<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Literature - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Literature news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:12:34 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Psilocybin is doing what decades of philosophy couldn't: turning committed materialists into reluctant mystics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Psilocybin is doing what decades of philosophy couldn't: turning committed materialists into reluctant mystics]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/psilocybin-is-doing-what-decades-of-philosophy-couldnt-turning-committed-materialists-into-reluctant-mystics/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:12:34 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/psilocybin-is-doing-what-decades-of-philosophy-couldnt-turning-committed-materialists-into-reluctant-mystics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harold Bloom, flatterer. John Ashbery was “THE POET ABSOLUTE,” yet A.R. Ammons’s work was “larger and better” — and then there was Henri Cole]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harold Bloom, flatterer. John Ashbery was &ldquo;THE POET ABSOLUTE,&rdquo; yet A.R. Ammons&rsquo;s work was &ldquo;larger and better&rdquo; &mdash; and then there was Henri Cole]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/harold-bloom-flatterer-john-ashbery-was-the-poet-absolute-yet-ar-ammonss-work-was-larger-and-better-and-then-there-was-henri-cole/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:12:34 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/harold-bloom-flatterer-john-ashbery-was-the-poet-absolute-yet-ar-ammonss-work-was-larger-and-better-and-then-there-was-henri-cole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denis Johnson's life was a mess. His prose, somehow, was immaculate. How to explain the distance between life and art?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Denis Johnson's life was a mess. His prose, somehow, was immaculate. How to explain the distance between life and art?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/denis-johnsons-life-was-a-mess-his-prose-somehow-was-immaculate-how-to-explain-the-distance-between-life-and-art/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:12:34 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/denis-johnsons-life-was-a-mess-his-prose-somehow-was-immaculate-how-to-explain-the-distance-between-life-and-art/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Fire Agent,&rdquo; the musician David Baerwald bases his debut novel on the shadowy life of his German-Jewish grandfather: an aristocrat, a soldier, a Buddhist and a spy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/songwriter-david-baerwald-shares-an-unspeakable-family-secret-in-the-fire-agent/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/songwriter-david-baerwald-shares-an-unspeakable-family-secret-in-the-fire-agent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Traveler,’ by Andrea Wulf]]></title><description><![CDATA[As presented in Andrea Wulf&rsquo;s new biography, &ldquo;The Traveler,&rdquo; George Forster was an impressively curious, open-minded 17-year-old naturalist and polymath.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-traveler-by-andrea-wulf/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-traveler-by-andrea-wulf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Audiobooks of 2026 (So Far)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The year is nearly halfway over. Here&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;ve been listening to.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-audiobooks-of-2026-so-far/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-audiobooks-of-2026-so-far/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Poets Went From Describing Art to Personally Admiring It]]></title><description><![CDATA[The form known as ekphrasis &mdash; or poetry about art &mdash; has taken a turn toward the individual. Our columnist asks what it means.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-poets-went-from-describing-art-to-personally-admiring-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-poets-went-from-describing-art-to-personally-admiring-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carley Fortune Keeps Writing Hit Romance Novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Carley Fortune left a hard-won journalism job to give fiction a shot. Five best-sellers later, a series based on her debut is about to stream.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carley-fortune-keeps-writing-hit-romance-novels/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carley-fortune-keeps-writing-hit-romance-novels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Wreck of the Mentor,’ by Eric Jay Dolin]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Wreck of the Mentor,&rdquo; the maritime historian Eric Jay Dolin brings to life a dramatic episode from the golden age of whaling.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-wreck-of-the-mentor-by-eric-jay-dolin/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-wreck-of-the-mentor-by-eric-jay-dolin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To anyone in love with the precious, fleeting things of this world, resistance to disappearance seems only natural and proper. And yet]]></title><description><![CDATA[To anyone in love with the precious, fleeting things of this world, resistance to disappearance seems only natural and proper. And yet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-anyone-in-love-with-the-precious-fleeting-things-of-this-world-resistance-to-disappearance-seems-only-natural-and-proper-and-yet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-anyone-in-love-with-the-precious-fleeting-things-of-this-world-resistance-to-disappearance-seems-only-natural-and-proper-and-yet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The publishing midlist isn't shrinking. It's growing faster than the pool of available readers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The publishing midlist isn't shrinking. It's growing faster than the pool of available readers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-publishing-midlist-isnt-shrinking-its-growing-faster-than-the-pool-of-available-readers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-publishing-midlist-isnt-shrinking-its-growing-faster-than-the-pool-of-available-readers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The humanities spent decades decentering the human. Now Big Tech is doing it better]]></title><description><![CDATA[The humanities spent decades decentering the human.