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Why Everyone—Yes, Everyone—Should Join a Book Club

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On the Conservatism of Contemporary Literary Fiction

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What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

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Spells, Skepticism, and Surrender: What Happens When the Agent Becomes the Author

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Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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The Case for Polyamory: Alejandro Varela on Writing a Novel That Questions Everything

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“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

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Laughing in Hell: How We Tell the Stories of Other Peoples’ Suicides

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Sarah Adler on Reading Blake Butler in the Wake of Loss

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