• News and Culture

    Personal Space

    Personal Space: Laura Lippman Dares to Focus on Herself

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 31, 2020
    Journalism

    Al Roker: Don’t Worry. It’s Okay to
    Cry at Work.

    By Al Roker  July 31, 2020
    Publishing

    My Novel’s Heroine is Doing Better in the Publishing World Than I Did

    By Ellen Feldman  July 31, 2020
    The Week in Books

    The Week in Books LIVE: Pickle Juice, the Booker Prize, and a Million-Dollar Short Story

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 31, 2020
    Booksellers

    On Capitol Hill, an anonymous bookseller called out Amazon.

    By Aaron Robertson  July 30, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Here’s a novel idea: masks made of books.

    By Aaron Robertson  July 30, 2020
    Joining Conversation

    Joining Conversation: A Roundtable on Contemporary Native Writing, Part Three

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 30, 2020
    The Hub

    Here’s the cover for Blake Bailey’s long-awaited Philip Roth biography.

    By Emily Temple  July 30, 2020
    Letters Home

    Gregory Pardlo: A Letter to Juneteenth

    By Gregory Pardlo  July 30, 2020
    Book Covers

    The 12 Best Book Covers of July

    By Emily Temple  July 30, 2020
    Comics

    My Unborn Baby Has Strong Opinions About Classic Literature

    By Kate Gavino  July 30, 2020
    Literary Scenes

    A New Generation of Writers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Narrates Life
    Beyond War

    By Stacy Mattingly  July 30, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Kimberly’s Story: How to Live in San Francisco During a Pandemic

    By Literary Hub  July 30, 2020
    Feminism

    In the 1990s, Feminism Found a New Ally: Computers

    By Lisa Levenstein  July 30, 2020
    Protest

    Endless War, Social Upheaval, and a White House Unleashing Violence on Protestors

    By Lawrence Roberts  July 30, 2020
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Unpopular Tale of Populism: Thomas Frank on the Real History of an American Mass Movement

    By Fiction Non Fiction  July 30, 2020
    The Antibody Reading Series

    Antibody: Starring Porochista Khakpour, Meredith Talusan, and Justin Taylor

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 30, 2020
    The Hub

    Issa Rae and Jordan Peele purchased the film rights to a short story—for more than $630 per word.

    By Corinne Segal  July 29, 2020
    Bookstores

    Amid a virus surge and government repression, Hong Kong’s oldest bookstore is closing.

    By Aaron Robertson  July 29, 2020
    Open Letters

    SFF authors are protesting Saudi Arabia’s cynical bid to host the 2022 WorldCon.

    By Aaron Robertson  July 29, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell on Writing Advice, Favorite Teachers (and a Song or Two)

    By Literary Hub  July 29, 2020
    Income Inequality

    Once Upon a Time, When America Paid Its Writers

    By Heather Radke  July 29, 2020
    Disasters

    American Disaster: In the Path of
    a Dirty Storm

    By Matthew Van Meter  July 29, 2020
    Literary History

    The Literary Life of Pessoa’s Alter Ego

    By Jerónimo Pizarro and Patricio Ferrari  July 29, 2020
    Cooking

    Learning to Cook for One During a Global Pandemic

    By Skye McAlpine  July 29, 2020
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