Collective Book Studio Teams with Minneapolis Bookstore and Nonprofit The Oakland, Calif.–based publisher’s book donation drive supports Twin Cities nonprofit My Very Own Bed, which aids families experiencing housing instability, as well as Strive Bookstore, a local...

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Gwendoline Riley’s New Novel Surveys the Wreckage of Middle Age “The Palm House” is haunted by stubborn male egos and sharp-edged women whose honesty is often ineffectual in the face of life.

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Essay by Caroline Bicks, author of Monsters in the Archives Studying Stephen King’s archives helped Caroline Bicks understand why the author's monsters permanently reside in readers’ minds.

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John Keats’s love letters returned to owner after being stolen in the 1980s Romantic poet’s letters to Fanny Brawne, dated between 1819 and 1820, had been stolen from a Long Island estate

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An extraordinary book about the Nuremberg women casts new light on the darkest crimes Natalie Livingstone’s study of the trial that brought the Nazis to justice puts valiant women at the forefront of the story for the first time, writes Geordie Greig. The vital part that women played…

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How to Write Poetry in the Era of Face-Eating Algorithms - Electric Literature Author of "/face" William Lessard on facial recognition, surveillance, and the myth of the analog poet

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Anthropic Settlement Hearing Comes into Focus With the May 14 fairness nearing drawing near for the copyright infringement case’s $1.5 billion payout, the Authors Guild crunched the numbers while the Authors Alliance highlighted some of the objections.

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Son of Nobody by Yann Martel review – Life of Pi author discovers a long-lost poem from Troy An epic poem about the Trojan war is merged with the domestic heartbreak of the scholar who discovers it in this ambitious, structurally problematic novel

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Sara Wheeler discusses her new biography of the late Welsh travel writer Jan Morris Jan Morris was a writer who seemed to be everywhere at the right moment, from witnessing the first climb of Mt. Everest to interviewing Che Guevara. NPR's Scott Simon talks to biographer Sara Wheeler.

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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

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Bookselling for Modern Dystopia - Chicago Review of Books The front door to Maze Books in Rockford, Illinois sticks and bangs with a distinct double-clunking sound. Rather than updating for modern convenience, we have grown to embrace the thudding as the…

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In the Parlors of Black Bibliophiles: How Arturo Schomburg Built a Library and Made History They were “Damned Old Fools on Books.” That’s what the Philadelphia bibliophile William Carl Bolivar told Arturo Schomburg, his younger counterpart in New York, as the two men exchanged book lists,…

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Thomas McGuane Reads “Ordinary Wear and Tear” The author reads his story from the April 27, 2026, issue of the magazine.

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Your Orient Express Reading List: From Lonely Planet Downhill on the Orient Express  Graham Greene likened the arrival of the Orient Express into a city station to the closing moments of an overture, when ‘all the rural and urban themes of our long j…

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A Snow Globe Theory of the Short Story - Electric Literature “Day Care” author Nora Lange on writing while walking, notes we leave ourselves, and the mother as chimera

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American Library Association Applauds Congressional Efforts to Expand Library Access for Incarcerated Individuals The American Library Association (ALA) welcomes the introduction of the Prison Libraries Act, bicameral legislation aimed at expanding access to library services and educational opportunities for…

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How to train your brain to see possibility instead of doom Our minds evolved to minimise unpredictability. But if we learn to live with doubt, a world of opportunities opens up

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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of April 13 PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out.

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Audio Poem of the Day Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke review – the downfall of an all‑American tradwife The premise – Instagram influencer is confronted by pioneer reality – is genius. But does this high-concept debut live up to the hype?

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A Bit of Good News: 3 Book Ban Bills Defeated in Florida PEN America has shown up each legislative session with a goal: to push back against censorship in our schools, colleges, and universities.

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Great Books to Bring Young Readers Into the Wilderness

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