<em>Harry Potter</em> banned in Catholic school after exorcists advise its dark magic is real.

Harry Potter banned in Catholic school after exorcists advise its dark magic is real.

By Eleni Theodoropoulos | September 3, 2019

Here's the 2019 Booker Prize shortlist, including Margaret Atwood and Elif Shafak.

Here's the 2019 Booker Prize shortlist, including Margaret Atwood and Elif Shafak.

By Jessie Gaynor | September 3, 2019

On Dark Tourism: Murder, Hauntings, and the Serial Killer Capital of Australia

On Dark Tourism: Murder, Hauntings, and the Serial Killer Capital of Australia

Why Can't We Look Away from the Worst of Humanity?

By Aimee Knight | September 3, 2019

Rebecca Solnit: How Change Happens

Rebecca Solnit: How Change Happens

“If you think you’re woke, it’s because someone woke you up."

By Rebecca Solnit | September 3, 2019

Ignoring Political (and Natural) Disasters the Miami Way

Ignoring Political (and Natural) Disasters the Miami Way

Jennine Capó Crucet on Life in South Florida as Storm Clouds Gather

By Jennine Capó Crucet | September 3, 2019

Understanding the American Drug Crisis: A Reading List

Understanding the American Drug Crisis: A Reading List

Ben Westhoff on How Nonfiction Helps Us Move Beyond the Headlines

By Ben Westhoff | September 3, 2019

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On Narrative Medicine and Finding a New Language For Illness

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Where Was My Hero’s Journey?, My Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl?

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Antiracism for babies, spiritual noirs, and magical realism: the week in book deals.

By Emily Temple | August 30, 2019

On the Brain: We're Not As Hardwired As We Think

On the Brain: We're Not As Hardwired As We Think

Everything You Do Changes Who You Are

By Gina Rippon | August 30, 2019

Designing Your Grandfather's Book (When He's James Thurber)

Designing Your Grandfather's Book (When He's James Thurber)

Sara T. Sauers on Honoring the Family Aesthetic

By Sara T. Sauers | August 30, 2019

My Child Lives On in My Imperfect Memories

My Child Lives On in My Imperfect Memories

Naja Marie Aidt on Time, Grief, and Her Late Son, Carl Emil

By Naja Marie Aidt | August 30, 2019

The Day My Mother Vanished<br> as a Child

The Day My Mother Vanished
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Laura Cumming on the Mysterious Kidnapping
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By Laura Cumming | August 30, 2019

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in New Orleans

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in New Orleans

Walk in Faulkner's Footsteps and Discover the City's Newest Voices

By Colleen Rothman | August 30, 2019

Where the Amateur Reader Ends, and the Professional Critic Begins

Where the Amateur Reader Ends, and the Professional Critic Begins

Tom Lutz on Where the Love of Books Can Lead

By Tom Lutz | August 30, 2019

The 12 Best Book Covers<br> of August

The 12 Best Book Covers
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Or, Fun with Text and Cutouts

By Emily Temple | August 29, 2019

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