Here’s what’s been making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s been making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | April 10, 2026

Ten fictional professors ranked by plausibility.

Ten fictional professors ranked by plausibility.

By Brittany Allen | April 10, 2026

One great poem to read today: Mark Doty’s “Visitation”

One great poem to read today: Mark Doty’s “Visitation”

By Calvin Kasulke | April 10, 2026

Molly Crabapple on History as a Necromantic Art

Molly Crabapple on History as a Necromantic Art

And Ten Tips to Help Your Conjuring

By Molly Crabapple | April 10, 2026

How <em>Amazing Stories</em> Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

How Amazing Stories Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

Ed Simon Goes Back to When the Past was the Future

By Ed Simon | April 10, 2026

Meet These Delightful Bookshop Cats (and One Dog!)

Meet These Delightful Bookshop Cats (and One Dog!)

Daphne du Meowier Introduces Us to Just Some of the Pets That Populate Bookstores Across the Country

By Daphne du Meowier | April 10, 2026

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On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

By Virginia McGee Richards | April 10, 2026

One Person’s Trash... On the Joys of Collecting Junk

By Kate Bowler | April 10, 2026

On the US-Israeli Coalition’s Continued Acts of Scholasticide in the Middle East

By Steven W. Thrasher | April 10, 2026

Here are the winners of the 2026 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

Here are the winners of the 2026 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

By Literary Hub | April 9, 2026

One great poem to read today: Michael Ondaatje’s “To a Sad Daughter”

One great poem to read today: Michael Ondaatje’s “To a Sad Daughter”

By Jonny Diamond | April 9, 2026

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

David Farrier Revisits Basil Bunting’s Classic, “Briggflatts”

By David Farrier | April 9, 2026

Emma Straub Owns an Original 1990 New Kids on the Block Fanny Pack

Emma Straub Owns an Original 1990 New Kids on the Block Fanny Pack

Maria Sherman Talks to the Author of American Fantasy

By Maria Sherman | April 9, 2026

An Open Letter to the Jewish Book Council From a Concerned Group of Jewish Writers

An Open Letter to the Jewish Book Council From a Concerned Group of Jewish Writers

“We are Jewish authors who believe in Jewish books, and for whom Palestinian liberation is a moral imperative.”

By Open Letters | April 9, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending April 5, 2026

By Literary Hub | April 9, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending April 5, 2026

By Literary Hub | April 9, 2026

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