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J.K. Rowling Announces New Book’s Royalties Will Go to COVID-19 Relief

"The Ickabog" will be released online one chapter at a time

Hemingway’s Reading Habits Revealed After Parisian Library’s Records Digitized

Patron records from Shakespeare and Co tell us what some of the great American modernists were reading in Paris

Literary Erotica Feud Sparks Larger Copyright Issues

Wolves, copyright issues and fanfiction all play a part

Matt Lauer Is Back, And He's Got Ronan Farrow Takes

The former "Today" host penned a lengthy critique of Farrow's fact-checking

COVID-19 Books: Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You

How soon is too soon to put out a coronavirus memoir?

What Drives the Men Who Go on Antarctic Expeditions?

A conversation with David Grann about Shackleton, Henry Worsley and the indomitability of the human spirit

What Were Ernest Hemingway's Parisian Reading Habits?

Newly digitized information offers some insight

Why We're Partnering With Bookshop, the Anti-Amazon Bookseller

Support independent bookstores, get a discount. It’s a win-win.

2020 Is One Great Big George Saunders Story

The American short story master gets so much right about our absurd times

"The Cactus League" Is the Perfect Baseball Novel for 2020

What would an MLB season played entirely in the desert look like?

How Robert Caro Is Dealing With Quarantine

Caro is at work on the fifth volume of his LBJ biography

Andy Serkis Reading "The Hobbit" As NHS Benefit

One might say that the narrative is precious to him

The Long and Decorated Literary History of the MILF

From Chaucer to Mrs. Robinson, one of literature’s most subversive archetypes is also a surprisingly old one