The Weight of Memory: On Motherhood and the Ghosts of Racial Violence

The Weight of Memory: On Motherhood and the Ghosts of Racial Violence

Cassandra Lane Considers Family History and the Nuances of Conception Stories

By Cassandra Lane | April 23, 2021

7 Author-Owned Bookstores That You Should Visit

7 Author-Owned Bookstores That You Should Visit

In Celebration of Indie Bookstore Day, Erin McCarthy & the Team at Mental Floss Offer Their Recommendations

By Erin McCarthy & the Team at Mental Floss | April 23, 2021

Trevor Paglen on the Changing Meaning of Images Under the Pandemic

Trevor Paglen on the Changing Meaning of Images Under the Pandemic

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber
on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 23, 2021

Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

By Walker Caplan | April 22, 2021

This year's International Booker Prize shortlist is dominated by indie publishers.

This year's International Booker Prize shortlist is dominated by indie publishers.

By Walker Caplan | April 22, 2021

This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day—go forth and buy books!

This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day—go forth and buy books!

By Walker Caplan | April 22, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
  • Repetition
  • Night Night Fawn
  • El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
  • Gunk
  • The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary

LeVar Burton is your new Jeopardy! guest host.

By Vanessa Willoughby | April 22, 2021

Louise Erdrich’s The Night Watchman has won the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

By Walker Caplan | April 22, 2021

The Cartography of Wolves

By Tony Hiss | April 22, 2021

Reading the History of Manhattan in Its Diagrams, Maps, and Graphics

Reading the History of Manhattan in Its Diagrams, Maps, and Graphics

Take a Look Inside Antonis Antoniou and Steven Heller's Collection Decoding Manhattan

By Antonis Antoniou & Steven Heller | April 22, 2021

Why Should You Read?

Why Should You Read?

Will Self Wonders What the Hell We Think We’re Doing

By Will Self | April 22, 2021

Brit Bennett on <em>Undercover Brother</em> and the Bygone Comedy of Racial Misunderstanding

Brit Bennett on Undercover Brother and the Bygone Comedy of Racial Misunderstanding

Introducing Our New Film Podcast, Open Form, Hosted
by Mychal Denzel Smith

By Open Form | April 22, 2021

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

“I learned how to be lonely from a young age.”

By Fatima Bhutto | April 22, 2021

Steve Ballinger on Removing the Remains of War, Nearly 80<br> Years On

Steve Ballinger on Removing the Remains of War, Nearly 80
Years On

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | April 22, 2021

Bishop Michael B. Curry on Hopeful Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement

Bishop Michael B. Curry on Hopeful Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement

This Week on Just the Right Book Podcast with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | April 22, 2021

Why Don’t We Talk More About Sibling Estrangement?

Why Don’t We Talk More About Sibling Estrangement?

Fern Schumer Chapman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 22, 2021

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