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Seven of the Greatest Farts in Western Literature

Elizabeth Zaleski Finds Famous Moments of Flatulence in Classic and Contemporary Works
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May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Speculative Adventures from Fonda Lee, Ada Hoffman, Veronica Roth, and more
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“Bridget Jones meets Slavoj Žižek.” And Other Wild Book Pitches From My Inbox

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Leila Chatti on the Many Ways to Be (and Not to Be) a Mother

“IVF is a kind of miracle, but doctors are not gods.”

Kaveh Akbar on Fiction’s Role Towards Revolutionary Action

By Kaveh Akbar

What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries

By Maia Chance

Han Kang’s Light and Thread is a Love Letter to Language

By Clara Hillis

Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

By Literary Hub

This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont

By Literary Hub

Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

By Jocelyn Jane Cox

Writing My Great-Great-Grandmother’s Escape From Eastern European Antisemitism as Gothic Horror

By Gabrielle Sher

To Be Honest in Poetry Right Now is to Embrace the Abstract, Negative, and Weak

By Xuela Zhang

Satire Isn’t Dead, We Just Misunderstand It

By Erin Van Der Meer

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Lauren Groff: There is No Such Thing as Boredom, Only Noticing

By Lauren Groff

Sarah L. Kaufman on Harnessing the Power of Verbs

By Sarah L. Kaufman

On Humanity’s Earliest Attempts
to Make a Home

By Stefan Al

7 New Poetry Collections to Read This May

By Rebecca Morgan Frank

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks

“The Formal Beginnings of Packing,” a Poem by Amanda Nadelberg

By Amanda Nadelberg

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

May 4, 2026

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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State of the Crime Novel, Part 2: Issues and Recommendations

By Molly Odintz

State of Crime Novel, Part 1: Routines, Problem-Solving, and Faithful Companions

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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Book Marks

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5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks

How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

By Max Rudin

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks

On the Propaganda of Early Nazism, and How We See it in America Today

By Omer Aziz

The Power of Prophecy, from Apollo to AI

By Carissa Véliz

Have We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency?

By Megan Garber

From Birdsong to Sheep’s Eyes: How Nature Helps Us Tell Time

By Cathy Haynes

Are Shakespeare’s Commas Really That Important?

By Daniel Hahn

Have We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency?

By Megan Garber