SELECTED LETTERS OF JOHN UPDIKE , edited by James Schiff One drawback of John Updike’s letters, collected now for the first time, is that he never found a worthy epistolary sparring mate, the way Cole...
10.20.2025 Nytimes.com and 1 sitesThe Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. This is an edition of Th...
10.24.2025 Yahoo.com and 5 sitesThis article contains spoilers for Task . When Brad Ingelsby, creator of HBO’s 2021 hit crime drama Mare of Easttown , sat down to do his next series, he knew he wanted to return to the same place—Del...
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The New York Times Book Review recently published a lengthy article about Thomas Pynchon, the renowned literary genius who penned novels such as Gravity’s Rainbow, The Crying of Lot 49 and Inherent Vi...
10.20.2025 Cracked.comThe stacks at Harvard’s Widener Library are, I have come to believe, the best place to hide if you want to spend an afternoon reading uninterrupted but not alone. Widener has that rare charm conferred on a place only once it has been sufficiently drenched in history and filled with books—the most famous of which is certainly Harvard’s copy of the Gutenberg Bible, one of 48 still in existence. But Harvard is also home to a lesser-known literary artifact, stashed away in the school’s repository fo...
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October Dreaming By David Daniel October is a month of mystic meanings. Of marigolds and wild asters and the ripe-honey scent of Concord grapes on the vine. Of leaf peeping and football. Of “sweata we...
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Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day? Sign up for our daily Book Pulse newsletter. Awards & News The Liberty Medal is awarded to the Broadway hit Hamilton and Ron Chernow ...
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Dear Bill: Letters From a Young John Updike to His Editor, William Maxwell “Elizabeth keeps falling down the steep stairs here. Send the checks. I need the money. ” To William Maxwell, writer and fict...
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Read This! Joyride by Susan Orlean. The essayist and journalist has written a memoir that covers the writing life and the people and publications she has written for. Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Th...
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