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    21 new books to buy from your local indie today.

    By Katie Yee  November 10, 2020
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    Post-election, Kamala Harris’s books are more popular than ever.

    By Walker Caplan  November 10, 2020
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    GOOP is getting into publishing.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 10, 2020
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    Souvankham Thammavongsa has won the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 10, 2020
    The Hub

    Read one bookstore owner’s impassioned call to help all independent bookstores.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 10, 2020
    The Hub

    Get ready for a wave of anti-Biden books.

    By Corinne Segal  November 10, 2020
    The Hub

    Here is the longlist for the 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 10, 2020
    TV

    Alex Trebek’s Life in
    Three Timelines

    By Claire McNear  November 10, 2020
    Astronomy

    Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About a Black Hole But Were Afraid to Ask

    By Janna Levin  November 10, 2020
    Publishing

    Why I Paid Tenfold to Buy Back the Rights for Two of My Books

    By Kiese Laymon  November 10, 2020
    Climate Crisis

    Taking It Slow: The Environmental Case Against High-Speed Life

    By Kate Soper  November 10, 2020
    Lit Century

    On the Dark American Nostalgia of Cheaper By the Dozen

    By Lit Century   November 10, 2020
    5 Questions

    In Which Jonathan Lethem Possibly Overthinks Our Interview Questions

    By Literary Hub  November 10, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    Maybe We Shouldn’t Let Startups Have Free
    Rein Over Space

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   November 10, 2020
    Architecture

    A People’s History of Bathing

    By Christie Pearson  November 10, 2020
    Keen On

    Genetic Engineering Is a Lot Like Cooking (You Just Have to Be a Genius to Do It)

    By Keen On  November 10, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Ruha Benjamin on the Tech Workers Refusing to Create Tools of Surveillance

    By The Quarantine Tapes  November 10, 2020
    New Books Network

    It’s Time to Free Ourselves from the Magical Thinking of ‘Oilcraft’

    By New Books Network  November 10, 2020
    The Hub

    Paul Tran will join the Penguin Poets series with their debut poetry collection.

    By Walker Caplan  November 9, 2020
    The Hub

    Blue Ivy Carter is narrating the audiobook adaptation of the short film Hair Love.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 9, 2020
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    Here’s how to get a personalized postcard from one of your favorite authors.

    By Aaron Robertson  November 9, 2020
    Interview

    Jean-Baptiste Del Amo’s novel of industrial farming says more about the humans than the cattle.

    By Aaron Robertson  November 9, 2020
    The Hub

    Read a previously unpublished short story by Edith Wharton.

    By Emily Temple  November 9, 2020
    2020 Election

    In Washington, DC, Celebrating the Eviction of Donald Trump From the White House

    By Timothy Denevi  November 9, 2020
    Underreported

    So You’re Saying Fracking Isn’t Even Profitable?

    By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann  November 9, 2020
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