<?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/1000/" /><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>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:42:48 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Know These American Literary Landmarks?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Certain locations also live on with some authors along with their writing. Try this short quiz to see how many places you remember.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-american-literary-landmarks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:42:48 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-american-literary-landmarks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Sell Homer’s ‘Odyssey,’ Book Publishers Get Creative]]></title><description><![CDATA[The market for the epic poem is as crowded as a certain Ithacan palace, and publishers have had to get crafty to attract readers to their editions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-sell-homers-odyssey-book-publishers-get-creative/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-sell-homers-odyssey-book-publishers-get-creative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vienna's coffeehouses bred inward-looking modernists. Belgrade's kafanas bred regicide and revolution&nbsp;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vienna's coffeehouses bred inward-looking modernists. Belgrade's kafanas bred regicide and revolution&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/viennas-coffeehouses-bred-inward-looking-modernists-belgrades-kafanas-bred-regicide-and-revolutionnbsp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:32:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/viennas-coffeehouses-bred-inward-looking-modernists-belgrades-kafanas-bred-regicide-and-revolutionnbsp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Treat me as though I were dead," Muriel Spark told her biographer. Then she tried to bury the book]]></title><description><![CDATA["Treat me as though I were dead," Muriel Spark told her biographer. Then she tried to bury the book]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/treat-me-as-though-i-were-dead-muriel-spark-told-her-biographer-then-she-tried-to-bury-the-book/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:32:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/treat-me-as-though-i-were-dead-muriel-spark-told-her-biographer-then-she-tried-to-bury-the-book/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fueled by peyote, the anthropologist and cult leader Carlos Castaneda was one of the world’s most read authors in 1970. Today he’s an artifact]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fueled by peyote, the anthropologist and cult leader Carlos Castaneda was one of the world&rsquo;s most read authors in 1970. Today he&rsquo;s an artifact]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fueled-by-peyote-the-anthropologist-and-cult-leader-carlos-castaneda-was-one-of-the-worlds-most-read-authors-in-1970-today-hes-an-artifact/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:32:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fueled-by-peyote-the-anthropologist-and-cult-leader-carlos-castaneda-was-one-of-the-worlds-most-read-authors-in-1970-today-hes-an-artifact/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Cool Machine,’ by Colson Whitehead]]></title><description><![CDATA[The final installment of his Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cool-machine-by-colson-whitehead/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cool-machine-by-colson-whitehead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Sell the ‘Odyssey,’ Publishers, Like Its Hero, Get Wily]]></title><description><![CDATA[The market for Homer&rsquo;s epic poem is as crowded as a certain Ithacan palace, and publishers have had to get crafty to attract readers to their editions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-sell-the-odyssey-publishers-like-its-hero-get-wily/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-sell-the-odyssey-publishers-like-its-hero-get-wily/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas Book List: See What Students Will Be Required to Read]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is essential reading? Texas has an answer: Classics, including the Bible.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/texas-book-list-see-what-students-will-be-required-to-read/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/texas-book-list-see-what-students-will-be-required-to-read/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Lost Founder,’ by Jesse Wegman]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Lost Founder,&rdquo; the journalist Jesse Wegman looks back at a largely forgotten and singular voice that helped make the United States what it is today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-lost-founder-by-jesse-wegman/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-lost-founder-by-jesse-wegman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Scariest Place in New Jersey Set the Stage for Her Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Caitlin Mullen drew on eerie expeditions to the Pine Barrens for her new mystery novel, &ldquo;Heather.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-scariest-place-in-new-jersey-set-the-stage-for-her-novel/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-scariest-place-in-new-jersey-set-the-stage-for-her-novel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Is Syracuse, N.Y., Such a Haven for Legendary Writers?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the frozen shadows of shuttered factories, icons like Toni Morrison, Raymond Carver and David Foster Wallace created some of their greatest work.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-is-syracuse-ny-such-a-haven-for-legendary-writers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-is-syracuse-ny-such-a-haven-for-legendary-writers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Eye-Opening Visit to the ‘Little House’ of My Childhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Laura Ingalls Wilder and the myth of the American West revisited.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-eye-opening-visit-to-the-little-house-of-my-childhood/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-eye-opening-visit-to-the-little-house-of-my-childhood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walt Odets, Who Delved Into the Minds of Gay Men, Dies at 79]]></title><description><![CDATA[A psychologist, he wrote during the AIDS crisis about survivor&rsquo;s guilt and depression in his H.I.V.-negative patients.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/walt-odets-who-delved-into-the-minds-of-gay-men-dies-at-79/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/walt-odets-who-delved-into-the-minds-of-gay-men-dies-at-79/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Know Before Seeing ‘The Odyssey’: Plot, Characters and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan&rsquo;s adaptation of Homer&rsquo;s epic poem has monster battles, a sorceress and dozens of thirsty suitors. Here&rsquo;s a primer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-to-know-before-seeing-the-odyssey-plot-characters-and-more/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-to-know-before-seeing-the-odyssey-plot-characters-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Yellow Pine,’ by Claire Vaye Watkins]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Claire Vaye Watkins&rsquo;s novel &ldquo;Yellow Pine,&rdquo; a single woman having an existential crisis decides now is the time to have a child.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-yellow-pine-by-claire-vaye-watkins/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-yellow-pine-by-claire-vaye-watkins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lam Wing-Kee, Hong Kong Bookseller Who Defied Authorities, Dies at 70]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of five booksellers kidnapped by Chinese officials in 2015, Mr. Lam spoke out after his release and became an international cause c&eacute;l&egrave;bre.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lam-wing-kee-hong-kong-bookseller-who-defied-authorities-dies-at-70/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lam-wing-kee-hong-kong-bookseller-who-defied-authorities-dies-at-70/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want More of the ‘Odyssey’? Read These Books Next.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-more-of-the-odyssey-read-these-books-next-2/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-more-of-the-odyssey-read-these-books-next-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want More of the ‘Odyssey’? Read These Books Next]]></title><description><![CDATA[Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-more-of-the-odyssey-read-these-books-next/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-more-of-the-odyssey-read-these-books-next/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rediscovery of Country Original Gary Stewart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gary Stewart spent a few years on top, but was largely forgotten after his tragic death in 2003. Now a new generation is rediscovering the onetime &ldquo;king of honky-tonk.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-rediscovery-of-country-original-gary-stewart/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-rediscovery-of-country-original-gary-stewart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Children’s Books of Seymour Chwast]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new collection of the famous graphic designer Seymour Chwast&rsquo;s work for children &ldquo;unearths a cache of lost treasures.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-childrens-books-of-seymour-chwast/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-childrens-books-of-seymour-chwast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Heartstopper Forever’: What to Know Before Seeing the Movie]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Netflix series and its feature-length finale are based on the graphic novels by Alice Oseman. Here&rsquo;s a reminder of the events of the characters and where their stories left of.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/heartstopper-forever-what-to-know-before-seeing-the-movie/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/heartstopper-forever-what-to-know-before-seeing-the-movie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scholarship requires bracketing your own convictions long enough to inhabit a possibly repugnant argument. Too few now attempt it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scholarship requires bracketing your own convictions long enough to inhabit a possibly repugnant argument. Too few now attempt it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/scholarship-requires-bracketing-your-own-convictions-long-enough-to-inhabit-a-possibly-repugnant-argument-too-few-now-attempt-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:18:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/scholarship-requires-bracketing-your-own-convictions-long-enough-to-inhabit-a-possibly-repugnant-argument-too-few-now-attempt-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Gen Z, periods at the ends of sentences are passive aggressive and “correct punctuation itself is a signal of irony”]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Gen Z, periods at the ends of sentences are passive aggressive and &ldquo;correct punctuation itself is a signal of irony&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-gen-z-periods-at-the-ends-of-sentences-are-passive-aggressive-and-correct-punctuation-itself-is-a-signal-of-irony/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:18:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-gen-z-periods-at-the-ends-of-sentences-are-passive-aggressive-and-correct-punctuation-itself-is-a-signal-of-irony/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI may sharpen what we do. But what manner of people will we become? K. Anthony Appiah on LLMs and morality]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI may sharpen what we do. But what manner of people will we become? K. Anthony Appiah on LLMs and morality]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-may-sharpen-what-we-do-but-what-manner-of-people-will-we-become-k-anthony-appiah-on-llms-and-morality/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:18:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-may-sharpen-what-we-do-but-what-manner-of-people-will-we-become-k-anthony-appiah-on-llms-and-morality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is This What a Post-Literate Era Looks Like?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not the children who stopped reading. It&rsquo;s their grandparents.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-what-a-post-literate-era-looks-like/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-what-a-post-literate-era-looks-like/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/someone-used-ai-to-write-an-unauthorized-biography-of-me-i-dont-recommend-reading-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/someone-used-ai-to-write-an-unauthorized-biography-of-me-i-dont-recommend-reading-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romance Novels Filled With Dazzling Fireworks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on three of the year&rsquo;s most anticipated books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/romance-novels-filled-with-dazzling-fireworks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/romance-novels-filled-with-dazzling-fireworks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wondering why "everything feels divided and why it sucks constantly"? Blame the uni-context. Agnes Callard explains]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wondering why "everything feels divided and why it sucks constantly"? Blame the uni-context. Agnes Callard explains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wondering-why-everything-feels-divided-and-why-it-sucks-constantly-blame-the-uni-context-agnes-callard-explains-2/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:47:47 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wondering-why-everything-feels-divided-and-why-it-sucks-constantly-blame-the-uni-context-agnes-callard-explains-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is This Really the End of Reading?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not the children who stopped reading. It&rsquo;s their grandparents.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-really-the-end-of-reading/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-really-the-end-of-reading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Only Thing Riskier Than Telling an Abortion Joke]]></title><description><![CDATA[For comedian Alison Leiby, talking about her choice to be child-free is more polarizing to audiences than anything else.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-only-thing-riskier-than-telling-an-abortion-joke/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-only-thing-riskier-than-telling-an-abortion-joke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dazzling New Romance Novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on three of the year&rsquo;s most anticipated books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dazzling-new-romance-novels/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dazzling-new-romance-novels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Journey to Nowhere,’ by Shiva Naipaul]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Journey to Nowhere,&rdquo; Shiva Naipaul reports on the aftermath of a cult&rsquo;s disastrous turn away from idealism.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-journey-to-nowhere-by-shiva-naipaul/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-journey-to-nowhere-by-shiva-naipaul/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘I Want You to Be Happy,’ by Jem Calder]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jem Calder&rsquo;s novel, &ldquo;I Want You to Be Happy,&rdquo; follows the flailing situationship between two aspiring writers with a 12-year age gap.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-i-want-you-to-be-happy-by-jem-calder/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-i-want-you-to-be-happy-by-jem-calder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5 People]]></title><description><![CDATA[Other booksellers have been detained in recent months as part of a broad national security crackdown.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hong-kong-police-raid-independent-bookstores-and-arrest-5-people/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hong-kong-police-raid-independent-bookstores-and-arrest-5-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5]]></title><description><![CDATA[Other booksellers have been detained in recent months as part of a broad national security crackdown.