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A City of Dreams and Dreamers: Ella Berman on Writing About Los Angeles

A City of Dreams and Dreamers: Ella Berman on Writing About Los Angeles

“There is no doubt that if anyone is capable of rebuilding and renewing, it is Los Angeles.”

By Ella Berman | August 7, 2025

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Hazel Gaynor Celebrates the Films, Prequels, Sequels, and More

By Hazel Gaynor | June 18, 2025

Eternal Solace: Eve J. Chung on Tradition, Family and Mourning in Taiwan

Eternal Solace: Eve J. Chung on Tradition, Family and Mourning in Taiwan

“I do not idealize the afterlife, but that is largely because of the privilege I have in my present.”

By Eve J. Chung | May 29, 2024

Our Founding Mothers: On the Women Who Changed the Modern World

Our Founding Mothers: On the Women Who Changed the Modern World

Stephanie Dray Recommends Kate Quinn, Stephanie Thornton, Vanessa Riley, and More

By Stephanie Dray | March 15, 2024

Will They or Won’t They? 7 Great Vacation and Road Trip Rom-Coms For Your TBR Pile

Will They or Won’t They? 7 Great Vacation and Road Trip Rom-Coms For Your TBR Pile

Allison Winn Scotch Recommends Neely Tubati Alexander, Jessica Joyce, Beth O’Leary, and More

By Allison Winn Scotch | March 8, 2024

Publishing On and Off the Page: A Reading List of Books About Book People

Publishing On and Off the Page: A Reading List of Books About Book People

Jane L. Rosen Recommends Steven Rowley, Tia Williams, and More

By Jane L. Rosen | May 26, 2023

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The Real-Life Heroines of an Outrageous Era: A Gilded Age Reading List

Maya Rodale on Boundary-Breaking Women from Nellie Bly to Ida B. Wells

By Maya Rodale | April 28, 2022

On the Absolute Pleasure of British Historical Reality TV Shows

On the Absolute Pleasure of British Historical Reality TV Shows

Colleen Hubbard Couldn’t Have Written Her Novel Without the BBC’s Historic Farm Series

By Colleen Hubbard | April 21, 2022

Reckoning with the History of Medical Racism: A Reading List

Reckoning with the History of Medical Racism: A Reading List

Dolen Perkins-Valdez Recommends Books That Spotlight the Colonization and Control of Black Bodies

By Dolen Perkins-Valdez | April 20, 2022

Why Romance Needs Its Tropes: A Defense

Why Romance Needs Its Tropes: A Defense

India Holton on the Joy and Universality of an Oft-Derided Genre Staple

By India Holton | March 18, 2022

Seven Books To Help You Get Through Your Olympic Hangover

Seven Books To Help You Get Through Your Olympic Hangover

Kathleen West Recommends Chris Lear, Haruki Murakami, and More!

By Kathleen West | February 24, 2022

A Personal Catalogue of the World’s Most Storied Bookstores

A Personal Catalogue of the World’s Most Storied Bookstores

Kerri Maher on the Shops That Comprise Her Writing DNA, from Marcus Bookstore to The Strand

By Kerri Maher | January 12, 2022

On Troublesome Women in the House of Windsor and the Allure of Royal Outsiders

On Troublesome Women in the House of Windsor and the Allure of Royal Outsiders

Wendy Holden Recommends Books That Pull Back the Curtain on the Lives of Exalted British Royals

By Wendy Holden | October 15, 2021

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