How many of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2021 have you read?

How many of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2021 have you read?

By Walker Caplan | December 16, 2021

Don’t Worry, <em>Station Eleven</em> Isn’t Really a Pandemic Story

Don’t Worry, Station Eleven Isn’t Really a Pandemic Story

The Adaptation of Emily St. John Mandel’s Novel is Worth Your (Endless, Bleeding) Time.

By Emily Temple | December 16, 2021

Nadifa Mohamed on Writing the Convoluted Terrains of Immigration

Nadifa Mohamed on Writing the Convoluted Terrains of Immigration

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 16, 2021

Does Climate Fiction Make a Difference?

Does Climate Fiction Make a Difference?

Matthew Schneider-Mayerson on Art As Mirror, Art As Hammer

By Matthew Schneider-Mayerson | December 16, 2021

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

From the Nobel Prize to #BookTok

By Literary Hub | December 16, 2021

Mel Brooks on the Making of <em>Spaceballs</em>

Mel Brooks on the Making of Spaceballs

“I thought, Science fiction! Now there’s a genre I haven’t wrecked yet…”

By Mel Brooks | December 16, 2021

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Breaking the Cycle: Confronting Fascism in Chile’s Presidential Election

By Mónica-Ramón Ríos and Carlos Labbé | December 16, 2021

A Visit to Rüstem’s Bookshop, Cyprus’s Historic Bookstore-Café

By Harrison Blackman | December 16, 2021

Demystifying Absentmindedness with Lisa Genova’s Remember

By Book Dreams | December 16, 2021

What the Stoics Understood About Death (And Can Teach Us)

What the Stoics Understood About Death (And Can Teach Us)

David Fideler on What Awareness of Mortality Does to a Life

By David Fideler | December 16, 2021

WATCH: Chloe Dulce Louvouezo, Eniafebiafe Isis Adewale, Nneka Julia, and Julee Wilson Discuss Black Women, Self-Love, and More

WATCH: Chloe Dulce Louvouezo, Eniafebiafe Isis Adewale, Nneka Julia, and Julee Wilson Discuss Black Women, Self-Love, and More

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 16, 2021

Dorie Greenspan Still Finds Joy in Baking

Dorie Greenspan Still Finds Joy in Baking

This Week on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | December 16, 2021

bell hooks, generous feminist thinker, has died at 69.

bell hooks, generous feminist thinker, has died at 69.

By Walker Caplan | December 15, 2021

The creators of <em>Gossip Girl</em> are about to ruin <em>Sweet Valley High</em>.

The creators of Gossip Girl are about to ruin Sweet Valley High.

By Vanessa Willoughby | December 15, 2021

Area library receives anonymous confession of theft and $500 in restitution.

Area library receives anonymous confession of theft and $500 in restitution.

By Jonny Diamond | December 15, 2021

How to Write (Almost) Anything: A Very Serious Guide by Tom Bissell

How to Write (Almost) Anything: A Very Serious Guide by Tom Bissell

“Even when you are not ‘working on the book,’ you are working on the book.”

By Tom Bissell | December 15, 2021

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