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10 Essential Road Trip Books That Aren't <em>On the Road</em>

10 Essential Road Trip Books That Aren't On the Road

An Alternative Reading List for Summer Journeys

By Emily Temple | July 17, 2017

11 Very Short Stories You Must Read Immediately

11 Very Short Stories You Must Read Immediately

From Lydia Davis to George Saunders to Sofia Samatar

By Emily Temple | July 13, 2017

10 Celebrities Who Should Definitely Have Book Clubs

10 Celebrities Who Should Definitely Have Book Clubs

From Beyoncé to David Lynch to St. Vincent...

By Emily Temple | July 3, 2017

10 Books On Ecstatically Mad Women

10 Books On Ecstatically Mad Women

Jessie Chaffee Reads Deeply into Emptiness, Fear, Desire, and Elation

By Jessie Chaffee | July 3, 2017

In Praise of the Lost and Wandering Girls of Literature

In Praise of the Lost and Wandering Girls of Literature

Kimberley Tait on the Value of Uncertainty and Emotional Exile

By Kimberley Tait | June 30, 2017

22 of Your Favorite Writers on What to Read This Summer

22 of Your Favorite Writers on What to Read This Summer

Celeste Ng, Rumaan Alam, Lauren Groff, Catherine Lacey and More

By Emily Temple | June 21, 2017

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Catherine Lacey: Notes Toward a Class on Writing Love

Catherine Lacey: Notes Toward a Class on Writing Love

The Author of The Answers Offers a Failed Syllabus for a Potentially Doomed Project

By Catherine Lacey | June 14, 2017

10 Works of Labyrinthine Literature to Get Lost In

10 Works of Labyrinthine Literature to Get Lost In

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By Emily Temple | June 14, 2017

Five Must-Reads on the Decline of Western Democracy

Five Must-Reads on the Decline of Western Democracy

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10 Works of Literary Horror You Should Read

10 Works of Literary Horror You Should Read

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5 Books You May Have Missed This May

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8 Books to Read During Pride Month

8 Books to Read During Pride Month

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5 Books Making News This Week: Diaries and

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