June 18, 2025
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Finding Africa in Harlem: Displacement and Belonging in Claude McKay’s Home to Harlem
Belinda Edmondson on the Peripatetic Perspective of a Landmark Novel
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Do We Find Purpose and Fulfillment in a Chaotic World?
Shigehiro Oishi Considers the Factors and Practices That Lead to a Meaningful Life
Sweet (But Not Too Sweet): 6 Essential Literary Love Stories
Jessica Soffer Recommends Ocean Vuong, Emma Straub, Andre Aciman, and More
A Friendship Across the Color Line: How Shared Southern Roots Brought a Black Writer and a White Editor Together
Tess Chakkalakal on the Unlikely Literary Partnership Between Charles W. Chesnutt and Walter Hines Page
Inside the Climate Techno-Dystopia of Michel Nieva’s Dengue Boy
Rahul Bery on Translating a Stylistically Innovative Work of South American Science Fiction
What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries
“A just world starves fascism of the nutrients it needs to thrive.”
The Best of the Bard: Nine Literary Works That Radically Reimagine Shakespeare
Grace Tiffany Recommends David Wroblewski, Dorothy Dunnett, Richard Adams, and More
Actually, Master and Commander is a Domestic Fantasy About a Codependent Life Partnership!
Olivia Wolfgang-Smith on the Queer Subtext of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin Series
Allegra Goodman on the (Almost) Life-Saving Power of Audiobooks
“Books are merciful this way. They fill your mind with other people’s questions and dilemmas.”
How Many Licks? On Tootsie Pops, Desire and the Science of Delayed Gratification
Sarah Perry Explores the Psychological and Material Factors Behind Our Candy Consumption Habits
Love Books? You Still Might Suffer From Bibliophobia
Sarah Chihaya on the Real Consequences of Fearing Books
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