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The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in July

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in July

From Lucky to Little House on the Prairie

By Emily Temple | June 30, 2026

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

By Literary Hub | June 29, 2026

Merci, Marjane: What the <em<Persepolis</em> Author Meant to Me as an Iranian in Exile

Merci, Marjane: What the Author Meant to Me as an Iranian in Exile

Naz Riahi on Marjane Satrapi’s Art as a Mirror

By Naz Riahi | June 29, 2026

How a Childhood Bookmobile Sparked My Love of Reading

How a Childhood Bookmobile Sparked My Love of Reading

Brenda C. Wilson Remembers the Start of Her Reading Journey

By Brenda C. Wilson | June 29, 2026

One of the Best American Backpacking Books Was Written by a Japanese Buddhist Beat Poet

One of the Best American Backpacking Books Was Written by a Japanese Buddhist Beat Poet

Brad Rassler on the Dharma of Albert Saijo, Who Distilled the Trauma of Internment Into a Minimalist Philosophy of the Outdoors

By Brad Rassler | June 29, 2026

Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

“AIDS was the first thing I knew about sex. It was the first thing I knew about being gay.”

By Sarah Schulman | June 29, 2026

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By Literary Hub | June 29, 2026

What Queer Archives Know (Before They Can Prove It)

By Demetris Papadimitropoulos | June 26, 2026

The American Library Association is auctioning off some primo vintage READ posters.

By Brittany Allen | June 25, 2026

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Three key takeaways from the new Sense and Sensibility trailer.

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On the First—and, So Far, Only—Book Ban Case Ever Heard by the Supreme Court

On the First—and, So Far, Only—Book Ban Case Ever Heard by the Supreme Court

Anthony Aycock Looks Back at Island Trees v. Pico,

By Anthony Aycock | June 25, 2026

A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

Danny Bate on the Linguistic History of Our Alphabet

By Danny Bate | June 25, 2026

The Clothes Make the Man: How Dark Suits Defined the Early American Republic

The Clothes Make the Man: How Dark Suits Defined the Early American Republic

Chloe Chapin on the Civic Meaning Behind Trends in Men’s Fashion in the 18th and 19th Centuries

By Chloe Chapin | June 25, 2026

My Mother’s Voice: <br>Messages From Tehran

My Mother’s Voice:
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“I would never blame them. But being around Americans while this country is bombing mine is the last thing I can do.”

By Shohreh Laici | June 24, 2026

On Joan Didion and the Art of Looking Back

On Joan Didion and the Art of Looking Back

Maggie McKinley Rereads One of America’s Great Nostalgists

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On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

Andrew McKenzie-McHarg Revisits the Grandfather of Rational Paranoia, Carl Oglesby

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