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Julie Andrews' reading life is exactly as soothing as you think it is.

Julie Andrews' reading life is exactly as soothing as you think it is.

By Corinne Segal | December 5, 2019

A new book suggests Albert Camus was assassinated, but is speculation a good idea?

A new book suggests Albert Camus was assassinated, but is speculation a good idea?

By Aaron Robertson | December 5, 2019

Inès Cagnati: The Insider Who Always Felt Like an Outsider

Inès Cagnati: The Insider Who Always Felt Like an Outsider

Liesl Schillinger on the French Novelist Who Wrote
Powerfully of the Immigrant Experience

By Liesl Schillinger | December 5, 2019

On the Ambitious Beginnings of China's Influential Soong Sisters

On the Ambitious Beginnings of China's Influential Soong Sisters

Jung Chang Recounts Ei-Ling Soongs' First Journey to America

By Jung Chang | December 5, 2019

Reading the Unpublished Novel My Mother Took<br> 30 Years to Write

Reading the Unpublished Novel My Mother Took
30 Years to Write

Caroline Scott on Realizing an Unlikely Family Dream

By Caroline Scott | December 5, 2019

A Seattle man is memorizing <em>Finnegans Wake</em> for some reason.

A Seattle man is memorizing Finnegans Wake for some reason.

By Dan Sheehan | December 4, 2019

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Here's a way to help a bookseller in need.

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Elaine Stritch's Never-Ending Search to Get Her Due

By Leah Rosenzweig | December 4, 2019

Michael Schur on Peter Singer's Moral Challenge to
the Rest of Us

By Michael Schur | December 4, 2019

Sean Brock on the Ingenuity, Soul, and Care that Created 'Southern Cuisine'

Sean Brock on the Ingenuity, Soul, and Care that Created 'Southern Cuisine'

Why Comfort Food is Worth Taking Seriously

By Bethanne Patrick | December 4, 2019

The Impostor Poets of Iceland Issue a Manifesto

The Impostor Poets of Iceland Issue a Manifesto

"Critics still don’t entirely know what to do with us."

By Literary Hub | December 4, 2019

Telling the Story of Zimbabwe's Subversive Creatives

Telling the Story of Zimbabwe's Subversive Creatives

The Brooklyn Public Library Showcases Artists Who Defied Authoritarian Rule

By Greta Rainbow | December 4, 2019

Why Do People Cheat? (Because They Often Win)

Why Do People Cheat? (Because They Often Win)

J. M. Fenster Tries to Understand the Motivations of Rule-Breakers

By J. M. Fenster | December 4, 2019

Announcing the Winners of Reading Women's 2019 Award!

Announcing the Winners of Reading Women's 2019 Award!

Drumroll, Please

By Reading Women | December 4, 2019

Jeff VanderMeer's

Jeff VanderMeer's "Borne" universe set to become a TV show.

By Jonny Diamond | December 3, 2019

Here are the 10 books you should read this week.

Here are the 10 books you should read this week.

By Katie Yee | December 3, 2019

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