The secret history of your favorite bad writing cliché:

The secret history of your favorite bad writing cliché: "it was a dark and stormy night."

By Emily Temple | October 26, 2021

<em>Beloved</em> is now a detail in the Virginia election—for the dumbest possible reason.

Beloved is now a detail in the Virginia election—for the dumbest possible reason.

By Walker Caplan | October 26, 2021

Read the letter that began the legendary friendship between Henry James and Edith Wharton.

Read the letter that began the legendary friendship between Henry James and Edith Wharton.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 26, 2021

“The Strangest Sense of Freedom.” On Jane Eyre and the Power of Narcissism

“The Strangest Sense of Freedom.” On Jane Eyre and the Power of Narcissism

Josh Cohen Turns His Psychoanalyst’s Eye to the Inner Life of an Iconic Character

By Josh Cohen | October 26, 2021

Teju Cole on the Wonder of Epiphanic Writing

Teju Cole on the Wonder of Epiphanic Writing

Or: How Authors “Evoke the Overspilling World”

By Teju Cole | October 26, 2021

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Featuring a History of Pop Music, a Chronicle of Black Filmmaking, a Counterhistory of Feminism, and More

By Book Marks | October 26, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Mass Mothering
  • Autobiography of Cotton
  • Good People
  • Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
  • The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

Terry Tempest Williams on the Loves (and Appetites) of the Great Jim Harrison

By Terry Tempest Williams | October 26, 2021

How 11 Punk Bands Took a Leap of Faith, Sold Out, and Shaped Music History

By Dan Ozzi | October 26, 2021

How to Write an Obituary For Your Mother

By Jenny Qi | October 26, 2021

On the Intellectual Property Battle Behind the COVID-19 Vaccine

On the Intellectual Property Battle Behind the COVID-19 Vaccine

Brendan Borrell Breaks Down How a Lifesaving Technology Almost Didn’t Happen

By Brendan Borrell | October 26, 2021

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of October

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of October

A Month of Literary Listening

By Book Marks | October 26, 2021

W. Ralph Eubanks Takes a Journey Through the Literary History of Mississippi

W. Ralph Eubanks Takes a Journey Through the Literary History of Mississippi

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 26, 2021

Margaret D. Jacobs on Our Troubled History of Injustice to Indigenous People

Margaret D. Jacobs on Our Troubled History of Injustice to Indigenous People

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 26, 2021

Remember when the Grateful Dead did a 12-minute freestyle based on “The Raven”?

Remember when the Grateful Dead did a 12-minute freestyle based on “The Raven”?

By Walker Caplan | October 25, 2021

Tessa Thompson is bringing Raven Leilani's <em>Luster</em> to HBO.

Tessa Thompson is bringing Raven Leilani's Luster to HBO.

By Dan Sheehan | October 25, 2021

A new study shows that UK school libraries are still very, very white.

A new study shows that UK school libraries are still very, very white.

By Walker Caplan | October 25, 2021

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