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hong-kong-police-raid-independent-bookstores-and-arrest-5/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hong-kong-police-raid-independent-bookstores-and-arrest-5/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wondering why "everything feels divided and why it sucks constantly?" Blame the uni-context. Agnes Callard explains]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wondering why "everything feels divided and why it sucks constantly?" Blame the uni-context. Agnes Callard explains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wondering-why-everything-feels-divided-and-why-it-sucks-constantly-blame-the-uni-context-agnes-callard-explains/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:32:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wondering-why-everything-feels-divided-and-why-it-sucks-constantly-blame-the-uni-context-agnes-callard-explains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With their mad methods and aesthetic gimmicks, William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin were, together, a brand: The Cut-Up Boys of the Interzone ]]></title><description><![CDATA[With their mad methods and aesthetic gimmicks, William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin were, together, a brand: The Cut-Up Boys of the Interzone&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/with-their-mad-methods-and-aesthetic-gimmicks-william-s-burroughs-and-brion-gysin-were-together-a-brand-the-cut-up-boys-of-the-interzone/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:32:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/with-their-mad-methods-and-aesthetic-gimmicks-william-s-burroughs-and-brion-gysin-were-together-a-brand-the-cut-up-boys-of-the-interzone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ketamine, public cuddling, and prediction markets on just about everything pervade Manifest, a gathering of self-described “rationalists”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ketamine, public cuddling, and prediction markets on just about everything pervade Manifest, a gathering of self-described &ldquo;rationalists&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ketamine-public-cuddling-and-prediction-markets-on-just-about-everything-pervade-manifest-a-gathering-of-self-described-rationalists/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:32:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ketamine-public-cuddling-and-prediction-markets-on-just-about-everything-pervade-manifest-a-gathering-of-self-described-rationalists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer&rsquo;s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/archaeologists-unearth-a-2400-year-old-sanctuary-for-the-worship-of-odysseus/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/archaeologists-unearth-a-2400-year-old-sanctuary-for-the-worship-of-odysseus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden Will Release Memoir Just After the November Midterms]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former president announced that the book, &ldquo;Promise Me, America,&rdquo; will come out on Nov. 17, and will cover the tumultuous events of his presidency as well as his re-election bid.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/biden-will-release-memoir-just-after-the-november-midterms/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/biden-will-release-memoir-just-after-the-november-midterms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘They Stole a City,’ by Lauren Collins]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by the journalist Lauren Collins chronicles the ongoing effects of the violent takeover of Wilmington, N.C., on those living in its aftermath.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-they-stole-a-city-by-lauren-collins/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-they-stole-a-city-by-lauren-collins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Air,’ by Christian Kracht]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Air,&rdquo; by the Swiss writer Christian Kracht, a decorator&rsquo;s unusual commission leads abruptly into another universe.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-air-by-christian-kracht/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-air-by-christian-kracht/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“The smartphone erodes freedom not because it invades our private space, but because it gives us the feel of a private world”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The smartphone erodes freedom not because it invades our private space, but because it gives us the feel of a private world&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-smartphone-erodes-freedom-not-because-it-invades-our-private-space-but-because-it-gives-us-the-feel-of-a-private-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:04:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-smartphone-erodes-freedom-not-because-it-invades-our-private-space-but-because-it-gives-us-the-feel-of-a-private-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saul Bellow peeked under Allan Bloom's kimono and called it a tribute. Was the betrayal worth it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saul Bellow peeked under Allan Bloom's kimono and called it a tribute. Was the betrayal worth it?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/saul-bellow-peeked-under-allan-blooms-kimono-and-called-it-a-tribute-was-the-betrayal-worth-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:04:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/saul-bellow-peeked-under-allan-blooms-kimono-and-called-it-a-tribute-was-the-betrayal-worth-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet and a theologian grope towards meaning by mail, trading letters about faith and friendship for two years ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A poet and a theologian grope towards meaning by mail, trading letters about faith and friendship for two years&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-poet-and-a-theologian-grope-towards-meaning-by-mail-trading-letters-about-faith-and-friendship-for-two-years/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:04:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-poet-and-a-theologian-grope-towards-meaning-by-mail-trading-letters-about-faith-and-friendship-for-two-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Cloudthief,’ by Nathaniel Rich]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Cloudthief,&rdquo; by Nathaniel Rich, follows a dispirited writer into a scheme to get rich and find romance along the way.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cloudthief-by-nathaniel-rich/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cloudthief-by-nathaniel-rich/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby,’ by Michael Blanding]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by Michael Blanding chronicles the history of Hobby Lobby and its billionaire founder&rsquo;s campaign to promote conservative Christian values.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby-by-michael-blanding/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby-by-michael-blanding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Famous Men,’ by Julie Buntin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julie Buntin&rsquo;s novel &ldquo;Famous Men&rdquo; complicates an old story with questions of ambition and consent.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-famous-men-by-julie-buntin/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-famous-men-by-julie-buntin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[75 Years Later, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ Remains a Great American Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sure, &ldquo;Catcher in the Rye&rdquo; has its detractors. But the influence of its wised-up yet winningly innocent hero keeps it among the Great American Novels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/75-years-later-the-catcher-in-the-rye-remains-a-great-american-novel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/75-years-later-the-catcher-in-the-rye-remains-a-great-american-novel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten thousand books in 600 square feet: For a young member of the literati, it was a temple of the mind; for his landlord, it was a fire hazard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten thousand books in 600 square feet: For a young member of the literati, it was a temple of the mind; for his landlord, it was a fire hazard]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ten-thousand-books-in-600-square-feet-for-a-young-member-of-the-literati-it-was-a-temple-of-the-mind-for-his-landlord-it-was-a-fire-hazard/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:13:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ten-thousand-books-in-600-square-feet-for-a-young-member-of-the-literati-it-was-a-temple-of-the-mind-for-his-landlord-it-was-a-fire-hazard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“I do support you—difficult job. But Barbara and I are bothered about the raunchy stuff—urine ... fist up rectum” ]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I do support you&mdash;difficult job. But Barbara and I are bothered about the raunchy stuff&mdash;urine ... fist up rectum&rdquo;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-do-support-youdifficult-job-but-barbara-and-i-are-bothered-about-the-raunchy-stuffurine-fist-up-rectum/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:13:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-do-support-youdifficult-job-but-barbara-and-i-are-bothered-about-the-raunchy-stuffurine-fist-up-rectum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carolyn Rouse did an interview to rebut the charge that anthropology has too much politics and too little rigor. It didn't go well]]></title><description><![CDATA[Carolyn Rouse did an interview to rebut the charge that anthropology has too much politics and too little rigor. It didn't go well]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carolyn-rouse-did-an-interview-to-rebut-the-charge-that-anthropology-has-too-much-politics-and-too-little-rigor-it-didnt-go-well/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:13:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carolyn-rouse-did-an-interview-to-rebut-the-charge-that-anthropology-has-too-much-politics-and-too-little-rigor-it-didnt-go-well/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madeline Miller and Emily Wilson Tell Us What Is Epic About the ‘Odyssey’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before the movie&rsquo;s release, the writers Madeline Miller and Emily Wilson discuss why Homer&rsquo;s poem remains a thrilling, swashbuckling masterpiece.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/madeline-miller-and-emily-wilson-tell-us-what-is-epic-about-the-odyssey/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/madeline-miller-and-emily-wilson-tell-us-what-is-epic-about-the-odyssey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Know These Greek Plays and Poems That Were Turned Into Movies?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Homer&rsquo;s &ldquo;Odyssey&rdquo; is back in the headlines with this summer&rsquo;s movie production, but how many other ancient works do you recognize on the big screen?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-greek-plays-and-poems-that-were-turned-into-movies/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-greek-plays-and-poems-that-were-turned-into-movies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian Writer Imprisoned for Her Novels, Dies at 80]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her best-known work, &ldquo;Women Without Men,&rdquo; was longlisted for the International Booker Prize this year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shahrnush-parsipur-iranian-writer-imprisoned-for-her-novels-dies-at-80/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shahrnush-parsipur-iranian-writer-imprisoned-for-her-novels-dies-at-80/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young J. G. Ballard and his family were imprisoned in a Japanese camp for a two and a half years — he called it the best time of his life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Young J. G. Ballard and his family were imprisoned in a Japanese camp for a two and a half years &mdash; he called it the best time of his life]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/young-j-g-ballard-and-his-family-were-imprisoned-in-a-japanese-camp-for-a-two-and-a-half-years-he-called-it-the-best-time-of-his-life/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:14:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/young-j-g-ballard-and-his-family-were-imprisoned-in-a-japanese-camp-for-a-two-and-a-half-years-he-called-it-the-best-time-of-his-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PEN America was founded in 1922 to protect free speech and defend writers. That creed has developed a blind spot]]></title><description><![CDATA[PEN America was founded in 1922 to protect free speech and defend writers. That creed has developed a blind spot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pen-america-was-founded-in-1922-to-protect-free-speech-and-defend-writers-that-creed-has-developed-a-blind-spot/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:14:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pen-america-was-founded-in-1922-to-protect-free-speech-and-defend-writers-that-creed-has-developed-a-blind-spot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michel Foucault, who warned against domination, became dominant himself. He'd have savored the irony&nbsp;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michel Foucault, who warned against domination, became dominant himself. He'd have savored the irony&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/michel-foucault-who-warned-against-domination-became-dominant-himself-hed-have-savored-the-ironynbsp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:14:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/michel-foucault-who-warned-against-domination-became-dominant-himself-hed-have-savored-the-ironynbsp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘It Will Come Back to You,’ by Sigrid Nunez]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her first collection of short fiction, &ldquo;It Will Come Back to You,&rdquo; is threaded with erudition but never pretentious.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-it-will-come-back-to-you-by-sigrid-nunez/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-it-will-come-back-to-you-by-sigrid-nunez/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” Isn’t Saying What You Think It Is]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the same year as America&rsquo;s founding, Edward Gibbon wrote &ldquo;Decline and Fall.&rdquo; 250 years later, it still holds lessons for us.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-isnt-saying-what-you-think-it-is/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-isnt-saying-what-you-think-it-is/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sizzling, Sexy Age-Gap Romance Novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Rachel Lynn Solomon recommends forbidden love stories full of fiery desire, shifting power dynamics and so-wrong-it&rsquo;s-right drama.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-sexy-age-gap-romance-novels/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-sexy-age-gap-romance-novels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Catch the Devil,’ by Pamela Colloff]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Catch the Devil,&rdquo; Pamela Colloff vividly tells the true story of the con man who traded on other prisoners&rsquo; &ldquo;confessions&rdquo; for clemency.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-catch-the-devil-by-pamela-colloff/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-catch-the-devil-by-pamela-colloff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Aging Out,’ by Lucy Schiller]]></title><description><![CDATA[From assisted living to elder activism and her own experience as a caregiver, Lucy Schiller investigates aging&rsquo;s myriad challenges in her first book.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-aging-out-by-lucy-schiller/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-aging-out-by-lucy-schiller/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seneca’s Solution to the Crisis of Attention]]></title><description><![CDATA[Devote your attention to one idea a day.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/senecas-solution-to-the-crisis-of-attention/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/senecas-solution-to-the-crisis-of-attention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fitness Influencers Are Not Making Men More Fit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Manosphere fitness influencers are the wrong model. Health requires looking at life as a whole, not as an exercise in &ldquo;optimization.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fitness-influencers-are-not-making-men-more-fit/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fitness-influencers-are-not-making-men-more-fit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golden Age Mysteries: A Starter Pack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interested in these classic novels, but not sure where to start? Let our expert guide you.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/golden-age-mysteries-a-starter-pack/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/golden-age-mysteries-a-starter-pack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Every Inch a Lady,’ by Audrey Smaltz]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Every Inch a Lady,&rdquo; Audrey Smaltz shares her incredible story &mdash; if not her inimitable voice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-every-inch-a-lady-by-audrey-smaltz/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-every-inch-a-lady-by-audrey-smaltz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the Nantucket Home of Best-Selling Author Elin Hilderbrand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inside the home where the best-selling author has written many of her books &mdash; and is secretly working on a new novel.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/inside-the-nantucket-home-of-best-selling-author-elin-hilderbrand/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/inside-the-nantucket-home-of-best-selling-author-elin-hilderbrand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Insatiable Appetite for Stories About Cannibalism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why do the characters in so many new novels insist upon eating each other?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-insatiable-appetite-for-stories-about-cannibalism/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-insatiable-appetite-for-stories-about-cannibalism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Fixer Chao,’ by Han Ong]]></title><description><![CDATA[Han Ong&rsquo;s barbed, irreverent portrait of identity, class envy and flimflam deception in turn-of-the-21st-century Manhattan still resonates.