Reading Anne Sexton’s Rejected Horror Stories

Reading Anne Sexton’s Rejected Horror Stories

“Imperfect and thorny, but just strange enough to kindle fear.”

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 31, 2025

Corporeal Punishment: On Body Horror, That Most Human of Stories

Corporeal Punishment: On Body Horror, That Most Human of Stories

Tyler Malone Explores the Uncanny Valley Between the Body and the Self

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2025

October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Thomas Pynchon, Gish Jen, Philip Pullman, and More

By Book Marks | October 31, 2025

October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Gertrude Stein, Susan Orlean, Peter Matthiessen, and More

By Book Marks | October 31, 2025

Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction

Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 30, 2025

Porn, But Also Literature: On John Cleland’s <em>Fanny Hill</em>

Porn, But Also Literature: On John Cleland’s Fanny Hill

A Conversation Between Chelsea G. Summers and Jessica Stoya

By Chelsea G. Summers and Jessica Stoya | October 30, 2025

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of November

By Audiofile Magazine | October 30, 2025

Paradise Lost! R.E.M.! The Village Voice! 21 books out in paperback this November.

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 30, 2025

Max Delsohn on the Importance of Portraying Trans Men

Max Delsohn on the Importance of Portraying Trans Men

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 30, 2025

Why I Give My Books Away For Free

Why I Give My Books Away For Free

Shane Hinton Won’t Let Money Stand in the Way of a Potential Reader

By Shane Hinton | October 29, 2025

Susan Straight on Chronicling the Impact of COVID-19 in Fiction

Susan Straight on Chronicling the Impact of COVID-19 in Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Sacrament

By Jane Ciabattari | October 28, 2025

Meet the Best Debut Novelists of the Year

Meet the Best Debut Novelists of the Year

The Seven Finalists for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Dish on Their Reading and Writing Lives

By Literary Hub | October 24, 2025

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

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

Featuring Gish Jen, Virginia Giuffre, Claire-Louise Bennett, and More

By Book Marks | October 24, 2025

When Telling Your Own Story Gets in the Way of Processing Trauma

When Telling Your Own Story Gets in the Way of Processing Trauma

Gabriel Urza on Making the Move From Criminal Justice to Creative Writing

By Gabriel Urza | October 24, 2025

Remembering Writer and <em>New Yorker</em> Mainstay Alison Rose

Remembering Writer and New Yorker Mainstay Alison Rose

Cynthia Zarin on Her Late Friend: “She was like an exclamation point in Garamond type...”

By Cynthia Zarin | October 24, 2025

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