The Magnetic Fields have a new album and it's inspired by the microfictions of Lydia Davis?

The Magnetic Fields have a new album and it's inspired by the microfictions of Lydia Davis?

By Jonny Diamond | May 19, 2020

On the horribly awkward night James Joyce met Marcel Proust. (I still crave literary parties.)

On the horribly awkward night James Joyce met Marcel Proust. (I still crave literary parties.)

By Jonny Diamond | May 19, 2020

The NYPL has announced the 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists.

The NYPL has announced the 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists.

By Katie Yee | May 19, 2020

Even in His Retirement, Philip Roth Wrote Thousands of Pages

Even in His Retirement, Philip Roth Wrote Thousands of Pages

Benjamin Taylor on Stoicism and Scandal in the Life of
an American Icon

By Benjamin Taylor | May 19, 2020

How We Dream During <br>a Pandemic

How We Dream During
a Pandemic

S.D. Chrostowska on Sleeplessness and Surreality

By S. D. Chrostowska | May 19, 2020

How I Hustled Hundreds of Dollars of Free Tacos for the Literary World

How I Hustled Hundreds of Dollars of Free Tacos for the Literary World

The Founder of Taco Bell Quarterly Tells All

By MM Carrigan | May 19, 2020

Best Reviewed
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Defiant and Unsinkable:
The Ethos of Edna St. Vincent Millay

By Olivia Gatwood | May 19, 2020

The Enduring Impact of Jazz on American Film

By Literary Hub | May 19, 2020

On 1970s Feminism and Watching Mrs. America
as a Trans Woman

By Veronica Esposito | May 19, 2020

Even Americans Who Hate Amazon Can't Seem to Live Without It

Even Americans Who Hate Amazon Can't Seem to Live Without It

It's Designed to Be Addictive

By Brian Dumaine | May 19, 2020

The Creative Communities That Changed Literature Forever

The Creative Communities That Changed Literature Forever

Maggie Doherty on the Writerly Life, From Concord to Asheville

By Maggie Doherty | May 19, 2020

A Virtual Evening with Emma Straub and Judy Blume

A Virtual Evening with Emma Straub and Judy Blume

In conversation on Crowdcast Livestream

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 18, 2020

WATCH: David Means and Candace Bushnell on Solitude and Sociability

WATCH: David Means and Candace Bushnell on Solitude and Sociability

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction Live

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 18, 2020

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, May 18 to 24

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, May 18 to 24

Readings, Panels, Conversations, Parties, and More

By Penina Roth | May 18, 2020

Let's drool over this Japanese house with a public library on the ground floor.

Let's drool over this Japanese house with a public library on the ground floor.

By Jessie Gaynor | May 18, 2020

How a Pandemic Happens: We Knew This Was Coming

How a Pandemic Happens: We Knew This Was Coming

Mike Davis on the Inevitability of Catastrophe

By Mike Davis | May 18, 2020

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