Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Poetry.

Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Poetry.

By Literary Hub | September 16, 2026

Attention LBJ nerds: Robert Caro is posting book updates on Instagram.

Attention LBJ nerds: Robert Caro is posting book updates on Instagram.

By James Folta | September 16, 2026

The Movie Star and the Mountain: On Robert Redford’s Sundance Origin Story

The Movie Star and the Mountain: On Robert Redford’s Sundance Origin Story

David Gessner Remembers the Star and Conservationist, a Year After His Death

By David Gessner | September 16, 2026

Revisiting Vikram Chandra’s Ode to the Art of Human Coding in the Age of AI

Revisiting Vikram Chandra’s Ode to the Art of Human Coding in the Age of AI

Tobias Carroll Talks to the Author of Geek Sublime About the Ubiquity of Vibe Coding

By Tobias Carroll | September 16, 2026

How an Egyptian Prison Poem Came to Structure My Memoir

How an Egyptian Prison Poem Came to Structure My Memoir

Abdelrahman ElGendy on the Way Language Can Build a Relationship Between Author and Reader

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Anna Holmes on Why “No” Is the Most Powerful Word a Woman Can Say Today

Anna Holmes on Why “No” Is the Most Powerful Word a Woman Can Say Today

“For women ‘no’ can be a declaration of war, a call to arms, a rejection of the very traits that society deems most valuable.”

By Anna Holmes | September 16, 2026

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Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

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How Madeleine Thien Organizes Her Bookshelves, Among Other Things

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Looking in the Mirror of My Past as a Korean Adoptee in the United States

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The Conveniences I Used to Write a Book About Inconvenience (Definitely Not AI)

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