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-fixer-chao-by-han-ong/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-fixer-chao-by-han-ong/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historian Kerri K. Greenidge and Her Book ‘The Grimkes’ Come Under Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, &ldquo;The Grimkes,&rdquo; which is no longer listed on its publisher&rsquo;s website.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/historian-kerri-k-greenidge-and-her-book-the-grimkes-come-under-fire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/historian-kerri-k-greenidge-and-her-book-the-grimkes-come-under-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dinaw Mengestu Resigns as PEN America President After Israel Article]]></title><description><![CDATA[The novelist Dinaw Mengestu, who was elected seven months ago, said the article &ldquo;continues this approach toward defending some rights while not defending others.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dinaw-mengestu-resigns-as-pen-america-president-after-israel-article/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dinaw-mengestu-resigns-as-pen-america-president-after-israel-article/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Matt Damon Look Greek? No. So Stop Complaining About Lupita Nyong’o.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Helen of Troy was a legendary beauty, but also so much more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/does-matt-damon-look-greek-no-so-stop-complaining-about-lupita-nyongo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/does-matt-damon-look-greek-no-so-stop-complaining-about-lupita-nyongo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hershel Parker, Melville Scholar of Ahab-Like Obsessiveness, Dies at 90]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author of an exhaustive two-volume biography, he was &ldquo;fanatical about his approach to scholarship and infatuated with Melville,&rdquo; a colleague said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hershel-parker-melville-scholar-of-ahab-like-obsessiveness-dies-at-90/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hershel-parker-melville-scholar-of-ahab-like-obsessiveness-dies-at-90/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dinaw Mengestu Resigns as PEN America President After 7 Months in Role]]></title><description><![CDATA[The novelist Dinaw Mengestu was leading a literary group that has been divided by its response to the war in Gaza.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dinaw-mengestu-resigns-as-pen-america-president-after-7-months-in-role/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dinaw-mengestu-resigns-as-pen-america-president-after-7-months-in-role/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are becoming participants in a vast philosophical experiment: Will Kant or Nietzsche be proved right?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are becoming participants in a vast philosophical experiment: Will Kant or Nietzsche be proved right?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-are-becoming-participants-in-a-vast-philosophical-experiment-will-kant-or-nietzsche-be-proved-right/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:16:27 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-are-becoming-participants-in-a-vast-philosophical-experiment-will-kant-or-nietzsche-be-proved-right/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Author Says You Shouldn’t Be Intimidated by ‘The Odyssey’]]></title><description><![CDATA[First, a primer from the author of &ldquo;Circe,&rdquo; Madeline Miller. Then, A.O. Scott on all the genres inside the 3,000-year-old poem.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-author-says-you-shouldnt-be-intimidated-by-the-odyssey/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-author-says-you-shouldnt-be-intimidated-by-the-odyssey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘A Vast Horizon,’ by Anna Thomasson]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of artists gathered at a hotel on the C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Azur in 1937. A new book by Anna Thomasson captures the art and escapades the holiday inspired.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-vast-horizon-by-anna-thomasson/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-vast-horizon-by-anna-thomasson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Kids’ Books for Fans of the Magic Tree House Series]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten recommendations for fans of Mary Pope Osborne&rsquo;s time-travel chapter book series.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/10-kids-books-for-fans-of-the-magic-tree-house-series/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/10-kids-books-for-fans-of-the-magic-tree-house-series/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beautiful Truth About Helen of Troy]]></title><description><![CDATA[She was a legendary beauty, but also so much more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-beautiful-truth-about-helen-of-troy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-beautiful-truth-about-helen-of-troy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are becoming participants in a vast philosophical experiment: Will Kant or Nietzsche be proven right?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are becoming participants in a vast philosophical experiment: Will Kant or Nietzsche be proven right?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-are-becoming-participants-in-a-vast-philosophical-experiment-will-kant-or-nietzsche-be-proven-right/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:59:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-are-becoming-participants-in-a-vast-philosophical-experiment-will-kant-or-nietzsche-be-proven-right/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The French surrealists, stricken by serving in World War I, adopted a new philosophical approach: “vibrant pessimism”]]></title><description><![CDATA[The French surrealists, stricken by serving in World War I, adopted a new philosophical approach: &ldquo;vibrant pessimism&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-french-surrealists-stricken-by-serving-in-world-war-i-adopted-a-new-philosophical-approach-vibrant-pessimism/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:59:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-french-surrealists-stricken-by-serving-in-world-war-i-adopted-a-new-philosophical-approach-vibrant-pessimism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naomi Kanakia has two questions about n+1: How did it publish so much consistently amazing work? And why did it get so bad?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Naomi Kanakia has two questions about n+1: How did it publish so much consistently amazing work? And why did it get so bad?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/naomi-kanakia-has-two-questions-about-n1-how-did-it-publish-so-much-consistently-amazing-work-and-why-did-it-get-so-bad/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:59:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/naomi-kanakia-has-two-questions-about-n1-how-did-it-publish-so-much-consistently-amazing-work-and-why-did-it-get-so-bad/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1962, Marshall McLuhan predicted that we would become post-literate. He was early, but he wasn't wrong]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1962, Marshall McLuhan predicted that we would become post-literate. He was early, but he wasn't wrong]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-1962-marshall-mcluhan-predicted-that-we-would-become-post-literate-he-was-early-but-he-wasnt-wrong/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:59:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-1962-marshall-mcluhan-predicted-that-we-would-become-post-literate-he-was-early-but-he-wasnt-wrong/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homer’s Epic ‘Odyssey’ Has Something for Every Reader, From Sci-Fi to Romantasy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world&rsquo;s most famous epic has something for every reader.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/homers-epic-odyssey-has-something-for-every-reader-from-sci-fi-to-romantasy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/homers-epic-odyssey-has-something-for-every-reader-from-sci-fi-to-romantasy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Many Books?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/too-many-books/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/too-many-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Times and Other Publishers Ask Court to Penalize OpenAI]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Times, The New York Daily News and other media organizations accused OpenAI of withholding evidence in a lawsuit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-york-times-and-other-publishers-ask-court-to-penalize-openai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-york-times-and-other-publishers-ask-court-to-penalize-openai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Version of the ‘Odyssey’ Should You Read?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Homer&rsquo;s &ldquo;Odyssey&rdquo; has been translated into English countless times, with versions ranging from contemporary and accessible to highly poetic. A.O. Scott, critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, breaks down three translations and explains which one might be right for you.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/which-version-of-the-odyssey-should-you-read/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/which-version-of-the-odyssey-should-you-read/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romantasy, Sci-Fi, Ghost Story, High-Seas Adventure: It’s All in the ‘Odyssey’!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world&rsquo;s most famous epic has something for every reader.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/romantasy-sci-fi-ghost-story-high-seas-adventure-its-all-in-the-odyssey/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/romantasy-sci-fi-ghost-story-high-seas-adventure-its-all-in-the-odyssey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historical Fiction Books That Will Transport You to the 1960s]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Kerri Maher recommends books that transport readers to the decade of space travel, counterculture and tumultuous societal change.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/historical-fiction-books-that-will-transport-you-to-the-1960s/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/historical-fiction-books-that-will-transport-you-to-the-1960s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alice Oseman on the End of ‘Heartstopper’ and Her Favorite Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the Y.A. graphic novel phenomenon wraps up with a sixth volume and a Netflix movie, Alice Oseman mostly reads fiction about adults now.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alice-oseman-on-the-end-of-heartstopper-and-her-favorite-books/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alice-oseman-on-the-end-of-heartstopper-and-her-favorite-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When an irreverent satire landed Daniel Defoe in peril in 1702, the English government offered a way out: Become a spy]]></title><description><![CDATA[When an irreverent satire landed Daniel Defoe in peril in 1702, the English government offered a way out: Become a spy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-an-irreverent-satire-landed-daniel-defoe-in-peril-in-1702-the-english-government-offered-a-way-out-become-a-spy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:01:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-an-irreverent-satire-landed-daniel-defoe-in-peril-in-1702-the-english-government-offered-a-way-out-become-a-spy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naomi Kanakia has two questions about n+1: How did it used to publish so much consistently amazing work? Why did it get so much worse?  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Naomi Kanakia has two questions about n+1: How did it used to publish so much consistently amazing work? Why did it get so much worse?&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/naomi-kanakia-has-two-questions-about-n1-how-did-it-used-to-publish-so-much-consistently-amazing-work-why-did-it-get-so-much-worse/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:01:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/naomi-kanakia-has-two-questions-about-n1-how-did-it-used-to-publish-so-much-consistently-amazing-work-why-did-it-get-so-much-worse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beekeeping, calligraphy, and glassblowing are flourishing as skill nostalgia grips our AI-terrified world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beekeeping, calligraphy, and glassblowing are flourishing as skill nostalgia grips our AI-terrified world]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/beekeeping-calligraphy-and-glassblowing-are-flourishing-as-skill-nostalgia-grips-our-ai-terrified-world/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:01:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/beekeeping-calligraphy-and-glassblowing-are-flourishing-as-skill-nostalgia-grips-our-ai-terrified-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New ‘Little House’ Broadens and Updates the Prairie]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge prejudices. The creators know criticism is coming.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-little-house-broadens-and-updates-the-prairie/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-little-house-broadens-and-updates-the-prairie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How ‘Little House’ Welcomes Native Neighbors]]></title><description><![CDATA[The real Ingalls family built their &ldquo;little house on the prairie&rdquo; on Osage land and evinced racist attitudes. A new TV adaptation tries to reckon with this while preserving the story&rsquo;s heart.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-little-house-welcomes-native-neighbors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-little-house-welcomes-native-neighbors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young John Berryman revered the elder generation of poets. By 1947, though, he diagnosed “a deadly and vacant period” in American poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Young John Berryman revered the elder generation of poets. By 1947, though, he diagnosed &ldquo;a deadly and vacant period&rdquo; in American poetry]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/young-john-berryman-revered-the-elder-generation-of-poets-by-1947-though-he-diagnosed-a-deadly-and-vacant-period-in-american-poetry/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:34:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/young-john-berryman-revered-the-elder-generation-of-poets-by-1947-though-he-diagnosed-a-deadly-and-vacant-period-in-american-poetry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norbert Wiener warned in 1960 that machines and humans are foreign to each other. We still are]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norbert Wiener warned in 1960 that machines and humans are foreign to each other. We still are]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/norbert-wiener-warned-in-1960-that-machines-and-humans-are-foreign-to-each-other-we-still-are/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:34:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/norbert-wiener-warned-in-1960-that-machines-and-humans-are-foreign-to-each-other-we-still-are/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bolaño envy. Is Latin American literature, in its totality, more important than literature produced in the United States?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bola&ntilde;o envy. Is Latin American literature, in its totality, more important than literature produced in the United States?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bolao-envy-is-latin-american-literature-in-its-totality-more-important-than-literature-produced-in-the-united-states/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:34:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bolao-envy-is-latin-american-literature-in-its-totality-more-important-than-literature-produced-in-the-united-states/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘A Table for Fortune,’ by William T. Vollmann]]></title><description><![CDATA[William T. Vollmann&rsquo;s fascinating, wildly ambitious text interweaves a family saga with a history of the American war machine since Vietnam.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-table-for-fortune-by-william-t-vollmann/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-table-for-fortune-by-william-t-vollmann/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New ‘Little House’ Expands and Updates the Prairie]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge prejudices.The creators know criticism is coming.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-little-house-expands-and-updates-the-prairie/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-little-house-expands-and-updates-the-prairie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Radical Vision for Israelis and Palestinians]]></title><description><![CDATA[The old solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict don&rsquo;t seem to fit the present reality. A Land for All proposes an alternative.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-radical-vision-for-israelis-and-palestinians/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-radical-vision-for-israelis-and-palestinians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is This Liberalism’s Last Stand?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &ldquo;death certificates&rdquo; issued for liberalism, one analyst says, are &ldquo;premature.