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Here are the 2025 National Book Awards finalists.

Here are the 2025 National Book Awards finalists.

By Literary Hub | October 7, 2025

Inventing Gertrude Stein, Literary Cubist

Inventing Gertrude Stein, Literary Cubist

Francesca Wade on the Stylistic Innovations That Made the Expatriate Writer Famous in Her Own Country

By Francesca Wade | October 7, 2025

How the Collapse of Local Journalism Led to the Erosion of Community Trust

How the Collapse of Local Journalism Led to the Erosion of Community Trust

Beth Macy on the Vital Role of Small Newspapers in Promoting and Maintaining Civic Life

By Beth Macy | October 7, 2025

The Race to Save a Medieval Palestinian Library

The Race to Save a Medieval Palestinian Library

Ryan Byrnes on the Khalidi Family’s Battle to Protect Their Library From Ultra-Orthodox Settlers

By Ryan Byrnes | October 7, 2025

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

Ilan Pappé Explores Political Futures in Palestine and Israel

By Ilan Pappé | October 7, 2025

The <em>House of Leaves</em>-inspired game MyHouse.wad is just as trippy as you'd think.

The House of Leaves-inspired game MyHouse.wad is just as trippy as you'd think.

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Growing Older and Forging Connection Through Poetry

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Mark Harman Considers the Striking Social Commentary of the Unfinished Novel

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My Child Does Not Love to Read, And I’m (Starting to Be) Okay With That

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Mira Ptacin on Learning to Embrace the Differences Between Herself and Her Son

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What Time Provides: Mining the Creative Unconscious For Inspiration

What Time Provides: Mining the Creative Unconscious For Inspiration

Victoria Redel on Taking Decades to Return To a Once-Abandoned Story

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How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing 

How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing 

Michelle Gurule on Writing About Sex Work

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“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

Yume Kitasei Explores the Different Forms Dystopias Can Take, On and Off the Page

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