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How Pregnancy and Childrearing Alter Our Perception of Time and Aging
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (141+ words) For your consideration, I present motherhood as a form of time travel. Pre, mid, post (of any variation). Beginning, middle, end (of any variation). Past, present, future (of any variation)these have become for me abstracts. This could be the…...
One great poem to read today: CD Wright’s “Floating Trees”
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (401+ words) One great poem to read today: CD Wright's "Floating Trees'Literary Hub One great poem to read today: CD Wright's "Floating Trees This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in…...
What Are the Routines of So-Called Super-Readers?
11+ hour, 12+ min ago (1071+ words) They read laps around the rest of us, wearing out their library cards and overflowing their bookshelves. They stack up hundreds of finished books each year. They are super-readers: people who read not just a lot, but an astonishing amount....
Dua Lipa’s literary empire is expanding. (Again.)
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (434+ words) You may know her as a Grammy winning pop star, best at baiting hooks that keep Barbie in a trance. But these days you're just as likely to know Dua Lipa for her second job: bookfluencer. The British impresario founded…...
Dear Harlequin: Nobody Asked For Your Weird, New AI Video “Microdramas”
11+ hour, 12+ min ago (543+ words) Dear Harlequin: Nobody Asked For Your Weird, New AI Video "Microdramas'Literary Hub Dear Harlequin: Nobody Asked For Your Weird, New AI Video "Microdramas Maris Kreizman Wonders What the Hell We're Even Doing Here On Monday Harlequin announced that it would…...
If you read cursive, the Newberry has a job for you.
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (421+ words) The Newberry Library in Chicago is scouting transcribers to demystify its handwritten collection. As Dan Kelly wrote in yesterday's Chicago, the archive's hunt for "living Rosetta stones" first kicked off in 2013, when the Newberry launched a campaign to transcribe all…...
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
11+ hour, 28+ min ago (528+ words) Our favorite criticism of the week includes Daniel Felsenthal on Wayne Koestenbaum's My Lover, the Rabbi, Becca Rothfeld on Arthur C. Brooks' The Meaning of Your Life, Robert Rubsam on Charlotte Wood's The Natural Way of Things, Daniel Mendelsohn on Yann…...
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (110+ words) The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction'Literary Hub The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction For the week ending March 29, 2026 Here are this week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by…...
Before the “Smart” Era: What the Early Years of AI Reveal About Its Future
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (1123+ words) Before the "Smart" Era: What the Early Years of AI Reveal About Its Future'Literary Hub Before the "Smart" Era: What the Early Years of AI Reveal About Its Future Sarah Murray on the Slow Creep of Artificial Intelligence Into Everyday…...
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (45+ words) The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction'Literary Hub Here are this week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed, and distributed by The Independent…...