A short reading list. Today in New York, you can’t go to lower Manhattan because the streets are filled with Knicks fans. My city is still on fire from their historic championship win last weekend. People who couldn’t name a single NBA player a month ago (ahem, that’s me) have developed expertise and regional patriotism
For the week ending June 14, 2026 Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers For nonfiction, generously provided, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores across the country American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus. Article continues after ad * 1. The Book of Birds: A Field
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers For fiction, generously provided, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores across the country American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus. Article continues after ad * 1. disaster club By Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)2. harvest season (The Seasons of
It stars Isabelle Weidner, Danielle Allen, Amitav Ghosh and others Isabelle Weidner’s As ifDanielle Allen’s radical dukeand Amitav Ghosh’s ghost eye All of these are among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by book marksLit Hub’s home for book reviews. * Imagination 1. As if by Isabelle Weidner(FSG) 4 rave •
Specific terminology varies around the world, but generally, bdsm is a broad term that reflects a wide range of erotic desires, behaviors, identities, relationships, and communities slavery And Discipline, Effect And Submission (D/S)And sadism And masochism Article continues after ad BDSM involves the consensual exchange of power, but keep in mind that power shapes all
“Richard, she can’t stop looking at you,” my mother said with a big silly smile. Article continues after ad After only three months, my father came back into my life. And it was all because of the N-word. “I can’t stop looking at her either,” he said. My face became warm with happiness. I pressed
Today, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundationwhich “celebrates writers whose work demonstrates the power of the written word to promote peace,” announced the finalists for its 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prize (for books published in 2025). Each winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize, and the first runner-up will receive a $5,000 cash prize. Here are
(On June 16, 1976, the youth of Soweto, Johannesburg’s overwhelmingly black township, rose up to protest a new rule making Afrikaans the language of instruction in their schools—a language most people did not know well. They were led by Tsitsi Mashinini, a charismatic high schooler. The nationwide outburst Tsitsi made that day would change South
Last year, publishing power couple Roxanne Gay and Debbie Millman acquired dear online lit mag The Rumpus. Today the new leaders celebrated their launch rebranded site With new essays, fiction, and fresh design. The Rumpus was founded by author Stephen Elliott and launched in 2009 out of San Francisco. Under Elliott’s editorial purview, the site
Honored Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro behind never let Me Go And remains of the day, Has announced his next novel. Miss Lambert steps on danger-a detective story set in the 1930s-will be published by Knopf (US, Canada) and Faber (UK) on March 9, 2027. Guardian reports, “The novel follows Richard Hadley as he encounters the