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James Baldwin
When Are You Going To Write About Black People?
On the Responsibility of Writers, White and Black, to Write the Other
By
Brian Platzer
| July 11, 2017
The Most Anthologized Short Stories of All Time
A (Mostly) Definitive List
By
Emily Temple
| July 6, 2017
A Look Inside James Baldwin's 1,884 Page FBI File
The Blood Counters">Memos on "Aliases," Sexuality, and
The Blood Counters
By
William J. Maxwell
| June 12, 2017
At the Cave Canem 20th-Anniversary Celebration
Luminous Words in a Beautiful Space
By
Kyle Lucia Wu
| May 30, 2017
In the Age of Trump, Reclaiming the Golem as a Symbol of Jewish Resistance
Finding Solidarity and Strength in Jewish Folklore
By
Nathan Goldman
| April 27, 2017
Cornel West on Why James Baldwin Matters More Than Ever
In Conversation with Christopher Lydon
By
Christopher Lydon
| March 2, 2017
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Your Literary Guide to the 2017 Academy Awards
By
Emily Temple
| February 23, 2017
10 Great Novels on Freedom of Expression That Aren't
1984
By
Jonathan Lee
| February 9, 2017
Behind the Dedications: James Baldwin
By
Arvind Dilawar
| February 8, 2017
Totally, Radically Baldwin: Raoul Peck on
I Am Not Your Negro
Craig Hubert Interviews the Director about his Oscar-Nominated Documentary
By
Craig Hubert
| February 2, 2017
When a Promised Land Breaks Its Word
"Real Americans" Aren't Nativist Bigots
By
Evan Fleischer
| February 1, 2017
Paul Auster on Activism, James Baldwin and the Horrors of Trump
The Author of
4 3 2 1
in Conversation with Paul Holdengraber
By
Literary Hub
| January 25, 2017
The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 16
Counting Down 2016 in Literary News
By
Literary Hub
| December 28, 2016
Obama: On the End of a Literary Presidency
An Obama Administration Speechwriter Takes Stock, and Looks Forward
By
Jonathan Reiber
| December 15, 2016
Teju Cole Reminds Us of Life Beyond Politics, and the Beauty of Art
Adam Fitzgerald in Conversation with One of Our Great Essayists
By
Adam Fitzgerald
| November 8, 2016
The Black Boy Literary Survival Kit
"You Need Black Women More Than You Know"
By
Mychal Denzel Smith
| November 3, 2016
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7 Novels That Explore Motherhood's Complexities
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by
Donna Freitas
To Break Up with Friends, or to Murder Them: 5 Novels Featuring Fatal Friendship Failings
November 4, 2025
by
Jenna Satterthwaite
The Trauma Behind the "Good Old Days": Christina Henry on the Dark Trap of Nostalgia in Fiction
November 4, 2025
by
Christina Henry
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"