Namwali Serpell and Tracy K. Smith Discuss Toni Morrison’s <em>The Bluest Eye</em>

Namwali Serpell and Tracy K. Smith Discuss Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

From a New Podcast, PASSAGES: On Morrison

By Passages: On Morrison | May 21, 2026

Why We Shouldn’t Feel Guilty For Not Being Extremely Well Read

Why We Shouldn’t Feel Guilty For Not Being Extremely Well Read

Ed Simon Considers the Many Uses and Abuses of Promoting “Great Books”

By Ed Simon | May 21, 2026

What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

Nick Romeo Looks to Aldous Huxley and Gore Vidal for Clues About Where We’re Headed

By Nick Romeo | May 21, 2026

It’s All Just Torture Porn: A Record of Failed Attempts to Explain What Trans Lit is “For”

It’s All Just Torture Porn: A Record of Failed Attempts to Explain What Trans Lit is “For”

Katherine Packert Burke Considers the Past, Present and Future of Transgender Literary Representation

By Katherine Packert Burke | May 21, 2026

My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 21, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A rigorous, self-assured, propulsive, at times terrifying portrait of a dweebocracy that sets the agenda for the planet.”

By Book Marks | May 21, 2026

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  • Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley's Lover

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

By Literary Hub | May 21, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | May 21, 2026

Christian B. Miller on The Honesty Crisis

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 21, 2026

How George Saunders’s Analysis of Russian Masters Provides a Critical Language for Audio Narratives

How George Saunders’s Analysis of Russian Masters Provides a Critical Language for Audio Narratives

Sarah Montague Applies A Swim in a Pond in the Rain to Seminal Radio Works

By Sarah Montague | May 20, 2026

Strange, Mysterious and Beautiful: Rachel Mills Recommends Essential Novels of Sisterhood

Strange, Mysterious and Beautiful: Rachel Mills Recommends Essential Novels of Sisterhood

Featuring Work by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Mary Lyn Bracht, Abigail Bergstrom and More

By Rachel Mills | May 20, 2026

Why, As Writers, Do We Cut the Things We Love?

Why, As Writers, Do We Cut the Things We Love?

Kayla Rae Whitaker on the “Animal Data” That Makes Up a Good Story

By Kayla Rae Whitaker | May 20, 2026

The Man Who Reads Books For a Living (One Every Two Days)

The Man Who Reads Books For a Living (One Every Two Days)

You Have Clarke Speicher to Thank (Or Blame) For the
Recent Train Dreams Adaptation

By Julien C. Levy | May 19, 2026

Heather Eng Recommends Six Books About the American Dream and Social Striving

Heather Eng Recommends Six Books About the American Dream and Social Striving

Featuring Marisa Kashino, Susie Yang, Danzy Senna, and More

By Heather Eng | May 19, 2026

What It Means to Go From School Drop Out to Writing Tutor

What It Means to Go From School Drop Out to Writing Tutor

Djamel White on Teaching Kids How to Write

By Djamel White | May 19, 2026

Paige Lewis, Ali Smith, Jesmyn Ward, and more: 21 new books out today!

Paige Lewis, Ali Smith, Jesmyn Ward, and more: 21 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | May 19, 2026

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