2026

Five great episodes of Michael Silverblatt’s <em>Bookworm,</em> in honor of the late host.

Five great episodes of Michael Silverblatt’s Bookworm, in honor of the late host.

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New York Mayor Mamdani is breaking his promise on library funding.

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Letter from Minnesota: When Home is Away from Home

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What We Lose When Our Independent Bookstores Close

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Michael Welch on the Closing of Chicago’s Volumes Bookcafe

By Michael Welch | February 19, 2026

The So-Called Tragedy of the English Commons Was Anything But

The So-Called Tragedy of the English Commons Was Anything But

Kate Brown Explores the Intersections of Class and Land Use in 19th-Century Britain

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What Happens When Your Books (Don’t) Get Banned?

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Lydia Millet on Censorship, Creativity and the Importance of Continuing the Literary Conversation

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What Do You Do When the Biggest Platforms For Readers Are Kind of Evil?

What Do You Do When the Biggest Platforms For Readers Are Kind of Evil?

Maris Kreizman on the Ethical Pitfalls of the Digital World

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On the Unlikely Origin of <em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</em>

On the Unlikely Origin of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon Recalls the Creative Process Behind His Stylistically Innovative Novel

By Mark Haddon | February 19, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: <br>Elegy For Renee Nicole Good

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Ahmed Ismail Yusuf Asks Us All to Say Her Name and Say It Firm

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending February 15, 2026

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