Today, the Cleveland Foundation announced the winners of its 89th annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which seek to recognize books that “have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures.” “It Read more >
These days you can’t swing a paperback—though, why would you swing a paperback—without hitting a new celebrity book club. First came Oprah, then Reese, then followed a whole succession of willowy blondes with apparent downtime and (judging from Insta) poolside Read more >
New York City is losing one of its most unique literary spaces: the Joseph Koch Comic Warehouse in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. For over 25 years, Koch (no, he’s not one of those Kochs) has run a brisk mail and web ordering Read more >
Boxes of Chronologically Organized National Geographics You’re a completionist who has a hard time hitting the “skip intro” button on a TV show. You only read novels in translation and are infamous in your friend group for dragging people to Read more >
The end of March is almost upon us, which, at least to me, feels a little crazy, as if the wheel of the year is spinning faster than ever. But if you, like me, want to slow time down for Read more >
Last night, in a ceremony at the New School in New York City, the National Book Critics Circle announced the winners of its 2023 awards, narrowed down from an impressive list of finalists in six categories: Autobiography, Biography, Criticism, Fiction, Read more >
Last Wednesday, a group of prominent authors—including Naomi Klein, Michelle Alexander, Hisham Matar, and Isabella Hammad—signed an open letter to PEN America in which they announced their decision not to participate in this year’s PEN World Voices Festival due to the organization’s Read more >
This year’s shortlist for the £20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize was announced today. It is comprised of four novels, one poetry collection, and one story collection—all but one of which were released by independent publishers in the UK. The Read more >
There may or may not be snow on the ground outside your window (that sound is upstate New Yorkers crying for sun) but meteorologically, today is the first day of spring, which is as good a reason as any to Read more >
Ah, 35, that mystical line between emerging writers and… old ones. Though I move ever further in the wrong direction from said line I am nonetheless happy to celebrate this latest crop of “young” writers, announced today by the National Read more >
“Gaza’s night is dark apart from the glow of rockets, quiet apart from the sound of the bombs, terrifying apart from the comfort of prayer, black apart from the light of the martyrs. Good night, Gaza.” –Heba Abu Nada’s final tweet, Read more >
It’s March 19th, the weekend after St. Patrick’s Day, and whether you’re already back in the swing of things or find yourself still nursing a hangover from a weekend of bacchanalian (but saintly) celebrating, you’ll have something new to celebrate: Read more >
Sally Rooney continues to be one of the literary world’s most vocal and eloquent advocates for Palestinian rights, as well as a trenchant critic of Israeli brutality and US complicity in the war on Gaza. In a controlled-but-blistering op-ed published Read more >
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association has announced the finalists for the 59th Annual Nebula Awards, recognizing some of the best SFF writing from 2023. SFWA is also honoring Susan Cooper (The Dark is Rising) with the 40th Damon Read more >
Dave Eggers has a new novel coming out—sort of. McSweeney’s just announced The Forgetters, which is described as something which “will someday be a probably-overlong novel by Dave Eggers; when the whole thing will be finished is anyone’s guess. But Read more >
Today, Aspen Words announced the five finalists for the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize, which awards $35,000 each year to “a work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and Read more >
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