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These are the books Barack Obama thinks you should read this summer.

These are the books Barack Obama thinks you should read this summer.

By Emily Temple | July 12, 2021

Against the Literature of Silence: Richard Flanagan on the Writer’s Freedom to Embrace Heresy

Against the Literature of Silence: Richard Flanagan on the Writer’s Freedom to Embrace Heresy

From the 2021 PEN Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture

By Richard Flanagan | July 12, 2021

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

AKA the Time George Lucas Disowned a Star Wars Production

By Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross | July 12, 2021

Looking for Love in a Prison Cell

Looking for Love in a Prison Cell

Elizabeth Greenwood On the People Who Seek Relationships with the Incarcerated

By Elizabeth Greenwood | July 12, 2021

Carrot Quinn on the Danger—and Thrill—of Train Riding

Carrot Quinn on the Danger—and Thrill—of Train Riding

“Out here, I am huge. Expansive.”

By Carrot Quinn | July 12, 2021

What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

Joyce Maynard on Finding Compassion Through the Distance of Fiction

By Joyce Maynard | July 12, 2021

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Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

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Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

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Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

By Walker Caplan | July 9, 2021

Javier Bardem is your new Lyle, Lyle Crocodile.

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13 books perfectly summed up with one-liners from <em>Gilmore Girls</em>.

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<em>Sleeping or Dead?</em> and other hilarious

Sleeping or Dead? and other hilarious "practical books for librarians" in pulp classic form.

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"She died sniffing life, and enjoying it." Read E.B. White's witty obituary for his dog Daisy.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 9, 2021

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