Why You Can’t Buy Lydia Davis’s New Book on Amazon Why You Can’t Buy Lydia Davis’s New Book on Amazon
Our Strangers is more than a beguiling collection of short fiction: It represents a stand against what might be killing the book industry.
Sep 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book
But corporate mega-publishers want purchasing a book to be like renting a movie or streaming an album.
Aug 30, 2023 / Maria Bustillos
Remembering Marvin Kitman Remembering Marvin Kitman
He ran for president of the United States in 1964—as the candidate of Monocle magazine.
Jul 5, 2023 / Richard Lingeman
Eat, Pray, Cringe Eat, Pray, Cringe
Elizabeth Gilbert’s next novel faced outcry for its setting in Russia. So, before she could get canceled, she canceled herself.
Jun 14, 2023 / Katha Pollitt
He Called for His Mother He Called for His Mother
Mamie Till-Mobley was one of the first in a far-too-long line of Black mothers to seek justice for their sons.
May 14, 2023 / Lottie Joiner
The Most Dangerous Game: How Shadow War Over Ukraine Nearly Triggered Nuclear Holocaust The Most Dangerous Game: How Shadow War Over Ukraine Nearly Triggered Nuclear Holocaust
Unnoticed among the trove of documents in the Pentagon leak is this account of how a miscommunication between a Russian pilot and his base came perilously close to starting World W...
Apr 27, 2023 / James Bamford
What the UK’s Arrest of a French Publisher Means for Public Intellectuals the World Over What the UK’s Arrest of a French Publisher Means for Public Intellectuals the World Over
The detention of Ernest Moret raises urgent questions about British authorities’ targeting public intellectuals at the request of other nations.
Apr 24, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata
When You Buy a Book, You Can Loan It to Anyone. This Judge Says Libraries Can’t. Why Not? When You Buy a Book, You Can Loan It to Anyone. This Judge Says Libraries Can’t. Why Not?
The lawsuit against Controlled Digital Lending is about giving corporations—rather than readers, buyers, borrowers, or authors—control over content.
Apr 20, 2023 / Michelle M. Wu
Jerry Mander Was the Groundbreaking Activism-Adman Jerry Mander Was the Groundbreaking Activism-Adman
He was a key figure in the anti-globalization movement—RIP.
Apr 19, 2023 / The Editors
The Brief Death and Miraculous Resurrection of the “Texas Observer” The Brief Death and Miraculous Resurrection of the “Texas Observer”
Progressive media is not a “business.” It’s a labor movement.
Apr 13, 2023 / Gabriel Arana