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-liberalisms-last-stand/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-liberalisms-last-stand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘City of Fortune,’ by Mason B. Williams]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by the historian Mason B. Williams chronicles the dubious effects of school, housing and police reforms by local politicians on the right.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-city-of-fortune-by-mason-b-williams/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-city-of-fortune-by-mason-b-williams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘You Won’t Get Free of It,’ by Rachel Aviv]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rachel Aviv&rsquo;s essay collection, &ldquo;You Won&rsquo;t Get Free of It,&rdquo; shows the breadth and complexity of matrilineal relationships.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-you-wont-get-free-of-it-by-rachel-aviv/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-you-wont-get-free-of-it-by-rachel-aviv/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are entering a world of extreme cognitive polarization. Some people will use AI to think more. Others will use AI to think less ]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are entering a world of extreme cognitive polarization. Some people will use AI to think more. Others will use AI to think less&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-are-entering-a-world-of-extreme-cognitive-polarization-some-people-will-use-ai-to-think-more-others-will-use-ai-to-think-less/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:28:27 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-are-entering-a-world-of-extreme-cognitive-polarization-some-people-will-use-ai-to-think-more-others-will-use-ai-to-think-less/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literary scholars think about words that wound with a mix of conceptual incoherence and primness that has become all too common]]></title><description><![CDATA[Literary scholars think about words that wound with a mix of conceptual incoherence and primness that has become all too common]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/literary-scholars-think-about-words-that-wound-with-a-mix-of-conceptual-incoherence-and-primness-that-has-become-all-too-common/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:28:27 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/literary-scholars-think-about-words-that-wound-with-a-mix-of-conceptual-incoherence-and-primness-that-has-become-all-too-common/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fowler dismissed them as the mark of an amateur; Adorno called them soundless cymbal-crashing. How do you feel about exclamation points?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fowler dismissed them as the mark of an amateur; Adorno called them soundless cymbal-crashing. How do you feel about exclamation points?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fowler-dismissed-them-as-the-mark-of-an-amateur-adorno-called-them-soundless-cymbal-crashing-how-do-you-feel-about-exclamation-points/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:28:27 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fowler-dismissed-them-as-the-mark-of-an-amateur-adorno-called-them-soundless-cymbal-crashing-how-do-you-feel-about-exclamation-points/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hannibal, Mo. is a company town, and the local industry is Mark Twain. "The perfume of manufactured nostalgia hangs heavy in the air"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hannibal, Mo. is a company town, and the local industry is Mark Twain. "The perfume of manufactured nostalgia hangs heavy in the air"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hannibal-mo-is-a-company-town-and-the-local-industry-is-mark-twain-the-perfume-of-manufactured-nostalgia-hangs-heavy-in-the-air/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:35:35 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hannibal-mo-is-a-company-town-and-the-local-industry-is-mark-twain-the-perfume-of-manufactured-nostalgia-hangs-heavy-in-the-air/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want to Truly Understand the World Cup? Check Out These Books.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three authors chronicle the history of the World Cup and of U.S. men&rsquo;s soccer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-to-truly-understand-the-world-cup-check-out-these-books/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-to-truly-understand-the-world-cup-check-out-these-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Books About the World Cup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three authors chronicle the history of the World Cup and of U.S. men&rsquo;s soccer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-books-about-the-world-cup/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-books-about-the-world-cup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding the World Cup in 3 Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miguel Salazar of the New York Times Books Review recommends three titles that can help you understand the history of the World Cup.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/understanding-the-world-cup-in-3-books/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/understanding-the-world-cup-in-3-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Coast of Everything,’ by Guillermo Stitch]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Coast of Everything,&rdquo; by Guillermo Stitch, is structured like a nesting doll, with one story hidden within another.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-coast-of-everything-by-guillermo-stitch/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-coast-of-everything-by-guillermo-stitch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Men in Love,’ by Irvine Welsh]]></title><description><![CDATA[Irvine Welsh brings back his beloved Edinburgh ensemble for his new novel, &ldquo;Men in Love.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-men-in-love-by-irvine-welsh/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-men-in-love-by-irvine-welsh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try This Quiz on Literary Quotations About American Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Test your knowledge of novels, essays and poems that made insightful observations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/try-this-quiz-on-literary-quotations-about-american-life/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/try-this-quiz-on-literary-quotations-about-american-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Simp,’ by Roshan Sethi]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Simp,&rdquo; by Roshan Sethi, is a satire of the unending demands, learned helplessness and stubborn racism of Hollywood elites.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-simp-by-roshan-sethi/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-simp-by-roshan-sethi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should lower the threshold for when to start treating AI systems as potentially conscious ]]></title><description><![CDATA[We should lower the threshold for when to start treating AI systems as potentially conscious&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-should-lower-the-threshold-for-when-to-start-treating-ai-systems-as-potentially-conscious/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:23:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-should-lower-the-threshold-for-when-to-start-treating-ai-systems-as-potentially-conscious/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religious rites, rock concerts, and other transcendent moments stem from directing our attention to “something more than human”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Religious rites, rock concerts, and other transcendent moments stem from directing our attention to &ldquo;something more than human&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/religious-rites-rock-concerts-and-other-transcendent-moments-stem-from-directing-our-attention-to-something-more-than-human/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:23:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/religious-rites-rock-concerts-and-other-transcendent-moments-stem-from-directing-our-attention-to-something-more-than-human/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hannibal, Missouri is a company town, and the local industry is Mark Twain. "The perfume of manufactured nostalgia hangs heavy in the air"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hannibal, Missouri is a company town, and the local industry is Mark Twain. "The perfume of manufactured nostalgia hangs heavy in the air"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hannibal-missouri-is-a-company-town-and-the-local-industry-is-mark-twain-the-perfume-of-manufactured-nostalgia-hangs-heavy-in-the-air/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:23:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hannibal-missouri-is-a-company-town-and-the-local-industry-is-mark-twain-the-perfume-of-manufactured-nostalgia-hangs-heavy-in-the-air/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike Wallace, Who Wrote an Acclaimed History of New York, Dies at 83]]></title><description><![CDATA[His 1998 book, &ldquo;Gotham,&rdquo; which told the city&rsquo;s story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer Prize and inspired two sequels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mike-wallace-who-wrote-an-acclaimed-history-of-new-york-dies-at-83/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mike-wallace-who-wrote-an-acclaimed-history-of-new-york-dies-at-83/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Most American Episode of the Daily, Ever.]]></title><description><![CDATA[What 23 very American things tell us about our country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-most-american-episode-of-the-daily-ever/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-most-american-episode-of-the-daily-ever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The Face,’ by Fay Bound-Alberti]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Face,&rdquo; Fay Bound-Alberti examines our relationship to our most public features.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-face-by-fay-bound-alberti/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-face-by-fay-bound-alberti/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Country People,’ by Daniel Mason]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Daniel Mason&rsquo;s charming &ldquo;Country People,&rdquo; a stuck father and his happier family are tempted, and changed, during a stint on a bucolic campus.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-country-people-by-daniel-mason/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-country-people-by-daniel-mason/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘American Trickster,’ by Ru Marshall]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;American Trickster,&rdquo; Ru Marshall takes on the epic story of Carlos Castaneda.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-trickster-by-ru-marshall/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-trickster-by-ru-marshall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Byrne, an ‘X-Men’ Artist, Returns to Rewrite the Story His Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[After creative differences led him to step away from the characters that made him famous decades ago, John Byrne calls &ldquo;Elsewhen&rdquo; his swan song. He&rsquo;s not going quietly.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-byrne-an-x-men-artist-returns-to-rewrite-the-story-his-way/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-byrne-an-x-men-artist-returns-to-rewrite-the-story-his-way/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children’s Picture Books on America at 250]]></title><description><![CDATA[New works by Christy Mihaly, Carole Boston Weatherford, Howard W. Reeves and Derrick Barnes show that there is still much to celebrate, rebel against and amend.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-picture-books-on-america-at-250/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-picture-books-on-america-at-250/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Poet for Everyone, Even Those Who Don’t Read Poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The film &ldquo;Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World&rdquo; works best when it illuminates her work, whose fans include Stephen Colbert and Oprah Winfrey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-poet-for-everyone-even-those-who-dont-read-poetry/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-poet-for-everyone-even-those-who-dont-read-poetry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In These Thrillers, Vacations Go Very, Very Wrong]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Gillian McAllister recommends novels that blend escapist settings with pulse-pounding intrigue and bloody murder.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-these-thrillers-vacations-go-very-very-wrong/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-these-thrillers-vacations-go-very-very-wrong/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vasily Grossman died believing that his masterpiece had been seized by the KGB and lost forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vasily Grossman died believing that his masterpiece had been seized by the KGB and lost forever]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vasily-grossman-died-believing-that-his-masterpiece-had-been-seized-by-the-kgb-and-lost-forever/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:56:37 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vasily-grossman-died-believing-that-his-masterpiece-had-been-seized-by-the-kgb-and-lost-forever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiny honorariums, endless reading, and a bewildering amount of randomness — book prizes don’t work how you think]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tiny honorariums, endless reading, and a bewildering amount of randomness &mdash; book prizes don&rsquo;t work how you think]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tiny-honorariums-endless-reading-and-a-bewildering-amount-of-randomness-book-prizes-dont-work-how-you-think/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:56:37 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tiny-honorariums-endless-reading-and-a-bewildering-amount-of-randomness-book-prizes-dont-work-how-you-think/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afternoon naps, long walks, and five hours of work a day. The lifestyles of great intellectuals reveal the value of spontaneous thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Afternoon naps, long walks, and five hours of work a day. The lifestyles of great intellectuals reveal the value of spontaneous thought]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/afternoon-naps-long-walks-and-five-hours-of-work-a-day-the-lifestyles-of-great-intellectuals-reveal-the-value-of-spontaneous-thought/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:56:37 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/afternoon-naps-long-walks-and-five-hours-of-work-a-day-the-lifestyles-of-great-intellectuals-reveal-the-value-of-spontaneous-thought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How JD Vance Helped bell hooks Back Onto the Best-Seller List]]></title><description><![CDATA[A grass-roots campaign urged readers to buy copies of the Black feminist writer&rsquo;s 2002 book &ldquo;Communion&rdquo; before Vice President JD Vance&rsquo;s book of the same name hit shelves.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-jd-vance-helped-bell-hooks-back-onto-the-best-seller-list/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-jd-vance-helped-bell-hooks-back-onto-the-best-seller-list/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sandra Boynton’s Best Books: A Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[An introduction to a living genius of children&rsquo;s literature for the adults who will inevitably read her on repeat.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sandra-boyntons-best-books-a-guide/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sandra-boyntons-best-books-a-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Gerontocracy in America,’ by Samuel Moyn]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by Samuel Moyn argues that the country has become an &ldquo;oldigarchy,&rdquo; in which wealth and power are hoarded by the elderly.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-gerontocracy-in-america-by-samuel-moyn/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-gerontocracy-in-america-by-samuel-moyn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 Fun Things to Do in N.Y.C. in July]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month brings the nation&rsquo;s 250th birthday bash, &ldquo;Les Miserables,&rdquo; Mark Morris, the World Cup final, Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium and nine nights of Bon Jovi.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/30-fun-things-to-do-in-nyc-in-july/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/30-fun-things-to-do-in-nyc-in-july/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A (Serious) Homage to Sandra Boynton, Queen of Board Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that Sandra Boynton&rsquo;s books have crossed generations of child-rearing &mdash; and her first, &ldquo;Hippos Go Berserk!,&rdquo; is approaching 50 &mdash; they deserve another look.