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Yoon Nara smiles toward Seo Uihwa, who is facing the camera with a peace sign. They are wearing white shirts. A painting on cardboard shows a black and white cat with a star and moon.

Winter Fans Fall For Books

At 50-vendor book market at Gwangju book-themed festival.

Jisu Sheen

23 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

Judge Mosley Inspires With “Improbable Journey”

Judge Mosley Inspires With “Improbable Journey”

"Bishop Street To the Bench" book ook talk draws fellow veteran Black community leaders.

Lisa Reisman

22 Sep 2026 · 4 min read

Study Abroad Goes Wrong

Study Abroad Goes Wrong

R.F. Kuang takes on the campus novel, with mixed results.

Serena Puang

22 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

Spiraling Down in the Valley

Spiraling Down in the Valley

The hype literature yields to critical looks at the tech world's rise in wealth and power

Midbrow Editor

18 Sep 2026 · 5 min read

From Yale To Hell And Back

From Yale To Hell And Back

Leigh Bardugo drops secrets for her "fellow weirdos" upon release of her latest secret society-themed novel

Janday Wilson

18 Sep 2026 · 4 min read

Poet Tina Chang Grieves and Honors Asian American Women

Poet Tina Chang Grieves and Honors Asian American Women

In her new collection "LION."

Judy Lee

15 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

Cover of "Parent Trip" side by side with a photo of author Andee Hochman, smiling a big smile with short gray hair. The book cover is a colorful, whimsical illustration of cars on a winding r

Baby Making: Not Just for the Baby-Makers

Journalist’s stories detail unconventional paths to parenthood.

Jisu Sheen

10 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

A Dark Read Indeed

A Dark Read Indeed

Three novellas by Jacqueline Harpman portray a humanity of haunting melancholy.

Agustín Maes

6 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

Savoring the Last Moments of ‘Black Summers’ in Detroit

Savoring the Last Moments of ‘Black Summers’ in Detroit

Anthology of Black Detroit writers tells stories of joy, self-discovery, community, hardship, belonging, and grief.

Randiah Camille Green

4 Sep 2026 · 4 min read

Down the Rabbit Hole With Lena Dunham

Down the Rabbit Hole With Lena Dunham

In her latest memoir, the “Girls” creator reckons with the price of fame she chased at 23.

Jenn McKee

27 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

The Prison-To-Music Pipeline

The Prison-To-Music Pipeline

From Leadbelly to Johnny Cash to Tupac, author Colin Asher gets the how but not the why.

Brian Slattery

24 Aug 2026 · 9 min read

When Perfect Doesn't Add Up

When Perfect Doesn't Add Up

Canwen Xu's novel "Boring Asian Female" hits home for those of us consumed by the admissions game.

Serena Puang

23 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

Tales Of Kosher Poultry & Market Wars

Tales Of Kosher Poultry & Market Wars

Highlighted in lecture on New Haven Jewish writers of centuries past.

Midbrow Editor

18 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

The Dark Side of Suburban Utopia

The Dark Side of Suburban Utopia

Vanessas Hua's “Coyoteland” third explores issues of race, class, and what surveillance looks in today’s everyone-records-everything culture.

Lisa Gray

18 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

Meet Your Neighbors

Meet Your Neighbors

Natalie Sue, the queen of the hot-mess girl-boss novel, returns with a soft place to land in a world of hurry.

Serena Puang

17 Aug 2026 · 2 min read

A Christie-Style Mystery, Written by Writers, About Writers

A Christie-Style Mystery, Written by Writers, About Writers

V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke’s pseudonymous thriller “The Ending Writes Itself” is equal parts locked-room mystery and publishing-industry satire.

Jenn McKee

12 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

Artists And Mystery

Artists And Mystery

Come together in Thao Thai's sophomore novel.

Serena Puang

9 Aug 2026 · 2 min read

The Case for Reading Anyway

The Case for Reading Anyway

Hwang Bo-Reum’s “Every Day I Read” won’t teach lifelong bibliophiles much they don’t know — but it might be exactly what a reluctant reader needs.

Jenn McKee

7 Aug 2026 · 3 min read