&nbsp;Now Big Tech is doing it better]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-humanities-spent-decades-decentering-the-humannow-big-tech-is-doing-it-better/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-humanities-spent-decades-decentering-the-humannow-big-tech-is-doing-it-better/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand tour’s most enduring truth: Even the most miraculous work of art is born not just into history, but also out of it]]></title><description><![CDATA[The grand tour&rsquo;s most enduring truth: Even the most miraculous work of art is born not just into history, but also out of it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-grand-tours-most-enduring-truth-even-the-most-miraculous-work-of-art-is-born-not-just-into-history-but-also-out-of-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-grand-tours-most-enduring-truth-even-the-most-miraculous-work-of-art-is-born-not-just-into-history-but-also-out-of-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dons of Oxbridge have traded the BBC for podcasts. Is this decline or progress?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dons of Oxbridge have traded the BBC for podcasts. Is this decline or progress?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-dons-of-oxbridge-have-traded-the-bbc-for-podcasts-is-this-decline-or-progress/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-dons-of-oxbridge-have-traded-the-bbc-for-podcasts-is-this-decline-or-progress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not simply trivia, not simply a hobby — for the believer, quiz verges on a way of life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not simply trivia, not simply a hobby &mdash; for the believer, quiz verges on a way of life]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/not-simply-trivia-not-simply-a-hobby-for-the-believer-quiz-verges-on-a-way-of-life/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/not-simply-trivia-not-simply-a-hobby-for-the-believer-quiz-verges-on-a-way-of-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine a metastasizing heap of incalculable, forgotten junk. That’s what we’re all storing away in “The Cloud”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine a metastasizing heap of incalculable, forgotten junk. That&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re all storing away in &ldquo;The Cloud&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/imagine-a-metastasizing-heap-of-incalculable-forgotten-junk-thats-what-were-all-storing-away-in-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/imagine-a-metastasizing-heap-of-incalculable-forgotten-junk-thats-what-were-all-storing-away-in-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harold Bloom read everything, praised lavishly, and struggled mightily with self-doubt ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harold Bloom read everything, praised lavishly, and struggled mightily with self-doubt&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/harold-bloom-read-everything-praised-lavishly-and-struggled-mightily-with-self-doubt/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/harold-bloom-read-everything-praised-lavishly-and-struggled-mightily-with-self-doubt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every generation of professors has complained that their students cannot read. Now there’s data to back it up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every generation of professors has complained that their students cannot read. Now there&rsquo;s data to back it up]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/every-generation-of-professors-has-complained-that-their-students-cannot-read-now-theres-data-to-back-it-up/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/every-generation-of-professors-has-complained-that-their-students-cannot-read-now-theres-data-to-back-it-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alasdair MacIntyre believed that Western morality, having lost its rationale, had been replaced by something thinner: mere moral passion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alasdair MacIntyre believed that Western morality, having lost its rationale, had been replaced by something thinner: mere moral passion]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alasdair-macintyre-believed-that-western-morality-having-lost-its-rationale-had-been-replaced-by-something-thinner-mere-moral-passion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alasdair-macintyre-believed-that-western-morality-having-lost-its-rationale-had-been-replaced-by-something-thinner-mere-moral-passion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Is a Watchful Spouse Who Didn’t Always Speak Up About Joe Biden]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former first lady&rsquo;s new book reflects an insular White House where loyalty was prized and President Joseph R. Biden Jr.&rsquo;s feelings were prioritized over health concerns.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-her-memoir-jill-biden-is-a-watchful-spouse-who-didnt-always-speak-up-about-joe-biden/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-her-memoir-jill-biden-is-a-watchful-spouse-who-didnt-always-speak-up-about-joe-biden/</guid></item></channel></rss>