• News and Culture

    Personal Essay

    Finding Empathy in the Face of Hate

    By Gabrielle Bellot  November 30, 2016
    News

    The Harlem Bookstore Committed to Revolutionary Politics

    By Dwyer Murphy  November 30, 2016
    Feature

    The Ways in Which I’d Like to Get Attacked By a Bear

    By Steven Church  November 30, 2016
    What to Read

    Baffling Omissions from the NY Times’ 100 Notable Books List

    By Emily Temple  November 29, 2016
    Feature

    Bookselling in the 21st Century: Going Way Beyond the Call of Duty

    By Marion Abbott  November 29, 2016
    Excerpts

    A Tour of Paris, 1917, With Blaise Cendrars

    By Literary Hub  November 29, 2016
    Feature

    On Fidel Castro’s Friendships With Literary Giants

    By Emily Temple  November 28, 2016
    Deep Dive

    How Pacifism Can Lead to Violence and Conflict

    By Miriam Toews  November 28, 2016
    Conversations

    Who is the Genius Behind Merriam-Webster’s Social Media?

    By Emily Temple  November 28, 2016
    Feature

    The World’s Oldest Library: Founded by a Woman, Restored By a Woman

    By Lorraine Boissoneault  November 28, 2016
    Feature

    10 Books by Indigenous Authors You Should Read

    By Emily Temple  November 23, 2016
    Op-Ed

    Giving Thanks is a Political Act

    By Celeste Ng  November 23, 2016
    Essay

    With Mike Pence at Hamilton: Thoughts from My 13-Year-Old Sister

    By Christopher Knapp  November 23, 2016
    News

    Nobody Tells Us What to Do: On 50 Years of Hanging Loose Press

    By Samara Skolnik  November 23, 2016
    In Memoriam

    Remembering William Trevor

    By Emily Temple  November 22, 2016
    Essay

    David Remnick on the Post-Fact Press, and the Future of Journalism

    By Emily Temple  November 22, 2016
    Feature

    10 Contemporary Novels About the Immigrant Experience in America

    By Emily Temple  November 22, 2016
    Design

    Marlon James on the Subversive Art of the Dancehall Sign

    By Marlon James  November 22, 2016
    Excerpts

    John Edgar Wideman: Making Sense of American Darkness

    By John Edgar Wideman  November 22, 2016
    Essay

    Everything is Not Fine If It’s Not Fine for Everyone

    By Morgan Babst  November 22, 2016
    Op-Ed

    Masha Gessen: Why We Must Protest

    By Masha Gessen  November 21, 2016
    Essay

    Valeria Luiselli: This is How the World Ends?

    By Valeria Luiselli  November 21, 2016
    Awards

    On the Red Carpet at the National Book Awards

    By Literary Hub  November 21, 2016
    Excerpts

    The View from Jamaica Kincaid’s Antigua

    By Joshua Jelly-Schapiro  November 21, 2016
    Essay

    In Search of the Radical Bookstores of Old San Franciso

    By Dwyer Murphy  November 18, 2016
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