Jump to navigation Skip to content
Atom Atkinson reflects on teaching toward their students’ imagined queer futures; Xochitl Gonzalez considers the lessons of wedding planning for writing a novel; a Tennessee school distrcit bans Art Spiegelman’s Maus; and other stories.
The new fiction anthology Anonymous Sex has an unusual conceit; the American Booksellers Association gears up for board elections; Kim Fu reflects on the rewards of writing; and other stories.
Elisa Gabbert considers the “lyric decision”; Laurie Hertzel writes in praise of reading without imposing a deadline; Daphne Palasi Andreades discusses learning to “feel free on the page”; and other stories.
Colm Tóibín has been selected to serve as the next Laureate for Irish Fiction; Jami Attenberg reflects on the importance of curiosity; biographer Ruth Franklin discusses Shirley Jackson’s genre-defying career; and other stories.
Macmillan announces two-year partnership with Start Lighthouse with $84,000 donation; editor and writer Ann Arensberg has died; Esmée Weijun Wang interviews Andrew Garfield for the Believer; and other stories.
Kyle Chayka ponders the pleasures of Wordle; Mira Ptacin considers the balancing act of the mother-artist; Ariel Saramandi recommends books by Mauritian women writers; and other stories.
Novelist Iraj Pezeshkzad has died; Bianca Stone shares lessons from her latest poetry collection; Ella Baxter discusses putting kink and grief side-by-side in New Animal; and other stories.
The National Book Foundation will host sixteen events across the country this spring; Juana Adcock reflects on translating in the age of capitalism; Isabel Allende discusses her latest novel, Violeta; and other stories.
Erin Aubry Kaplan pays tribute to the late writer Eric Priestley; Liz Hartman analyzes best-seller data from 2021; Kaveh Akbar discusses the writing of Pilgrim Bell; and other stories.
Writer Teresa Mathew recounts her search for Indian grocery stores in New York City; the Millions preview books publishing in the first half of the year; Sam Jordison considers the enduring influence of The Artist’s Way; and other stories.
Paul Bogaards announces independent publicity firm; rare book collection expected to fetch upwards of $12 million; Bookshop U.K. surpasses £2 million in money earned for independent bookstores; and other stories.
Neil MacGregor leads the judging panel for this year’s Booker Prize; Michael Dirda selects books for an off-the-grid retreat; Edgar Gomez shares their ambition for their debut memoir; and other stories.
Maya Angelous graces new U.S. quarter; longtime poetry editor Don Paterson is departing Picador; Emily Meehan introduces new branding for the publishing arm of Barnes & Nobles; and other stories.
R. O. Kwon curates annual list of forthcoming books by women of color; Dan Saltzstein considers the legacy of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha; Niela Orr finds transformative lessons in the life and writing of bell hooks; and other stories.
Tess O’Dwyer leads the board of directors at the Academy of American Poets; bookseller and community leader Yusef Harris has died; Toni Morrison’s Recitatif is forthcoming next month; and other stories.
New ownership model introduced at Raven Book Store; Random House confirms new Norman Mailer anthology was never acquired; novelist Torrey Peters recalls a turning point; and other stories.
Jami Attenberg remembers her old apartment building in Brooklyn, New York; Preti Taneja reflects on writing about an act of extreme violence; Bonhams to auction books from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s private collection; and other stories.
Pat Strachan of Catapult announces retirement; Sequoia Nagamatsu recalls the evolution of his first novel; Jean Chen Ho reflects on rejecting the white gaze; and other stories.
Booker Prize–winning author Keri Hulme has died; friends of bell hooks share memories of the late writer and scholar; LibroMobile Arts Cooperative moves to new location in Santa Ana, California; and other stories.
Lily King describes unknotting her character’s emotions; Leslie Shipman defends the place of politics in literary agenting; the year’s most biting book reviews; and more stories.
Adam Levin praises “ellipses and anecdote” in short story writing; Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya considers the Fast & Furious franchise; John Warner names his favorite fiction of 2021; and more stories.
Hua Hsu writes on the life and legacy of bell hooks; Yiyun Li reflects on the rewards of reading in community; Neel Patel discusses his first novel, Tell Me How to Be; and other stories.
Marlon James shares the map he designed for Moon Witch, Spider King; Barack Obama reveals favorite books of the year; Jennifer Fliss discusses the dark and light elements of The Predatory Animal Ball; and other stories.
Pantheon hires Concepción de León; David Treuer spotlights five Indigenous authors; the longlists for the 2022 PEN Literary Awards have been revealed; and other stories.
Jonathan Galassi pays tribute to the late Roberto Galasso; Macmillan cancels plans to reopen offices in January; Luis H. Francia and Eric Gamalinda recall editing Flippin’: Filipinos on America twenty-five years ago; and other stories.
