Read a previously unpublished Ursula K. Le Guin poem.

Read a previously unpublished Ursula K. Le Guin poem.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

Tales of Bohemian Living with The Lounge Lizards in 1979 New York

Tales of Bohemian Living with The Lounge Lizards in 1979 New York

John Lurie on the Days of Sex, Drugs, and Car Crash Jazz

By John Lurie | August 20, 2021

The Great Cosmological Debate of the Twentieth Century

The Great Cosmological Debate of the Twentieth Century

Paul Halpern on What It Took to Confirm the Big Bang Theory

By Paul Halpern | August 20, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stations
  • West of Loveland
  • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
  • Sweet Pea
  • The Pen: A Human History
  • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

Meet the Real-Life Inspiration Behind “Mr. Toad”

By Tom Standage | August 20, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Nightboat Books

By Corinne Segal | August 20, 2021

Love Warriors: Women of Color Doulas in a Time of Crisis

By Jennifer C. Nash | August 20, 2021

Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Mansoor Adayfi on the Fifteen Years He Spent As Detainee #441

By Mansoor Adayfi | August 20, 2021

How (and Why) to Engage with Science Deniers

How (and Why) to Engage with Science Deniers

Lee McIntyre in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 20, 2021

When the Dismissive Editor in Your Head Is Your Father

When the Dismissive Editor in Your Head Is Your Father

Jonathan Wells on Finding a Way Back to Writing on His Own Terms

By Jonathan Wells | August 20, 2021

Daniel Shapiro on Living Through a Spouse’s Terminal Illness

Daniel Shapiro on Living Through a Spouse’s Terminal Illness

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | August 20, 2021

Federico García Lorca predicted his own death in a poem.

Federico García Lorca predicted his own death in a poem.

By Dan Sheehan | August 19, 2021

The new <em>Foundation</em> trailer is serving epic fashion and a power-hungry Lee Pace.

The new Foundation trailer is serving epic fashion and a power-hungry Lee Pace.

By Vanessa Willoughby | August 19, 2021

The Satanic Temple is awarding scholarships to “devil’s advocates.”

The Satanic Temple is awarding scholarships to “devil’s advocates.”

By Walker Caplan | August 19, 2021

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