A math teacher has painted 45 book rocks to hide in her local library (when it reopens).

A math teacher has painted 45 book rocks to hide in her local library (when it reopens).

By Emily Temple | July 20, 2020

It's a good day to rewatch John Lewis accepting the National Book Award.

It's a good day to rewatch John Lewis accepting the National Book Award.

By Emily Temple | July 20, 2020

Five Japanese Authors Share Their Favorite Murakami Short Stories

Five Japanese Authors Share Their Favorite Murakami Short Stories

Yoko Ogawa, Masatsugu Ono, and Others Discuss

By David Karashima | July 20, 2020

There Be Dragons. In This Essay.

There Be Dragons. In This Essay.

Arra Lynn Ross on Old Norse Translations and Decoding Myths

By Arra Lynn Ross | July 20, 2020

On John Berger and Writing As an <br>Act of Distancing

On John Berger and Writing As an
Act of Distancing

Guy Gunaratne at the Intersection of Isolation and Hope

By Guy Gunaratne | July 20, 2020

Lydia Davis on Making the Decision<br> Not to Fly

Lydia Davis on Making the Decision
Not to Fly

In Conversation (at a Distance) with Johanne Fronth-Nygren

By Lydia Davis | July 20, 2020

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  • The Land in Winter
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  • Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
  • The History of Money: A Story of Humanity
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The Disorienting World of New York's Social Elite

By Kirkland Hamill | July 20, 2020

How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing

By David James Poissant | July 20, 2020

The Tenacious Constancy of
The Merchant of Prato

By Charles Nicholl | July 20, 2020

J.K. Rowling's sales suddenly slowed down in June. I wonder why.

J.K. Rowling's sales suddenly slowed down in June. I wonder why.

By Corinne Segal | July 17, 2020

A new emergency fund will help literary organizations hit hard by the pandemic.

A new emergency fund will help literary organizations hit hard by the pandemic.

By Aaron Robertson | July 17, 2020

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

Tobias Carroll on Springsteen, Orwell, Jarry and the Intersection
of Art and Politics

By Tobias Carroll | July 17, 2020

On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

Martin Shaw on Growing Up Christian with a Pagan Underbelly

By Martin Shaw | July 17, 2020

On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: <em>Jaws</em>

On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: Jaws

And How It Owes Its Dark Soul to Moby-Dick

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 17, 2020

Inside a Reporters Notebook at the US-Mexico Border

Inside a Reporters Notebook at the US-Mexico Border

Jacob Soboroff on Writing About Family Separation

By Jacob Soboroff | July 17, 2020

The Week in Books LIVE: <em>Gatsby</em>, Weiss, Whitehead, and More

The Week in Books LIVE: Gatsby, Weiss, Whitehead, and More

With Book Marks Editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 17, 2020

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