If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to.

2 Sessions: Saturdays, October 3 + 10 1:00-3:00pm ET Sandy Ernest Allen Master the art of pitching with journalist and editor Sandy Ernest Allen. Sandy is a trans and queer freelance journalist, a...

“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

The man who admitted to stealing hundreds of manuscripts swore he’d never do it again. New online skulduggery resembles his old tricks, and then some.

A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.

Bret Stephens is mad at these books, you should buy them and read them, not just the SCARY PR COPY that triggered him like a snowflake. No, I won’t link this fuckshit here, because I won’t drive tra...

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The theme of the week is one super chill question: who will you be when America descends into chaos? What I read this week Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel I love how in her four most recent bo...

The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2026 has been announced, featuring two previous winners, a previous shortlistee, and three authors new to the prize

Despite welcome diversification, literary culture is also becoming more tied to elite educational institutions, and more difficult to enter.

Anti-censorship groups, authors, librarians, and others will host a livestreamed telethon, Show Up, Speak Up! Vote for the Freedom to Read, on September 24, with special guests including Judy Blume, J...

Anti-censorship groups, authors, librarians, and others will host a livestreamed telethon, Show Up, Speak Up! Vote for the Freedom to Read, on September 24, with special guests including Judy Blume, J...

“Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …

The theme of the week is one super chill question: who will you be when America descends into chaos? What I read this week Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel I love how in her four most recent bo...

Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik...

Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.

The author, accused of stealing someone else’s story of abuse, tries to defend herself.

Last week I read a really lovely WIRED story by Tess Owen about people who desperately want to deprogram their MAGA-pilled family members and hope to use books to do so. They want to start a meanin…

Zibby Owens has parlayed her wealth into a multipronged media company that publishes her work. No one doubts her enthusiasm, but many question her management.

The first official day of fall is this coming Tuesday, September 22, but if you’re reading this then by now you’ve probably seen a few “most anticipated for fall 2026” lists. There is so much great…

Have you considered “Six Hours a Day of MSNBC” on MS NOW (or Fox News, depending on your specific parents)?

The first official day of fall is this coming Tuesday, September 22, but if you’re reading this then by now you’ve probably seen a few “most anticipated for fall 2026” lists. There is so much great…

Armed with a near-perfect detection tool, Pangram is fighting to convince the public AI cheating can be caught.

The theme of this week is death comes for us all! (I added an exclamation point at the end so you'll know I'm being peppy about it.) What I read this week Switzy by Emma Cline and Understory by C...

The theme of this week is death comes for us all! (I added an exclamation point at the end so you'll know I'm being peppy about it.) What I read this week Switzy by Emma Cline and Understory by C...

The industry is learning to live with the disruptive technology, for better and for worse.

The comedian has three shows at Harvard Square's Comedy Studio on Sept. 19.