• News and Culture

    The Week in Books

    The Week in Books LIVE: JK Rowling, the Joys of Catfishing, and Pissing Off the Duolingo Owl.”

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 10, 2020
    Memoir

    How Do You Write a Memoir of the Unknown?

    By Rose Andersen  July 10, 2020
    Musicians

    All I want for Christmas is Mariah Carey’s memoir.

    By Aaron Robertson  July 9, 2020
    Climate Crisis

    Lessons From the Desert: Rediscovering the Endlessness of Time

    By Ben Ehrenreich  July 9, 2020
    Community

    Philosophies of Distance and Proximity: Who Are We When We’re Alone?

    By Corina Stan  July 9, 2020
    Literary History

    André Aciman Follows Literary Ghosts in St. Petersburg

    By André Aciman  July 9, 2020
    Art and Politics

    The Men Who Brought Political Radicalism to Oscar Wilde

    By Kristian Williams  July 9, 2020
    Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND

    WATCH: Courtney Maum Answers the Questions You’re Afraid to Ask About Book Deals

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 9, 2020
    Trauma

    Veronica Esposito on the Book That Changed Her Life

    By Veronica Esposito  July 9, 2020
    Graphic Novels

    Illustrating Nick Carraway’s Infatuation with New York City High Life

    By Fred Fordham and Aya Morton  July 9, 2020
    Shuffle Collective

    WATCH: Poems from Quarantine with Tommy Pico, Karla Brundage, and More

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 9, 2020
    The Hub

    Authors are canceling events at a Philadelphia library over its mistreatment of Black workers.

    By Corinne Segal  July 8, 2020
    Being Trans

    Freedom Means Can Rather Than Should: What the Harper’s Open Letter
    Gets Wrong

    By Gabrielle Bellot  July 8, 2020
    The Hub

    Ready Player One is getting a part two.

    By Aaron Robertson  July 8, 2020
    The Hub

    Your Francophile kids will want to read the winners of the Prix Albertine Jeunesse.

    By Katie Yee  July 8, 2020
    The Hub

    Phoebe Robinson is partnering with Plume to launch a new imprint called Tiny Reparations Books.

    By Emily Temple  July 8, 2020
    American History

    Tear Them Down:
    Siri Hustvedt on Old Statues, Bad Science, and Ideas That Just Won’t Die

    By Siri Hustvedt  July 8, 2020
    Climate Crisis Readings

    Climate Crisis Reading: Five Books to Check Out in July

    By Amy Brady  July 8, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Why Does the Richest Country in the World Rely on Volunteers for Emergency Healthcare?

    By Maya Alexandri  July 8, 2020
    Memoir

    I Wrote My Memoir for the Same Reasons I Went to the Shooting Range

    By Lacy Crawford  July 8, 2020
    The Judiciary

    Behind the Republican Judge-Picking Machine

    By David Litt  July 8, 2020
    Reading Lists

    In Lieu of the Olympics:
    A Reading List For Your Sports Fix

    By Elise Hooper  July 8, 2020
    Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND

    WATCH: Will Restaurants Survive?

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 8, 2020
    The Hub

    There’s a new Trump tell-all memoir coming. Just what we need.

    By Corinne Segal  July 7, 2020
    Letters Home

    Letter from Tucson: From Plagues to Protest to Wildfires

    By Manuel Muñoz  July 7, 2020
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