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-serious-homage-to-sandra-boynton-queen-of-board-books/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-serious-homage-to-sandra-boynton-queen-of-board-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Kant and Rousseau theorized, George Forster sailed the world to learn what makes humans human]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where Kant and Rousseau theorized, George Forster sailed the world to learn what makes humans human]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/where-kant-and-rousseau-theorized-george-forster-sailed-the-world-to-learn-what-makes-humans-human/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:03:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/where-kant-and-rousseau-theorized-george-forster-sailed-the-world-to-learn-what-makes-humans-human/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Silly on top of silly.” To some sociologists, the field’s yearslong drift toward left-wing advocacy is self-defeating]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Silly on top of silly.&rdquo; To some sociologists, the field&rsquo;s yearslong drift toward left-wing advocacy is self-defeating]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/silly-on-top-of-silly-to-some-sociologists-the-fields-yearslong-drift-toward-left-wing-advocacy-is-self-defeating/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:03:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/silly-on-top-of-silly-to-some-sociologists-the-fields-yearslong-drift-toward-left-wing-advocacy-is-self-defeating/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hit by a car, beset by family tragedy, diagnosed with cancer: William T. Vollmann may be dying, but he’s also just finished a 3,000 page opus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hit by a car, beset by family tragedy, diagnosed with cancer: William T. Vollmann may be dying, but he&rsquo;s also just finished a 3,000 page opus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hit-by-a-car-beset-by-family-tragedy-diagnosed-with-cancer-william-t-vollmann-may-be-dying-but-hes-also-just-finished-a-3000-page-opus/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:03:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hit-by-a-car-beset-by-family-tragedy-diagnosed-with-cancer-william-t-vollmann-may-be-dying-but-hes-also-just-finished-a-3000-page-opus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Midnight Special,’ by Colin Asher]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Midnight Special&rdquo; offers an unconventional cultural history with profiles of five artists influenced by the carceral system.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-midnight-special-by-colin-asher/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-midnight-special-by-colin-asher/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ by Paul Tremblay]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Paul Tremblay&rsquo;s new A.I. dystopia, &ldquo;Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep,&rdquo; an experimental technology gives its heroine control over somebody else&rsquo;s body.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dead-but-dreaming-of-electric-sheep-by-paul-tremblay/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dead-but-dreaming-of-electric-sheep-by-paul-tremblay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“We should not start from good old things, but from bad new things.” Brecht’s motto is a guide for intellectuals]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We should not start from good old things, but from bad new things.&rdquo; Brecht&rsquo;s motto is a guide for intellectuals]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-should-not-start-from-good-old-things-but-from-bad-new-things-brechts-motto-is-a-guide-for-intellectuals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:56:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-should-not-start-from-good-old-things-but-from-bad-new-things-brechts-motto-is-a-guide-for-intellectuals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde foresaw machines freeing humanity for beauty and leisure. Greed has other plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde foresaw machines freeing humanity for beauty and leisure. Greed has other plans]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oscar-wilde-foresaw-machines-freeing-humanity-for-beauty-and-leisure-greed-has-other-plans/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:56:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oscar-wilde-foresaw-machines-freeing-humanity-for-beauty-and-leisure-greed-has-other-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eric Hobsbawm made the 20th century intelligible. But he never could fully explain his own communism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eric Hobsbawm made the 20th century intelligible. But he never could fully explain his own communism]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/eric-hobsbawm-made-the-20th-century-intelligible-but-he-never-could-fully-explain-his-own-communism/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:56:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/eric-hobsbawm-made-the-20th-century-intelligible-but-he-never-could-fully-explain-his-own-communism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's foundational literary genre isn't the novel or the sermon. It is the captivity narrative]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's foundational literary genre isn't the novel or the sermon. It is the captivity narrative]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/americas-foundational-literary-genre-isnt-the-novel-or-the-sermon-it-is-the-captivity-narrative/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:56:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/americas-foundational-literary-genre-isnt-the-novel-or-the-sermon-it-is-the-captivity-narrative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Are Preaching Moral Values. What Took Them So Long?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Until recently, the language of morality belonged to social conservatives. But the history of liberalism suggests that values have been at its core all along.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/liberals-are-preaching-moral-values-what-took-them-so-long/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/liberals-are-preaching-moral-values-what-took-them-so-long/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test Your Knowledge of New York’s Algonquin Round Table]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz on Manhattan&rsquo;s influential &ldquo;vicious circle&rdquo; of 20th-century literary wits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-new-yorks-algonquin-round-table/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-new-yorks-algonquin-round-table/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[22 New Books to Read in July: Colson Whitehead, Alice Oseman, Daniel Mason and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[Novels by Colson Whitehead and Daniel Mason, the final &ldquo;Heartstopper&rdquo; graphic novel, gripping thrillers, lush romantasy, true crime and more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/22-new-books-to-read-in-july-colson-whitehead-alice-oseman-daniel-mason-and-more/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/22-new-books-to-read-in-july-colson-whitehead-alice-oseman-daniel-mason-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[L.G.B.T.Q. Figures Who Shaped History From the Margins]]></title><description><![CDATA[Their names may not be familiar, but they helped define queer art, activism and storytelling as we know it today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lgbtq-figures-who-shaped-history-from-the-margins/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lgbtq-figures-who-shaped-history-from-the-margins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re in a Golden Age of Queer Literature]]></title><description><![CDATA[After decades in which Queer literature was the underdog, it is now publishing&rsquo;s golden goose.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/were-in-a-golden-age-of-queer-literature/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/were-in-a-golden-age-of-queer-literature/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terrific New Mystery Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Weinman on &ldquo;Heather,&rdquo; by Caitlin Mullen, and three more new books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/terrific-new-mystery-books/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/terrific-new-mystery-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Becoming George,’ by Fiona Sampson]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her biography of the novelist George Sand, Fiona Sampson urges us to see Sand chiefly as a writer, an inventor of stories and also of the self.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-becoming-george-by-fiona-sampson/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-becoming-george-by-fiona-sampson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Old People Cry]]></title><description><![CDATA[These days, I have so much past behind and within me, it&rsquo;s as if it bubbles over.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-old-people-cry/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-old-people-cry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dazzling New Romance Books for Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on new books by Rebekah Weatherspoon, Felicia Grossman and Tessa Bickers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dazzling-new-romance-books-for-summer/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dazzling-new-romance-books-for-summer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Yahoo Boys,’ by Carlos Barragán]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book examines the desperate lives of Nigeria&rsquo;s romance scam artists &mdash; and their victims.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-yahoo-boys-by-carlos-barragn/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-yahoo-boys-by-carlos-barragn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kael, Tynan, Sontag: Once, critics were as magnetic as artists. But the golden age looks golden only in hindsight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kael, Tynan, Sontag: Once, critics were as magnetic as artists. But the golden age looks golden only in hindsight]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kael-tynan-sontag-once-critics-were-as-magnetic-as-artists-but-the-golden-age-looks-golden-only-in-hindsight/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:19:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kael-tynan-sontag-once-critics-were-as-magnetic-as-artists-but-the-golden-age-looks-golden-only-in-hindsight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Thomson spent 60 years celebrating cinema. Now he thinks movies may have ruined us]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Thomson spent 60 years celebrating cinema. Now he thinks movies may have ruined us]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-thomson-spent-60-years-celebrating-cinema-now-he-thinks-movies-may-have-ruined-us/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:19:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-thomson-spent-60-years-celebrating-cinema-now-he-thinks-movies-may-have-ruined-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's foundational literary genre wasn't the novel or the sermon. It was the captivity narrative]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's foundational literary genre wasn't the novel or the sermon. It was the captivity narrative]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/americas-foundational-literary-genre-wasnt-the-novel-or-the-sermon-it-was-the-captivity-narrative/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:19:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/americas-foundational-literary-genre-wasnt-the-novel-or-the-sermon-it-was-the-captivity-narrative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bible Passages Will Be Required Reading in Texas Public Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bible-passages-will-be-required-reading-in-texas-public-schools/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bible-passages-will-be-required-reading-in-texas-public-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vance Downplays Watergate and Compares Himself to Nixon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The vice president said that the scandal that ended Richard Nixon&rsquo;s presidency would be &ldquo;like a 12-hour news story&rdquo; if it happened today and that the &ldquo;deep state&rdquo; had taken down Nixon.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vance-downplays-watergate-and-compares-himself-to-nixon/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vance-downplays-watergate-and-compares-himself-to-nixon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Bolton, Former Trump Adviser, Pleads Guilty in Classified Information Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mr. Bolton admitted to mishandling classified information and could face time in prison, in an inquiry that spanned the Trump and Biden administrations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-bolton-former-trump-adviser-pleads-guilty-in-classified-information-case/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-bolton-former-trump-adviser-pleads-guilty-in-classified-information-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Yesteryear’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Caro Claire Burke&rsquo;s best-selling novel, about a tradwife influencer with some surprises in store, is one of the buzziest books of 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-lets-talk-about-yesteryear/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-lets-talk-about-yesteryear/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Club: Read ‘John of John,’ by Douglas Stuart, With the Book Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[In July, the Book Review Book Club will be discussing Stuart&rsquo;s latest novel, about a profoundly isolated father and son, each grappling with long-held secrets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-john-of-john-by-douglas-stuart-with-the-book-review/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-john-of-john-by-douglas-stuart-with-the-book-review/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why are humanists so bad at defending the humanities? There is a more persuasive case, and it’s been ignored]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why are humanists so bad at defending the humanities? There is a more persuasive case, and it&rsquo;s been ignored]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-are-humanists-so-bad-at-defending-the-humanities-there-is-a-more-persuasive-case-and-its-been-ignored/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:47:35 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-are-humanists-so-bad-at-defending-the-humanities-there-is-a-more-persuasive-case-and-its-been-ignored/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Renaissance didn't begin in Florence. It began six thousand years ago in the Middle East. So argues a new book]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Renaissance didn't begin in Florence. It began six thousand years ago in the Middle East. So argues a new book]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-renaissance-didnt-begin-in-florence-it-began-six-thousand-years-ago-in-the-middle-east-so-argues-a-new-book/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:47:35 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-renaissance-didnt-begin-in-florence-it-began-six-thousand-years-ago-in-the-middle-east-so-argues-a-new-book/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Klee painted it. Walter Benjamin coveted it. And Morgan Meis spent a lifetime obsessing over it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Klee painted it. Walter Benjamin coveted it. And Morgan Meis spent a lifetime obsessing over it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-klee-painted-it-walter-benjamin-coveted-it-and-morgan-meis-spent-a-lifetime-obsessing-over-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:47:35 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-klee-painted-it-walter-benjamin-coveted-it-and-morgan-meis-spent-a-lifetime-obsessing-over-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utopian fiction is implicitly anti-utopian; things regularly go awry in these ideal societies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Utopian fiction is implicitly anti-utopian; things regularly go awry in these ideal societies]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/utopian-fiction-is-implicitly-anti-utopian-things-regularly-go-awry-in-these-ideal-societies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:41:33 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/utopian-fiction-is-implicitly-anti-utopian-things-regularly-go-awry-in-these-ideal-societies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Odyssey has survived three millennia. Can it survive a $250-million movie adaptation?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Odyssey has survived three millennia. Can it survive a $250-million movie adaptation?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-odyssey-has-survived-three-millennia-can-it-survive-a-250-million-movie-adaptation-2/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:41:33 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-odyssey-has-survived-three-millennia-can-it-survive-a-250-million-movie-adaptation-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astrophysicists have always built tools to see farther. Their new tools may make humans unnecessary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astrophysicists have always built tools to see farther. Their new tools may make humans unnecessary]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/astrophysicists-have-always-built-tools-to-see-farther-their-new-tools-may-make-humans-unnecessary/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:41:33 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/astrophysicists-have-always-built-tools-to-see-farther-their-new-tools-may-make-humans-unnecessary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Stockwell, Who Wrote a Tell-All Book About the C.I.A., Dies at 88]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former covert operative, he published his resignation letter in The Washington Post and went on to write &ldquo;In Search of Enemies,&rdquo; a book the agency sought to suppress.