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    What to Read

    10 Photographers on the Books and Movies That Inspire Them

    By Rachel Cobb  March 15, 2017
    Essay

    Can Trees Save the World After We’re Gone?

    By Matthew Battles  March 14, 2017
    News

    The Challenges of Bringing a Bookstore-Bar to the Bronx

    By Jennifer Baker  March 14, 2017
    Events

    Librarians of the 21st Century: Worst Story Time Ever? (Or Best?)

    By David Wright  March 14, 2017
    Festivals

    The New York Antiquarian Book Fair Enters the 21st Century at Last

    By Erin Schreiner  March 14, 2017
    What to Read

    5 Books Making News This Week: Antiheroines & Alternative La La Land

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 14, 2017
    Lit Mags

    Secrets of the Designers: On Creating the Look for a Literary Journal

    By Literary Hub  March 13, 2017
    Excerpts

    The Life and Death of the Library of Alexandria

    By James Crawford  March 13, 2017
    Personal Essay

    When Your New York Apartment Has a Secret Literary Past

    By Anna Pitoniak  March 13, 2017
    Feature

    75 Covers of The Master and Margarita, Ranked, With Comment

    By Jonny Diamond  March 10, 2017
    Personal Essay

    How I Came to the Church of Rock and Roll

    By Darcey Steinke  March 10, 2017
    Personal Essay

    When My Father Wasn’t Driving Trucks, He Was Reading

    By K. E. Semmel  March 10, 2017
    Personal Essay

    Joshua Mohr: The Time I Robbed a Liquor Store

    By Joshua Mohr  March 10, 2017
    Feature

    10 Famous Writers on Loving Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    By Emily Temple  March 10, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Learning the Language of Democracy: A Protest Diary

    By Elena Marcu  March 9, 2017
    Politics

    Looking at America from the Trans-Siberian Express

    By Rosa Liksom  March 9, 2017
    Personal Essay

    Finding a Room of One’s Own on the Mexico City Metro

    By Madeleine Wattenbarger  March 8, 2017
    In Memoriam

    Odd, Prescient, Intense, Brilliant: Remembering Paula Fox

    By Emily Temple  March 7, 2017
    Did you know?

    The Doctor Who Made Addicts of the Nazis

    By Norman Ohler  March 7, 2017
    Excerpts

    Twitter and Facebook All in One: On the Rise of China’s Weibo

    By Alec Ash  March 6, 2017
    Criticism

    Women Can Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation Too

    By Emily Temple  March 6, 2017
    Film

    Who Should Star in the Barry Jenkins Adaptation of The Underground Railroad?

    By Emily Temple  March 3, 2017
    Personal Essay

    How Postcards From My Mother Helped Me Survive Childhood

    By Rowan Hisayo Buchanan  March 3, 2017
    What to Read

    Whales, Rust, Souvenirs, Luggage: The Latest Beautiful Object Lessons Covers

    By Literary Hub  March 3, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Dusty Springfield, Reluctant Queen of Blue-Eyed Soul

    By Jack Hamilton  March 3, 2017
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