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May 23, 2025Books of the summer
May 21, 2025Experts comment on the politicized editorial standards on Wikipedia during a panel discussion on Antisemitism and bias on the online encyclopedia, hosted by Boaz...
May 8, 2025Q. Are we excited about new books due out in May?A. Yes.Q. Why are we excited about new books due out in May?A. Because they look excellent.
April 23, 2025Paths taken, paths rejected: For our Republic, approaching its 250th anniversary, it all could have been very different. Among those things acclaimed political philosopher...- April 16, 2025Like the titular hot air balloon, Marcy Dermansky’s sixth novel doesn’t pop on impact — it floats and careens through two lightly dramatic days of the lives of four...
March 11, 2025I don’t know about you, but the first two months of 2025 have felt like two years. We live in uncertain and, ahem, interesting times, and as such, small but dependable...
February 19, 2025To be a Language Arts fan is to be a Lana Del Rey fan. Ahead, we pair each of her albums with a must-read book.- January 15, 2025It’s cold, it’s grey, its bleak—but winter, at the very least, brings with it a glut of anticipation-inducing books. Here you’ll find nearly 100 titles that...
January 9, 2025Let’s get out of here. Let’s go somewhere we don’t know yet. Let’s eat something new to us. Let’s trade our familiar concerns for unfamiliar flavors and...
January 8, 2025The after-effects of media conglomerate cost-cutting and 2023’s labor strikes showed up in noticeable ways for TV viewers last year. Networks and streamers made fewer shows...
January 8, 2025291 Books We're Looking Forward to in the New Year
January 2, 2025Last July, during the British general election in which the Labour Party ousted the long-ruling Conservative government in a landslide, I picked up “The Line of Beauty,”...- January 2, 2025We are still a few days out from the new year, but our editors have been reading diligently to give you a sneak peak of the best books of 2025. This isn’t a comprehensive list,...