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-stockwell-who-wrote-a-tell-all-book-about-the-cia-dies-at-88/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-stockwell-who-wrote-a-tell-all-book-about-the-cia-dies-at-88/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New York Times Amends Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new court filing, The Times accused Microsoft of encouraging OpenAI to train its A.I. systems using copyrighted articles.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-new-york-times-amends-lawsuit-against-openai-and-microsoft/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-new-york-times-amends-lawsuit-against-openai-and-microsoft/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mara Brock Akil Finds a New ‘Muse’ in ‘The Revelation of Dionne Daphne’]]></title><description><![CDATA[She&rsquo;s been creating layered Black women for TV since &ldquo;Girlfriends&rdquo; in the early 2000s. In her debut novel, she raises the stakes for yet another one.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mara-brock-akil-finds-a-new-muse-in-the-revelation-of-dionne-daphne/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mara-brock-akil-finds-a-new-muse-in-the-revelation-of-dionne-daphne/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander Starts an Imprint at Sourcebooks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kwame Alexander is starting up an imprint at Sourcebooks, an innovative publisher that has found success in giving authors larger roles in the publishing process.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/newbery-medalist-kwame-alexander-starts-an-imprint-at-sourcebooks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/newbery-medalist-kwame-alexander-starts-an-imprint-at-sourcebooks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bible Passages May Soon Be Required Reading in Texas Public Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas is set to pass what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bible-passages-may-soon-be-required-reading-in-texas-public-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bible-passages-may-soon-be-required-reading-in-texas-public-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Sapphic Romance Books, According to Ashley Herring Blake]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author Ashley Herring Blake recommends swoony Sapphic novels that celebrate love between women across eras and genres.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-sapphic-romance-books-according-to-ashley-herring-blake/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-sapphic-romance-books-according-to-ashley-herring-blake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Rudnick on His Favorite Books and His New ‘Tuxedo Society’]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I can always wait for the streaming version and hope for nudity,&rdquo; says the writer, whose new novel, &ldquo;The Tuxedo Society,&rdquo; is about a cadre of gay spies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-rudnick-on-his-favorite-books-and-his-new-tuxedo-society/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-rudnick-on-his-favorite-books-and-his-new-tuxedo-society/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utopian fiction is implicitly anti-utopian; things regularly go awry in an ideal society]]></title><description><![CDATA[Utopian fiction is implicitly anti-utopian; things regularly go awry in an ideal society]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/utopian-fiction-is-implicitly-anti-utopian-things-regularly-go-awry-in-an-ideal-society/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:42:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/utopian-fiction-is-implicitly-anti-utopian-things-regularly-go-awry-in-an-ideal-society/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Odyssey has survived three millennia. Can it survive a $250 million movie adaptation?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Odyssey has survived three millennia. Can it survive a $250 million movie adaptation?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-odyssey-has-survived-three-millennia-can-it-survive-a-250-million-movie-adaptation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:42:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-odyssey-has-survived-three-millennia-can-it-survive-a-250-million-movie-adaptation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astrophysicists have always built tools to see farther. The new tools may make the humans unnecessary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astrophysicists have always built tools to see farther. The new tools may make the humans unnecessary]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/astrophysicists-have-always-built-tools-to-see-farther-the-new-tools-may-make-the-humans-unnecessary/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:42:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/astrophysicists-have-always-built-tools-to-see-farther-the-new-tools-may-make-the-humans-unnecessary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”: The Cost of Fictionalizing the Holocaust’: A Winning Student Open Letter]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are honoring the winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Orly Kochinski, age 16.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas-the-cost-of-fictionalizing-the-holocaust-a-winning-student-open-letter/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas-the-cost-of-fictionalizing-the-holocaust-a-winning-student-open-letter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild, Haunting New Fantasy Novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist reviews &ldquo;The Tapestry of Fate&rdquo; and other books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wild-haunting-new-fantasy-novels/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wild-haunting-new-fantasy-novels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrilling Fantasy Novels to Take You on Wild Adventures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist reviews &ldquo;The Tapestry of Fate&rdquo; and other new fantasy books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thrilling-fantasy-novels-to-take-you-on-wild-adventures/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thrilling-fantasy-novels-to-take-you-on-wild-adventures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Lifeguard,’ by Janet Fash with Clio Chang]]></title><description><![CDATA[Janet Fash&rsquo;s memoir is both a sunny coming-of-age story and an expos&eacute; of corruption, understaffing and unnecessary deaths at Rockaway Beach.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-lifeguard-by-janet-fash-with-clio-chang/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-lifeguard-by-janet-fash-with-clio-chang/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shirley Lord, Beauty Editor, Novelist and Society Fixture, Dies at 93]]></title><description><![CDATA[An early champion of the mind-body connection, she held influential positions at Vogue, wrote steamy novels and regularly appeared in the tabloids.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shirley-lord-beauty-editor-novelist-and-society-fixture-dies-at-93/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shirley-lord-beauty-editor-novelist-and-society-fixture-dies-at-93/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darwin spent only five weeks in the Galápagos. He ate tortoise, rode tortoise, and drank tortoise urine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Darwin spent only five weeks in the Gal&aacute;pagos. He ate tortoise, rode tortoise, and drank tortoise urine]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/darwin-spent-only-five-weeks-in-the-galpagos-he-ate-tortoise-rode-tortoise-and-drank-tortoise-urine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:17:42 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/darwin-spent-only-five-weeks-in-the-galpagos-he-ate-tortoise-rode-tortoise-and-drank-tortoise-urine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde said there is only good art and bad art &mdash; the artist's morality is beside the point. But it's not that simple&nbsp;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde said there is only good art and bad art &mdash; the artist's morality is beside the point. 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The phrase is older and stranger&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/karl-popper-is-sometimes-credited-with-coining-conspiracy-theory-he-didnt-the-phrase-is-older-and-strangernbsp/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/karl-popper-is-sometimes-credited-with-coining-conspiracy-theory-he-didnt-the-phrase-is-older-and-strangernbsp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would You Let an A.I. Michael Caine Read You the ‘Odyssey’?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The longtime Christopher Nolan collaborator isn&rsquo;t in the director&rsquo;s forthcoming Homeric adaptation. But a new audiobook sets Caine&rsquo;s voice off on its own adventure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/would-you-let-an-ai-michael-caine-read-you-the-odyssey/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/would-you-let-an-ai-michael-caine-read-you-the-odyssey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New ‘Odyssey’ Audiobook Puts the ‘A.I.’ in ‘Michael Caine’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The longtime Christopher Nolan collaborator isn&rsquo;t in the director&rsquo;s forthcoming Homeric adaptation. 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The psychiatrist Ian Stevenson spent his life collecting evidence. What he found was suggestive — but unprovable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is there life after death? The psychiatrist Ian Stevenson spent his life collecting evidence. What he found was suggestive &mdash; but unprovable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-there-life-after-death-the-psychiatrist-ian-stevenson-spent-his-life-collecting-evidence-what-he-found-was-suggestive-but-unprovable-2/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:37:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-there-life-after-death-the-psychiatrist-ian-stevenson-spent-his-life-collecting-evidence-what-he-found-was-suggestive-but-unprovable-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare Books on Sex Have Spiced Things Up at a Library Franklin Founded]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Library Company of Philadelphia, created in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, has received a gift of 1,500 volumes about sexuality dating back to the 17th century.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rare-books-on-sex-have-spiced-things-up-at-a-library-franklin-founded/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rare-books-on-sex-have-spiced-things-up-at-a-library-franklin-founded/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Housewives Underground,’ by Kaitlyn Tiffany]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Housewives Underground,&rdquo; the Atlantic writer Kaitlyn Tiffany salutes a loose network of skeptics who questioned the findings of the Warren Report.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-housewives-underground-by-kaitlyn-tiffany/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-housewives-underground-by-kaitlyn-tiffany/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: “Nebraska,” by Monica Datta]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monica Datta&rsquo;s &ldquo;Nebraska&rdquo; is a maximalist, continent-spanning story of a mother killing her youngest child, as relayed by a highly idiosyncratic psychoanalyst.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-nebraska-by-monica-datta/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-nebraska-by-monica-datta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the blogosphere gave way to Substack, writers gained audiences but lost each other. Noah Smith explains]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the blogosphere gave way to Substack, writers gained audiences but lost each other. Noah Smith explains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-the-blogosphere-gave-way-to-substack-writers-gained-audiences-but-lost-each-other-noah-smith-explains/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:09:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-the-blogosphere-gave-way-to-substack-writers-gained-audiences-but-lost-each-other-noah-smith-explains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in the arts and culture resist AI most fiercely — and miss what is most interesting about it: the way it uses language]]></title><description><![CDATA[People in the arts and culture resist AI most fiercely &mdash; and miss what is most interesting about it: the way it uses language]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/people-in-the-arts-and-culture-resist-ai-most-fiercely-and-miss-what-is-most-interesting-about-it-the-way-it-uses-language/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:09:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/people-in-the-arts-and-culture-resist-ai-most-fiercely-and-miss-what-is-most-interesting-about-it-the-way-it-uses-language/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there life after death? The psychiatrist Ian Stevenson spent his life collecting evidence. What he found was suggestive, but unprovable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is there life after death? The psychiatrist Ian Stevenson spent his life collecting evidence. What he found was suggestive, but unprovable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-there-life-after-death-the-psychiatrist-ian-stevenson-spent-his-life-collecting-evidence-what-he-found-was-suggestive-but-unprovable/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:09:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-there-life-after-death-the-psychiatrist-ian-stevenson-spent-his-life-collecting-evidence-what-he-found-was-suggestive-but-unprovable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test Your Knowledge of History’s Most Famous Libraries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz on five of the globe&rsquo;s renowned repositories of human learning.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-historys-most-famous-libraries/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-historys-most-famous-libraries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kinkajous commute. Dusky farmerfish grow crops. Octopuses build cities. Cathedral termites build taller, relatively, than any human skyscraper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kinkajous commute. Dusky farmerfish grow crops. Octopuses build cities. Cathedral termites build taller, relatively, than any human skyscraper]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kinkajous-commute-dusky-farmerfish-grow-crops-octopuses-build-cities-cathedral-termites-build-taller-relatively-than-any-human-skyscraper/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:53:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kinkajous-commute-dusky-farmerfish-grow-crops-octopuses-build-cities-cathedral-termites-build-taller-relatively-than-any-human-skyscraper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante. Who is the great poet of America?]]></title><description><![CDATA[England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante. Who is the great poet of America?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/england-has-shakespeare-spain-has-cervantes-italy-has-dante-who-is-the-great-poet-of-america/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:53:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/england-has-shakespeare-spain-has-cervantes-italy-has-dante-who-is-the-great-poet-of-america/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dinosaurs, crocodilo-pythons, and other monsters populated the “lost world” novels that thrived between the 1880s and 1920s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dinosaurs, crocodilo-pythons, and other monsters populated the &ldquo;lost world&rdquo; novels that thrived between the 1880s and 1920s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dinosaurs-crocodilo-pythons-and-other-monsters-populated-the-lost-world-novels-that-thrived-between-the-1880s-and-1920s/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:53:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dinosaurs-crocodilo-pythons-and-other-monsters-populated-the-lost-world-novels-that-thrived-between-the-1880s-and-1920s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Emergency Playbook,’ by Amy Edelman and Chris Begley]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Emergency Playbook&rdquo; is a disaster preparation guide that emphasizes community rather than lone-hero fantasies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-emergency-playbook-by-amy-edelman-and-chris-begley/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-emergency-playbook-by-amy-edelman-and-chris-begley/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Singer, Longtime Writer for The New Yorker, Dies at 75]]></title><description><![CDATA[He joined the magazine&rsquo;s staff at 23. Among the subjects of his profiles were the magician Ricky Jay and a pre-politics Donald Trump.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mark-singer-longtime-writer-for-the-new-yorker-dies-at-75/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mark-singer-longtime-writer-for-the-new-yorker-dies-at-75/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&lsquo;There Was Love, and Then There Was Suffering&rsquo;: A Q&amp;A With Christian Wiman]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The minute you are convinced that you have grasped something true about God, it dissolves in you.