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Fellow Travelers: On Reimagining Chaucer in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Fellow Travelers: On Reimagining Chaucer in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Irene Zabytko Recounts the Process of Creating Her Own Version on The Canterbury Tales

By Irene Zabytko | May 7, 2026

In Writing About Cults (and Religion) Telling is Better than Showing

In Writing About Cults (and Religion) Telling is Better than Showing

Harrison Hill in Conversation with Benjamin Hale

By Literary Hub | May 7, 2026

Ocean Vuong: Photographer First, Writer Second?

Ocean Vuong: Photographer First, Writer Second?

Sarah Moroz on a Recent Exhibition of the Poet-Turned-Novelist Who’s Always Had a in Camera Hand

By Sarah Moroz | May 7, 2026

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

Davin Malasarn in Conversation With Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez

By Davin Malasarn | May 7, 2026

Where I End, the Writing Begins: What Undergoing Surgery Taught Me About Transcendence

Where I End, the Writing Begins: What Undergoing Surgery Taught Me About Transcendence

Diane Les Becquets: “And I watched those moments unfold before me, as if in real time, and I felt everything.”

By Diane Les Becquets | May 7, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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Unions are having a moment in publishing. Here’s why.

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Happiness is Within Reach! And Other Fragments of Ancient Greek Wisdom

By James Romm | May 6, 2026

The Power of the Stranger as Plot

The Power of the Stranger as Plot

Ilona Bannister Recommends Angie Cruz, Rumaan Alam, Laura Sims, and More

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“No One Talked.” On Growing Up Under Brazil’s Military Dictatorship

“No One Talked.” On Growing Up Under Brazil’s Military Dictatorship

Juliet Faithfull Remembers a Childhood Without the Right to Speak Freely

By Juliet Faithfull | May 6, 2026

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Moving From Resolve to Action, Addressing the Climate Crisis

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Moving From Resolve to Action, Addressing the Climate Crisis

On Hope and Creating an Ode to Fixing the Planet

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Thinking Inside the Box: How Constraints Can Make Us More Creative

Thinking Inside the Box: How Constraints Can Make Us More Creative

“Constraints shut down many possibilities, but stimulate more varied and novel exploration of those that remain.”

By David Epstein | May 6, 2026

Violaine Huisman on Confronting a Father and Grandfather’s Legacy of Infidelity

Violaine Huisman on Confronting a Father and Grandfather’s Legacy of Infidelity

“These were not secrets in our family. They were simply the weather. They were the condition of life.”

By Violaine Huisman | May 6, 2026

What Objects Can—and Should—Reveal About Their Owners

What Objects Can—and Should—Reveal About Their Owners

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By Rachel F. Seidman | May 6, 2026

Is Peter Thiel a “bad fan” of <em>LOTR</em>?

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