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Here's Benedict Cumberbatch reading Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to the people of 2088.

Here's Benedict Cumberbatch reading Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to the people of 2088.

By Walker Caplan | August 23, 2021

“Ask certain questions and decline to answer them.” George Saunders on the job of a short story.

“Ask certain questions and decline to answer them.” George Saunders on the job of a short story.

By Walker Caplan | August 23, 2021

The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

Arthur Sze, Lia Purpura, and More Writers Choose Their Favorites

By Christopher Cox | August 23, 2021

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

Remembering a Dear Friend Through His Work

By Francine Prose | August 23, 2021

How Reading and the Thirst for Knowledge is at the Heart of Mary Shelley’s <em>Frankenstein</em>

How Reading and the Thirst for Knowledge is at the Heart of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Heather Cass White on the Almost Sinful Allure of Self-Enlightenment

By Heather Cass White | August 23, 2021

My Year of Mourning: Mapping the Full Cycle of the Loss of My Father

My Year of Mourning: Mapping the Full Cycle of the Loss of My Father

Merissa Nathan Gerson’s Notes on Grief

By Merissa Nathan Gerson | August 23, 2021

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Meet Granta’s Next Generation of Important Spanish Novelists

By Tobias Carroll | August 23, 2021

The Sound of Muses: On Literary Comebacks and the Importance of Listening with Purpose

By Louis Edwards | August 23, 2021

Bill Steigerwald on Life Undercover as a Black Man in the Jim Crow South

By Keen On | August 23, 2021

Want to be a bookseller? This chicken-coop-turned-bookstore is up for grabs.

Want to be a bookseller? This chicken-coop-turned-bookstore is up for grabs.

By Walker Caplan | August 20, 2021

Every book featured in HBO's hit satire <em>The White Lotus</em>.

Every book featured in HBO's hit satire The White Lotus.

By Vanessa Willoughby | August 20, 2021

This new children’s literature museum is inspired by <em>Kiki’s Delivery Service</em>.

This new children’s literature museum is inspired by Kiki’s Delivery Service.

By Walker Caplan | August 20, 2021

Read a previously unpublished Ursula K. Le Guin poem.

Read a previously unpublished Ursula K. Le Guin poem.

By Walker Caplan | August 20, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | August 20, 2021

Behind Closed Doors: Documenting the Lives of the Elders in a Time of Plague

Behind Closed Doors: Documenting the Lives of the Elders in a Time of Plague

Sari Botton and Alexey Yurenev for The Longest Year: 2020+

By Sari Botton and Alexey Yurenev | August 20, 2021

How David Foster Wallace Used Compromise Aesthetics to Sell <em>Infinite Jest</em>

How David Foster Wallace Used Compromise Aesthetics to Sell Infinite Jest

Rachel Greenwald Smith on the Treacherous Common Territories of Literary Culture and Capitalism

By Rachel Greenwald Smith | August 20, 2021

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