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Lorrie Moore! Drew Gilpin Faust! Gay lit galore! 27 books out in paperback this May.

Lorrie Moore! Drew Gilpin Faust! Gay lit galore! 27 books out in paperback this May.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 1, 2024

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AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of April

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25 new books coming out today.

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The Complicated Emotions of Reading a Poem at the White House

The Complicated Emotions of Reading a Poem at the White House

Joshua Bennett on Reading “Tamara’s Opus” in Front the Obamas

By Joshua Bennett | March 29, 2023

88 Writers on the Books They Loved in 2022

88 Writers on the Books They Loved in 2022

The Year in Reading From Contributors to Freeman’s

By Literary Hub | December 19, 2022

Lena Waithe's production company is adapting a Joshua Bennett novella.

Lena Waithe's production company is adapting a Joshua Bennett novella.

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Joshua Bennett on Fatherhood: “We Do Not Live Forever. But We Do Live On.”

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Where Is Black Life Lived?

Where Is Black Life Lived?

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Joshua Bennett on the Use of Animals in the Work of Black Writers

Joshua Bennett on the Use of Animals in the Work of Black Writers

Of Subjugation and Ownership

By Joshua Bennett | July 13, 2020

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