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In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

Maris Kreizman on the Need For Literary Friction

By Maris Kreizman | August 20, 2026

Did Smartphones Really Kill Reading?

Did Smartphones Really Kill Reading?

Joel Halldorf Argues that Reading Was in Decline Well Before the Smartphone—But There’s Still a Way to Fix That

By Joel Halldorf | August 19, 2026

Now Amazon is destroying rare books to train its AI.

Now Amazon is destroying rare books to train its AI.

By Brittany Allen | August 17, 2026

Are Dating Apps the Last, Great Hope For the American Literary Journal?

Are Dating Apps the Last, Great Hope For the American Literary Journal?

From Hinge to Feeld You Can Enjoy Short Fiction With Your FWB

By Brittany Allen | August 13, 2026

This interactive atlas captures more than a thousand literary journeys.

This interactive atlas captures more than a thousand literary journeys.

By Brittany Allen | August 11, 2026

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Eight Books That Puncture the Myths of Silicon Valley

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The Toxic Appeal of “Big-Reveal” Content on Social Media

By Kathryn Jezer-Morton | August 10, 2026

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By Maris Kreizman | August 6, 2026

Author or Actor: Who Should Narrate Audiobooks?

By Maris Kreizman | July 23, 2026

On Alt Text Image Description as Literary Practice

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M. Leona Godin Considers the Mundane, Profound Act of Translating a Picture

By M. Leona Godin | July 22, 2026

Publishing Has a Hologram Problem. And It’s Growing. 

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For Robert Moor, Readers Are Quickly Losing the Line Between the Idea of a Book and the Book Itself

By Robert Moor | July 15, 2026

The Cell Phone Novel Craze of Early 2000s Japan Did Not, in Fact, Destroy Literature

The Cell Phone Novel Craze of Early 2000s Japan Did Not, in Fact, Destroy Literature

Nicole Blackwood Charts the Rise and Fall of a Literary Microtrend

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Can ChatGPT Produce a Version of Proust Worth Reading?

Can ChatGPT Produce a Version of Proust Worth Reading?

Bryan Charles on the Slow But Steady Encroachment of Artificial Intelligence Into Literary Translation

By Bryan Alistair Charles | July 7, 2026

What Does Joyce Carol Oates <em>Really</em> Think of Our Addiction to Social Media?

What Does Joyce Carol Oates Really Think of Our Addiction to Social Media?

Harry Stecopoulos on the Queen of Literary X and Her Latest Story Collection, The Frenzy

By Harry Stecopoulos | July 7, 2026

What to read next based on your favorite A24 movie.

What to read next based on your favorite A24 movie.

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How We All Became Little Blue Dots on a Digital Map

How We All Became Little Blue Dots on a Digital Map

Katherine Dunn on the Intersection of Corporate and Military Power and That Created Modern GPS Systems

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