Richard Wright's lost novel has just been optioned for seven figures.

Richard Wright's lost novel has just been optioned for seven figures.

By Dan Sheehan | June 25, 2021

Here are the winners of the 2021 Orwell Prizes.

Here are the winners of the 2021 Orwell Prizes.

By Walker Caplan | June 25, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | June 25, 2021

Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall heroically cancels himself.

Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall heroically cancels himself.

By Jonny Diamond | June 25, 2021

10 things all writers could learn from</br> <em>Love Island</em>. No, seriously.

10 things all writers could learn from
Love Island. No, seriously.

By Emily Temple | June 25, 2021

The Change You Want to See: From Free Meals to Good Books, Doing the Work in Jersey

The Change You Want to See: From Free Meals to Good Books, Doing the Work in Jersey

Ann Kjellberg on the Newly Opened Bookstore Hidden Gems
Literary Emporium

By Ann Kjellberg | June 25, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Cloudthief
  • Cool Machine
  • Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
  • Beginning Middle End
  • They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

The Rise of the Crypto Writer? On What Literary NFTs Might Mean for the Book World

By Walker Caplan | June 25, 2021

All the Hot Fashion Trade Secrets c. 1925

By Véronique Pouillard | June 25, 2021

Can We Redesign the Internet to Be Friendly to the Truth?

By Keen On | June 25, 2021

Leaving the Box: Dispatches from Government Quarantine in South Korea

Leaving the Box: Dispatches from Government Quarantine in South Korea

Ben Weissenbach on the Tenuous Difference Between Place and Placelessness

By Ben Weissenbach | June 25, 2021

Nathaniel Mackey on Evoking John Coltrane and the Visual Delights of Poetry

Nathaniel Mackey on Evoking John Coltrane and the Visual Delights of Poetry

Peter Mishler Talks with the Contemporary American Poet and National Book Award-Winner

By Peter Mishler | June 25, 2021

“Life Has Once Again Outstripped Fiction.” Joshua Cohen on the End of Netanyahu’s Reign

“Life Has Once Again Outstripped Fiction.” Joshua Cohen on the End of Netanyahu’s Reign

This Week from the Radio Open Source Podcast
with Christopher Lydon

By Open Source | June 25, 2021

Matthew Salesses on Writing Plot and Cultural Context

Matthew Salesses on Writing Plot and Cultural Context

"Acceptance and rejection are cultural."

By Matthew Salesses | June 25, 2021

Hebe Uhart: A Brief Account of the Zoos I Cannot Forget

Hebe Uhart: A Brief Account of the Zoos I Cannot Forget

On the Habits of Animals in Captivity

By Hebe Uhart | June 25, 2021

Writing My Dead Sister Through Fact and Fiction

Writing My Dead Sister Through Fact and Fiction

Brian Phillip Whalen on Finding Resolution in Storytelling

By Brian Phillip Whalen | June 25, 2021

On the destruction by fire of the greatest library in the world you’ve never heard of.

On the destruction by fire of the greatest library in the world you’ve never heard of.

By Jonny Diamond | June 24, 2021

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