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How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves

Repackaging the Patternist Series for the Mother of Afrofuturism

By Elizabeth Connor | December 15, 2020

On the Glory Days of the Great <br>American Trade Paperback

On the Glory Days of the Great
American Trade Paperback

Gerald Howard on the Start of an Era

By Gerald Howard | December 15, 2020

What We Need: Anuradha Roy on Animals and Touch in Lockdown

What We Need: Anuradha Roy on Animals and Touch in Lockdown

"The longer we are denied what we took for granted, the more intensely we yearn for it."

By Anuradha Roy | December 15, 2020

The Restless Ghost Stories <br>of M. R. James

The Restless Ghost Stories
of M. R. James

Adam Scovell on Visiting the Writer's Grave

By Adam Scovell | December 15, 2020

How Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Came to Compose His First Symphony

How Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Came to Compose His First Symphony

Jan Swafford on the Influence of Leopold Mozart on
His Precocious Son

By Jan Swafford | December 15, 2020

The Inertia of Whiteness in the World of Postwar Publishing

The Inertia of Whiteness in the World of Postwar Publishing

"Big Manhattan book publishers publish hundreds of authors each year, but in their eyes, only a very few really matter."

By Richard Jean So | December 15, 2020

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Why Humility is Essential in
the Face of Nature

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Helen Drutt English on the Essentialness of
Creating by Hand

By The Quarantine Tapes | December 15, 2020

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The Best Reviewed Fiction <br>of 2020

The Best Reviewed Fiction
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Featuring Jenny Offill, Garth Greenwell, Hillary Mantel, Elena Ferrante, and more

By Book Marks | December 15, 2020

<em>American Cheese</em> by Joe Berkowitz, Read by Charlie Thurston

American Cheese by Joe Berkowitz, Read by Charlie Thurston

Explore the World of Artisan Cheese in America

By Behind the Mic | December 15, 2020

John le Carré, legendary spy novelist, has died at 89.

John le Carré, legendary spy novelist, has died at 89.

By Emily Temple | December 14, 2020

Mute Force: Why #NativeTwitter Couldn't Stop Talking About Baby Yoda

Mute Force: Why #NativeTwitter Couldn't Stop Talking About Baby Yoda

In Which Eric Gansworth Possibly Spoils The Mandalorian

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Six Book Critics Walk Into a Zoom to Talk About Autofiction

Six Book Critics Walk Into a Zoom to Talk About Autofiction

A Totally Fictional Story by Marion Winik Featuring
a Martin Amis Cameo

By Marion Winik | December 14, 2020

On the Willie Nelson Country-Pop Crossover That Changed Everything

On the Willie Nelson Country-Pop Crossover That Changed Everything

Michaelangelo Matos Goes Deep on One of 1980s Biggest Duets

By Michaelangelo Matos | December 14, 2020

What Does It Mean to Read Great Food Writing in a Pandemic?

What Does It Mean to Read Great Food Writing in a Pandemic?

J. Kenji López-Alt on Editing an Anthology as Coronavirus Hit

By J. Kenji López-Alt | December 14, 2020

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