Own a Complete Set of the Paperback Experiment That Paved the Way for Penguin

Own a Complete Set of the Paperback Experiment That Paved the Way for Penguin

For Sale: A Tower of Rare Bonibooks

By Rebecca Rego Barry | February 22, 2021

How the “One Drop Rule” Became a Tool of White Supremacy

How the “One Drop Rule” Became a Tool of White Supremacy

Yaba Blay on Historical Definitions of Race

By Yaba Blay | February 22, 2021

The Unlikely Celebration of Fireflies in a Declining City of Japan’s Far North

The Unlikely Celebration of Fireflies in a Declining City of Japan’s Far North

Dreux Richard Visits With the Aging Citizens of Wakkanai

By Dreux Richard | February 22, 2021

Why Are We Compulsively Drawn to Watching Our Newborns Sleep?

Why Are We Compulsively Drawn to Watching Our Newborns Sleep?

Michael J. Stephen Considers the Physiology and Philosophy of Breathing

By Michael J. Stephen | February 22, 2021

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 22nd to Feb. 28th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 22nd to Feb. 28th

Featuring Shayla Lawson, Lauren Oyler, Jason Reynolds, and More

By Kiki Nicole | February 22, 2021

What Happens When We Are <br>Deprived of Touch?

What Happens When We Are
Deprived of Touch?

Sushma Subramanian on the Paradoxes of Solitude and Intimacy

By Sushma Subramanian | February 22, 2021

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  • 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

How Capitalism Created the Stigma Around Mental Illness

By Keen On | February 22, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Finalists: Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer

By Jacob M. Appel | February 22, 2021

Got $18 million dollars lying around? Wanna buy Steinbeck's house?

By Dan Sheehan | February 19, 2021

What I desperately miss about the book industry’s best annual gathering.

What I desperately miss about the book industry’s best annual gathering.

By Jonny Diamond | February 19, 2021

Cover reveal: <em>Oxford American'</em>s Spring 2021 Food Issue, guest edited by Alice Randall.

Cover reveal: Oxford American's Spring 2021 Food Issue, guest edited by Alice Randall.

By Vanessa Willoughby | February 19, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | February 19, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: <br>Milkweed Editions

Interview with an Indie Press:
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Introducing a New Series Getting to Know Some of Our Favorite Publishers

By Corinne Segal | February 19, 2021

Getting Lost in the Libraries of Paris Researching WWII

Getting Lost in the Libraries of Paris Researching WWII

Janet Skeslien Charles Finds Her Way to Her New Book 

By Janet Skeslien Charles | February 19, 2021

Power and Control: On the Very Rare Case of a Male Witch’s Execution

Power and Control: On the Very Rare Case of a Male Witch’s Execution

Kathryn Nuernberger Considers Society's Failure to Protect Victims, Then and Now

By Kathryn Nuernberger | February 19, 2021

A Brief Literary History of Gay and Lesbian Bars

A Brief Literary History of Gay and Lesbian Bars

Jeremy Atherton Lin on Finding Sites of Literary Sociability

By Jeremy Atherton Lin | February 19, 2021

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