Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry.

Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry.

By Literary Hub | September 10, 2025

No one’s reading for fun, apparently. Here’s a reading list to fix that.

No one’s reading for fun, apparently. Here’s a reading list to fix that.

By James Folta | September 10, 2025

Why Everyone—Yes, Everyone—Should Join a Book Club

Why Everyone—Yes, Everyone—Should Join a Book Club

Linda-Marie Barrett on the Pleasures of Reading in Community

By Linda-Marie Barrett | September 10, 2025

On the Conservatism of Contemporary Literary Fiction

On the Conservatism of Contemporary Literary Fiction

Nathaniel Moore Reads Patricia Lockwood, Rachel Yoder, and Charlotte Wood

By Nathaniel Moore | September 10, 2025

What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

“Talk of money in Austen is always dramatic, never just informative.”

By John Mullan | September 10, 2025

Spells, Skepticism, and Surrender: What Happens When the Agent Becomes the Author

Spells, Skepticism, and Surrender: What Happens When the Agent Becomes the Author

Samantha Browning Shea on Breaking Her Own Rules

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Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

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Rachel Kushner on the 10th Anniversary of Kim Gordon’s <em>Girl in a Band</em>

Rachel Kushner on the 10th Anniversary of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band

“Distance is key to the power of her performance. But it’s key to her offstage life as well.”

By Rachel Kushner | September 9, 2025

The Case for Polyamory: Alejandro Varela on Writing a Novel That Questions Everything

The Case for Polyamory: Alejandro Varela on Writing a Novel That Questions Everything

“Once society’s fallibility becomes apparent, everything else comes into question.”

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Friedrich Engels Predicted Modern Gentrification 150 Years Ago

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P.E. Moskowitz Wonders What Makes a City “Valuable”?

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Here's the shortlist for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize.

By Literary Hub | September 8, 2025

My high school English syllabus, ranked.

My high school English syllabus, ranked.

By Brittany Allen | September 8, 2025

Never thought $1.5 billion was a small amount of money until this AI settlement.

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“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

Paul Slovak Digs Into Titles by Leonard Cohen, John Williams, Alfred Doblin, and More

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