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Stephen Colbert’s penchant for speaking truth (or at least telling jokes) to power usually has him in my good books, but his interview this spring with...

I may be young, but I know for certain that this era is one of the most difficult in world history—particularly for people of color, particularly...

I’m not rich. I don’t really want to be rich because I’m lousy at figuring out things to do with money, aside from buying more books...

Is it just me, or are we all just biding our time until the next piece of work by Roxane Gay is released? Whether she’s writing...

This list of August 2019 YA new releases is sponsored by JIMMY Patterson Books. One swipe can change your entire life…or end it! Finding himself alone in a...

This giveaway is sponsored by JIMMY Patterson Books. One swipe can change your entire life…or end it! Finding himself alone in a posh New York City hotel...

Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Flatiron Books. “A Boeing 727 aircraft retired from...

Here are six notable books of poetry publishing in August. Or What We’ll Call Desire by Alexandra Teague “Because without words what are we // but...

What is translation if not an intimate act between two people, away from the eyes of the world? It might be the mirth of two sisters,...