Edwidge Danticat is the first two-time winner of the $20,000 Story Prize.

Edwidge Danticat is the first two-time winner of the $20,000 Story Prize.

By Katie Yee | February 27, 2020

I don't know who needs to hear this, but please stop going into bookstores and kicking the books.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but please stop going into bookstores and kicking the books.

By Jessie Gaynor | February 27, 2020

Here is the 2020 International Booker Prize longlist (with good news for indie presses).

Here is the 2020 International Booker Prize longlist (with good news for indie presses).

By Corinne Segal | February 27, 2020

How the 1980s Soap Opera Craze Changed Television Forever

How the 1980s Soap Opera Craze Changed Television Forever

Before Friends, General Hospital Ruled the Airwaves

By Elana Levine | February 27, 2020

The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education

The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education

Mikki Kendall on Anti-Blackness, Ancestors, and the Price of Growing Up Smart

By Mikki Kendall | February 27, 2020

A Call to Action for the Large, Cacophonous Mess That is the Democratic Party

A Call to Action for the Large, Cacophonous Mess That is the Democratic Party

The Co-Host of Pod Save America Lays Out a Plan for the
Future of Democracy

By Dan Pfeiffer | February 27, 2020

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Elizabeth Tallent on Death, Silence and the Intimacies of Sadness

By Elizabeth Tallent | February 27, 2020

When America's Most Famous Monthly Took on Its Most Famous Tycoon

By Stephanie Gorton | February 27, 2020

Marcus Mumford on John Steinbeck's Lessons in Justice and Power

By Literary Hub | February 27, 2020

Mrinal Sen's Films Rejected Political Apathy in India

Mrinal Sen's Films Rejected Political Apathy in India

Abhrajyoti Chakraborty on a Giant of the Bengali Renaissance

By Abhrajyoti Chakraborty | February 27, 2020

Bestselling author and real-life Hemingway hero Clive Cussler has died.

Bestselling author and real-life Hemingway hero Clive Cussler has died.

By Emily Temple | February 26, 2020

Meet AROUND B, the book bot butler.

Meet AROUND B, the book bot butler.

By Aaron Robertson | February 26, 2020

Will the new adaptation of <em>A Tale of Two Cities</em> still have Big Dickens Energy?

Will the new adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities still have Big Dickens Energy?

By Dan Sheehan | February 26, 2020

Coronavirus is affecting the Italian publishing industry in a big way.

Coronavirus is affecting the Italian publishing industry in a big way.

By Aaron Robertson | February 26, 2020

Volunteer-run, makeshift libraries are popping up at Indian protest sites.

Volunteer-run, makeshift libraries are popping up at Indian protest sites.

By Emily Temple | February 26, 2020

I Just Watched <em>You've Got Mail</em> for the First Time and You Guys, It's Bad

I Just Watched You've Got Mail for the First Time and You Guys, It's Bad

Reader, I Was Not Charmed

By Emily Temple | February 26, 2020

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