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lsquothere-was-love-and-then-there-was-sufferingrsquo-a-qampa-with-christian-wiman-2/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lsquothere-was-love-and-then-there-was-sufferingrsquo-a-qampa-with-christian-wiman-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Junod Asks: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What one writer found at the end of a decades-long search into his father&rsquo;s secret world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tom-junod-asks-can-a-bad-man-be-a-good-father/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tom-junod-asks-can-a-bad-man-be-a-good-father/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&lsquo;There Was Love and Then There Was Suffering&rsquo;: A Q&amp;A With Christian Wiman]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The minute you are convinced that you have grasped something true about God, it dissolves in you.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lsquothere-was-love-and-then-there-was-sufferingrsquo-a-qampa-with-christian-wiman/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lsquothere-was-love-and-then-there-was-sufferingrsquo-a-qampa-with-christian-wiman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With ‘Girls Like Girls,’ Hayley Kiyoko Turns Her Teenage Pain Into Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[The once-closeted star has reinvented her song &ldquo;Girls Like Girls&rdquo; as a best-selling Y.A. novel and a new theatrical film. It wasn&rsquo;t easy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/with-girls-like-girls-hayley-kiyoko-turns-her-teenage-pain-into-art/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/with-girls-like-girls-hayley-kiyoko-turns-her-teenage-pain-into-art/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tenacious Lifeguard Still Swims Against the Tide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Janet Fash was always outspoken when it came to keeping beachgoers safe. She lays it all out in her feisty new memoir.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-tenacious-lifeguard-still-swims-against-the-tide/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-tenacious-lifeguard-still-swims-against-the-tide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Newsroom in D.C. Tries to Keep the Newsstand as a Shopping Destination]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Newsroom, overflowing with magazines and newspapers on mismatched shelves, has endured as a relic of a different Washington.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-newsroom-in-dc-tries-to-keep-the-newsstand-as-a-shopping-destination/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-newsroom-in-dc-tries-to-keep-the-newsstand-as-a-shopping-destination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A Deeply Anxious Personality’: 3 Opinion Writers on JD Vance’s New Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three Opinion writers share their views on &ldquo;Communion,&rdquo; the vice president&rsquo;s new book.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-deeply-anxious-personality-3-opinion-writers-on-jd-vances-new-book/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-deeply-anxious-personality-3-opinion-writers-on-jd-vances-new-book/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korean Author Cho Nam-Joo on Self-Cultivation and Collective Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought that my writing could be a small catalyst for bettering the lives of Korean women. Reality was much more complicated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/south-korean-author-cho-nam-joo-on-self-cultivation-and-collective-change/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/south-korean-author-cho-nam-joo-on-self-cultivation-and-collective-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danny McBride Thinks Men Learned All the Wrong Lessons From Movies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The writer and actor, known for his profane comedic antiheroes, likes to find universal truths in human flaws.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-mcbride-thinks-men-learned-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-movies/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-mcbride-thinks-men-learned-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-movies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danny McBride Is Not Above a Little Violence (or a Lot of It)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The writer and actor, known for his profane comedic antiheroes, likes to find universal truths in human flaws.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-mcbride-is-not-above-a-little-violence-or-a-lot-of-it/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-mcbride-is-not-above-a-little-violence-or-a-lot-of-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Do Some of the Trendiest Books Have in Common? A Wolfgang Tillmans Photograph.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The work of Wolfgang Tillmans helps turn esoteric, sometimes experimental books into best-sellers &mdash; and covetable objets d&rsquo;art.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-do-some-of-the-trendiest-books-have-in-common-a-wolfgang-tillmans-photograph/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-do-some-of-the-trendiest-books-have-in-common-a-wolfgang-tillmans-photograph/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI,’ by Cory Doctorow]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Reverse Centaur&rsquo;s Guide to Life After AI,&rdquo; the renowned tech critic Cory Doctorow tries to find a good way to coexist with artificial intelligence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Bradley, Co-Author of ‘Flags of Our Fathers,’ Dies at 72]]></title><description><![CDATA[His best-selling book celebrated the servicemen in the stirring photograph of the U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima. One, it was long believed, was his father.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-bradley-co-author-of-flags-of-our-fathers-dies-at-72/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-bradley-co-author-of-flags-of-our-fathers-dies-at-72/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Keep Telling People We’re Living in This Dystopian Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 2010 novel &ldquo;Super Sad True Love Story&rdquo; foreshadowed our current world. So I asked its author, Gary Shteyngart, how he sees the world today and how we might find pleasure in it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-keep-telling-people-were-living-in-this-dystopian-novel/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-keep-telling-people-were-living-in-this-dystopian-novel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, the author Isaac Butler details the late-20th century battles over government-funded art.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/art-outrage-and-how-the-culture-wars-began/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/art-outrage-and-how-the-culture-wars-began/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Thomson Loves the Movies but Not What They Have Done to America]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the film writer David Thomson found himself in a lover&rsquo;s quarrel with cinema &mdash; and America.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-thomson-loves-the-movies-but-not-what-they-have-done-to-america/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-thomson-loves-the-movies-but-not-what-they-have-done-to-america/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jon Klassen on Ghosts in Children’s Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ghosts in stories for children are a blank canvas. You can show your audience a ghost and, if you play it right, almost just leave it at that.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jon-klassen-on-ghosts-in-childrens-stories/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jon-klassen-on-ghosts-in-childrens-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jean Houston, ‘Midwife of Souls’ Who Advised Hillary Clinton, Dies at 89]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author of books like &ldquo;The Possible Human,&rdquo; she held workshops that drew on mythology, psychology and the experiential ethos of Esalen. But she refused to be called a guru.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jean-houston-midwife-of-souls-who-advised-hillary-clinton-dies-at-89/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jean-houston-midwife-of-souls-who-advised-hillary-clinton-dies-at-89/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rereading ‘The Road’ as a Dad]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Road,&rdquo; by Cormac McCarthy, was one of the author Ryan Holiday&rsquo;s picks for The New York Times&rsquo;s &ldquo;100 Best Books of the 21st Century.&rdquo; Holiday first read the harrowing story of a father and son traveling together in a postapocalyptic world in college. On a recent episode of the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast, Holiday talked with the host Gilbert Cruz about his experience rereading the book as a father.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rereading-the-road-as-a-dad/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rereading-the-road-as-a-dad/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Books to Read if You Loved ‘The Road’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Ryan Holiday joined the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast to discuss &ldquo;The Road,&rdquo; by Cormac McCarthy. This book was one of Holiday&rsquo;s picks for The New York Times&rsquo;s &ldquo;100 Best Books of the 21st Century,&rdquo; and made it onto the list at no. 13. If you like McCarthy&rsquo;s postapocalyptic novel, Holiday shares recommendations for books to read next. Tap the link in our bio to listen to the full conversation on the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; pod]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/3-books-to-read-if-you-loved-the-road/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/3-books-to-read-if-you-loved-the-road/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danny Simmons, Painter and Activist From a Creative Family, Dies at 72]]></title><description><![CDATA[The older brother of the music mogul Russell Simmons and the rapper Joseph Simmons, he made his own way as an artistic and entrepreneurial force in Brooklyn.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-simmons-painter-and-activist-from-a-creative-family-dies-at-72/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-simmons-painter-and-activist-from-a-creative-family-dies-at-72/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Regime Change,’ by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Regime Change,&rdquo; two New York Times journalists offer a riveting chronicle of the weird fusion of reality and show business in the White House.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-regime-change-by-maggie-haberman-and-jonathan-swan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-regime-change-by-maggie-haberman-and-jonathan-swan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Takeaways From ‘Regime Change,’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s Book on Trump’s White House]]></title><description><![CDATA[The book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of The New York Times, &ldquo;Regime Change,&rdquo; reveals a host of details and surprising exchanges as President Trump pushed to drastically expand his power.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-regime-change-maggie-haberman-and-jonathan-swans-book-on-trumps-white-house/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-regime-change-maggie-haberman-and-jonathan-swans-book-on-trumps-white-house/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump and Iran: Mission Not Accomplished]]></title><description><![CDATA[Readers react to developments in the war with Iran. Also: Fears about gene editing, a threat to U.S. science; a call to Black voters; reading books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trump-and-iran-mission-not-accomplished/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trump-and-iran-mission-not-accomplished/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gary Shteyngart, a Russian-Born Author, Tours Thomas Jefferson’s Home With His Son]]></title><description><![CDATA[I emigrated from the Soviet Union decades ago, and recently toured Thomas Jefferson&rsquo;s home with my American-born history-buff son.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gary-shteyngart-a-russian-born-author-tours-thomas-jeffersons-home-with-his-son/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gary-shteyngart-a-russian-born-author-tours-thomas-jeffersons-home-with-his-son/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Father Who Immigrated From the Soviet Union Tours Thomas Jefferson’s Home With His Son]]></title><description><![CDATA[A novelist who immigrated from the Soviet Union tours Thomas Jefferson&rsquo;s home with his American-born history-buff son.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-father-who-immigrated-from-the-soviet-union-tours-thomas-jeffersons-home-with-his-son/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-father-who-immigrated-from-the-soviet-union-tours-thomas-jeffersons-home-with-his-son/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCarthy Aide’s Tell-All Book Recounts Trump’s Expletive-Filled Threats to G.O.P.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by John Leganski, the floor manager for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, offers a rare behind-the-scenes account of how President Trump wields his power through threats and intimidation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mccarthy-aides-tell-all-book-recounts-trumps-expletive-filled-threats-to-gop/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mccarthy-aides-tell-all-book-recounts-trumps-expletive-filled-threats-to-gop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What killed the masquerade ball: the rise of Evangelical moral values or an increasing affordability, which rendered it less appealing to the aristocracy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What killed the masquerade ball: the rise of Evangelical moral values or an increasing affordability, which rendered it less appealing to the aristocracy?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-killed-the-masquerade-ball-the-rise-of-evangelical-moral-values-or-an-increasing-affordability-which-rendered-it-less-appealing-to-the-aristocracy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:51:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-killed-the-masquerade-ball-the-rise-of-evangelical-moral-values-or-an-increasing-affordability-which-rendered-it-less-appealing-to-the-aristocracy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirty-seven paintings, 15 children, 43 years, and almost no paper trail: Vermeer is known to us only through crumbs and scraps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thirty-seven paintings, 15 children, 43 years, and almost no paper trail: Vermeer is known to us only through crumbs and scraps]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thirty-seven-paintings-15-children-43-years-and-almost-no-paper-trail-vermeer-is-known-to-us-only-through-crumbs-and-scraps/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:51:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thirty-seven-paintings-15-children-43-years-and-almost-no-paper-trail-vermeer-is-known-to-us-only-through-crumbs-and-scraps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swift, Pope, and Gay gathered at Twickenham in 1726. They shared a villa, and a witty contempt for their age]]></title><description><![CDATA[Swift, Pope, and Gay gathered at Twickenham in 1726. They shared a villa, and a witty contempt for their age]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/swift-pope-and-gay-gathered-at-twickenham-in-1726-they-shared-a-villa-and-a-witty-contempt-for-their-age/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:51:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/swift-pope-and-gay-gathered-at-twickenham-in-1726-they-shared-a-villa-and-a-witty-contempt-for-their-age/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plagiarism: Nabokov called it unconscious. Bob Dylan told his accusers to rot in hell. Both had a point]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plagiarism: Nabokov called it unconscious. Bob Dylan told his accusers to rot in hell. Both had a point]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/plagiarism-nabokov-called-it-unconscious-bob-dylan-told-his-accusers-to-rot-in-hell-both-had-a-point/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:38:50 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/plagiarism-nabokov-called-it-unconscious-bob-dylan-told-his-accusers-to-rot-in-hell-both-had-a-point/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dwight Macdonald opposed U.S. entry into World War II, denounced the atom bomb, and never found an ideological home. Was he right?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dwight Macdonald opposed U.S. entry into World War II, denounced the atom bomb, and never found an ideological home. Was he right?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-macdonald-opposed-us-entry-into-world-war-ii-denounced-the-atom-bomb-and-never-found-an-ideological-home-was-he-right/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:38:50 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-macdonald-opposed-us-entry-into-world-war-ii-denounced-the-atom-bomb-and-never-found-an-ideological-home-was-he-right/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carlo Ginzburg, Who Told the History of the Obscure, Dies at 87]]></title><description><![CDATA[In books like &ldquo;The Cheese and the Worms,&rdquo; he helped push beyond the story of great events and leaders, entering the minds and hearts of peasants.