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Molly Crabapple on History as a Necromantic Art

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How Parks and Recreation Helped Create the Vision for a Better America

By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

On the Systematic Annihilation of Gaza’s Educational Future

By Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi

Polly Barton on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Hell of Solitude

By Polly Barton

A Linguistic and Philosophical Tapestry: Suchitra Ramachandran on Jeyamohan’s The Abyss

By Suchitra Ramachandran

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

By Literary Hub

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub

Chris Hadfield on Final Orbit, Artemis II, and the Future of Space

By Fiction Non Fiction

Of the Many Types of Roman Gladiator, Some Were Definitely Women

By Harry Sidebottom

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Authoring Fame: A Reading List of Celebrity Narratives

By Candice Wuehle

How Art Can Transport Us to the Past

By Stephanie Sy-Quia

We’re All Wrong About Men and Feminism

By Rosa Campbell

An Unsolved Puzzle: On Identity, Silence and a Legacy of Violence in Colombia

By Adriana E. Ramírez

“Daddy is Sleeping.” On Motherhood, Fatherhood and the Delicate Balance of Parental Labor

By Libby Ward

Andrew Martin (with Mary Gaitskill)

By The Writers Institute

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

April 16, 2026

The Best International Fiction of April 2026

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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The Best Psychological Thrillers of April 2026

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Writing in the Interim Language: Jhumpa Lahiri and Chiara Barzini in Conversation

By Chiara Barzini

This Week in Literary History: Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia Premieres in London

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Aja Gabel on Love and Grief

By Aja Gabel

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta

Here’s what’s been making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen

On the US-Israeli Coalition’s Continued Acts of Scholasticide in the Middle East

By Steven W. Thrasher

How Amazing Stories Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

By Ed Simon

On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

By Virginia McGee Richards

On the Global Conspiracy to Make Childcare More Expensive

By Alex Mayyasi