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carlo-ginzburg-who-told-the-history-of-the-obscure-dies-at-87/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carlo-ginzburg-who-told-the-history-of-the-obscure-dies-at-87/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plagiarism: Nabokov called it unconscious. Dylan told his accusers to rot in hell. Both had a point]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plagiarism: Nabokov called it unconscious. Dylan told his accusers to rot in hell. Both had a point]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/plagiarism-nabokov-called-it-unconscious-dylan-told-his-accusers-to-rot-in-hell-both-had-a-point/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:58:36 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/plagiarism-nabokov-called-it-unconscious-dylan-told-his-accusers-to-rot-in-hell-both-had-a-point/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dwight Macdonald opposed World War II, denounced the atom bomb, and never found an ideological home. Was he right?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dwight Macdonald opposed World War II, denounced the atom bomb, and never found an ideological home. Was he right?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-macdonald-opposed-world-war-ii-denounced-the-atom-bomb-and-never-found-an-ideological-home-was-he-right/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:58:36 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-macdonald-opposed-world-war-ii-denounced-the-atom-bomb-and-never-found-an-ideological-home-was-he-right/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debate over whether David Foster Wallace was a virtuosic bully or a genius with a heart of gold has eclipsed consideration of his work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Debate over whether David Foster Wallace was a virtuosic bully or a genius with a heart of gold has eclipsed consideration of his work]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/debate-over-whether-david-foster-wallace-was-a-virtuosic-bully-or-a-genius-with-a-heart-of-gold-has-eclipsed-consideration-of-his-work/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:58:36 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/debate-over-whether-david-foster-wallace-was-a-virtuosic-bully-or-a-genius-with-a-heart-of-gold-has-eclipsed-consideration-of-his-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vance Is Pressed on Epstein, Race and His Boss on ‘The View’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The vice president also talked to Megyn Kelly on Tuesday about critics of the new Iran cease-fire and his presidential ambition.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vance-is-pressed-on-epstein-race-and-his-boss-on-the-view/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vance-is-pressed-on-epstein-race-and-his-boss-on-the-view/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best-Selling Memoirist Sues Classmate Who Said She Used Her Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amy Griffin contended that she was defamed when a former classmate accused her in a lawsuit of appropriating parts of her story of being sexually abused for &ldquo;The Tell.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-selling-memoirist-sues-classmate-who-said-she-used-her-story/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-selling-memoirist-sues-classmate-who-said-she-used-her-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Takeaways From JD Vance’s New Book ‘Communion,’ on Faith and His Political Ambitions]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new memoir, Mr. Vance recalls an &ldquo;unsettling&rdquo; meeting with Vatican officials on immigration policy and disavows his infamous disparagement of some Democrats as &ldquo;childless cat ladies.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-jd-vances-new-book-communion-on-faith-and-his-political-ambitions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-jd-vances-new-book-communion-on-faith-and-his-political-ambitions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literary Travel Combines Travel and a Love of Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resort book clubs, tour companies, hotel libraries and a growing number of literary festivals are offering readers new ways to indulge their interests.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/literary-travel-combines-travel-and-a-love-of-books/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/literary-travel-combines-travel-and-a-love-of-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call It a ‘Book-cation’ or a ‘Readaway,’ Literary Travel Is Having a Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resort book clubs, tour companies, hotel libraries and a growing number of literary festivals are offering readers new ways to indulge their interests.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/call-it-a-book-cation-or-a-readaway-literary-travel-is-having-a-moment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/call-it-a-book-cation-or-a-readaway-literary-travel-is-having-a-moment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ‘Paddington’ Musical Will Come to Broadway Next Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[The show, which revisits the story of a marmalade-loving bear, plans to open next April at the Hirschfeld Theater in New York.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-paddington-musical-will-come-to-broadway-next-spring/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-paddington-musical-will-come-to-broadway-next-spring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Verdict on Biden Is In]]></title><description><![CDATA[Preliminary judgments on Joe Biden&rsquo;s one-term presidency, including Jill Biden&rsquo;s, are all the rage.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-verdict-on-biden-is-in/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-verdict-on-biden-is-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Frenzy,’ by Joyce Carol Oates]]></title><description><![CDATA[The stories in her new collection deal in jagged emergencies and in wounds both physical and psychic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-frenzy-by-joyce-carol-oates/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-frenzy-by-joyce-carol-oates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body,’ by Erin Maglaque]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Presence,&rdquo; the historian Erin Maglaque pieces together the fragments of early modern womanhood.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-presence-a-hidden-history-of-the-female-body-by-erin-maglaque/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-presence-a-hidden-history-of-the-female-body-by-erin-maglaque/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Ghost-Eye,’ by Amitav Ghosh]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fascinating if overstuffed, Amitav Ghosh&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ghost-Eye&rdquo; connects the mystifying case of a girl in Calcutta to the global climate crisis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-eye-by-amitav-ghosh/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-eye-by-amitav-ghosh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toni Morrison believed that racial blackness and whiteness and redness — potent though they may be — are just that: stories ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toni Morrison believed that racial blackness and whiteness and redness &mdash; potent though they may be &mdash; are just that: stories&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/toni-morrison-believed-that-racial-blackness-and-whiteness-and-redness-potent-though-they-may-be-are-just-that-stories/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:42:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/toni-morrison-believed-that-racial-blackness-and-whiteness-and-redness-potent-though-they-may-be-are-just-that-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Renaissance was a golden age invented by people who believed they were living through a dark one]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Renaissance was a golden age invented by people who believed they were living through a dark one]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-renaissance-was-a-golden-age-invented-by-people-who-believed-they-were-living-through-a-dark-one/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:42:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-renaissance-was-a-golden-age-invented-by-people-who-believed-they-were-living-through-a-dark-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI may be sycophantic, but that is just one expression of its structural bias toward familiarity and averageness ]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI may be sycophantic, but that is just one expression of its structural bias toward familiarity and averageness&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-may-be-sycophantic-but-that-is-just-one-expression-of-its-structural-bias-toward-familiarity-and-averageness/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:42:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-may-be-sycophantic-but-that-is-just-one-expression-of-its-structural-bias-toward-familiarity-and-averageness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test Your Knowledge of Books That Inspired Popular Screen Adaptations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Books about pivotal moments in America&rsquo;s past are often transformed into films or television shows. Try this quiz to see if you can identify these five adaptations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-books-that-inspired-popular-screen-adaptations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-books-that-inspired-popular-screen-adaptations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Nord Stream Conspiracy,’ by Bojan Pancevski]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Nord Stream Conspiracy,&rdquo; the investigative journalist Bojan Pancevski tells a high-stakes international war story in blockbuster prose.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-nord-stream-conspiracy-by-bojan-pancevski/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-nord-stream-conspiracy-by-bojan-pancevski/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jean Ziegler, Swiss Gadfly Who Provoked His Countrymen, Dies at 92]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a nation that sees itself as a tranquil oasis of prosperity and business virtue, he drew death threats for pointing out a dark underside.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jean-ziegler-swiss-gadfly-who-provoked-his-countrymen-dies-at-92/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jean-ziegler-swiss-gadfly-who-provoked-his-countrymen-dies-at-92/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane Yolen, Whose Books for Children Drew on Everyday Life, Dies at 87]]></title><description><![CDATA[She wrote some 450 books, including novels, poetry and nonfiction in many genres. One critic called her &ldquo;a modern equivalent to Aesop.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jane-yolen-whose-books-for-children-drew-on-everyday-life-dies-at-87/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jane-yolen-whose-books-for-children-drew-on-everyday-life-dies-at-87/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Empire of Ink,’ by Alex Wright]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Empire of Ink,&rdquo; Alex Wright describes how newfangled technologies and disruptive personalities have regularly unsettled the American media.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-empire-of-ink-by-alex-wright/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-empire-of-ink-by-alex-wright/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Graphic Novelist Captures the Lives of Vermont Lesbians Ahead of Their Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leaning on a rich written record, the graphic novelist Tillie Walden used nearby resources to visualize the true story of seamstresses who shared a home for decades.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-graphic-novelist-captures-the-lives-of-vermont-lesbians-ahead-of-their-time/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-graphic-novelist-captures-the-lives-of-vermont-lesbians-ahead-of-their-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Duchamp took New York: Europe spurned him, so he decamped to America, where he was met with exaltation and outrage]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Duchamp took New York: Europe spurned him, so he decamped to America, where he was met with exaltation and outrage]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-duchamp-took-new-york-europe-spurned-him-so-he-decamped-to-america-where-he-was-met-with-exaltation-and-outrage/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:04:42 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-duchamp-took-new-york-europe-spurned-him-so-he-decamped-to-america-where-he-was-met-with-exaltation-and-outrage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is a new academic report with a dry title a “diabolically evil” plot to undermine the humanities? Or will it save them?  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is a new academic report with a dry title a &ldquo;diabolically evil&rdquo; plot to undermine the humanities? Or will it save them?&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-a-new-academic-report-with-a-dry-title-a-diabolically-evil-plot-to-undermine-the-humanities-or-will-it-save-them/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:04:42 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-a-new-academic-report-with-a-dry-title-a-diabolically-evil-plot-to-undermine-the-humanities-or-will-it-save-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children’s literature used to get reviewed in serious outlets. That’s stopped — and has that turned the genre to “crud”?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children&rsquo;s literature used to get reviewed in serious outlets. That&rsquo;s stopped &mdash; and has that turned the genre to &ldquo;crud&rdquo;?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-literature-used-to-get-reviewed-in-serious-outlets-thats-stopped-and-has-that-turned-the-genre-to-crud/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:04:42 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-literature-used-to-get-reviewed-in-serious-outlets-thats-stopped-and-has-that-turned-the-genre-to-crud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Epstein Haunts the White House]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sleazy situation that Trump can&rsquo;t wish away.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jeffrey-epstein-haunts-the-white-house/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jeffrey-epstein-haunts-the-white-house/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madeline Cash Isn’t Playing Around. Or Is She?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her debut novel taps into a microgeneration&rsquo;s blurring of performance and reality.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/madeline-cash-isnt-playing-around-or-is-she/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/madeline-cash-isnt-playing-around-or-is-she/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘They All Fall in Love at the End,’ by Haili Blassingame]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;They All Fall in Love at the End,&rdquo; a young Black woman navigates taboo attractions and a contentious political environment while working toward a creative writing degree.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-they-all-fall-in-love-at-the-end-by-haili-blassingame/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-they-all-fall-in-love-at-the-end-by-haili-blassingame/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Something We Said,’ by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor&rsquo;s new book, &ldquo;Something We Said,&rdquo; is at once a memoir and a history of a racial slur.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-something-we-said-by-elizabeth-stordeur-pryor/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-something-we-said-by-elizabeth-stordeur-pryor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Drayton and Mackenzie,’ by Alexander Starritt]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Drayton and Mackenzie,&rdquo; two young grads navigating the 2008 financial crisis enact a plan they hope will change their fate.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-drayton-and-mackenzie-by-alexander-starritt/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-drayton-and-mackenzie-by-alexander-starritt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Books Times Readers Are Most Excited About This Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lush historical fiction, gripping thrillers, true crime, laugh-out-loud essays and more: Here are the books you&rsquo;ve saved most to your reading lists.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-times-readers-are-most-excited-about-this-summer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-times-readers-are-most-excited-about-this-summer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Books of the 21st Century: Ryan Holiday on ‘The Road’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author joined the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast to discuss how his relationship to Cormac McCarthy&rsquo;s novel changed after becoming a father.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-of-the-21st-century-ryan-holiday-on-the-road/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-of-the-21st-century-ryan-holiday-on-the-road/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Rialto,’ by Kate Milford, and ‘Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero,’ by Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kate Milford&rsquo;s cozy mystery is set at an abandoned amusement park, while Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer&rsquo;s horror satire unfolds at a malevolent sleepaway camp.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rialto-by-kate-milford-and-fatal-glitch-camp-zero-by-erin-entrada-kelly-and-eliot-schrefer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rialto-by-kate-milford-and-fatal-glitch-camp-zero-by-erin-entrada-kelly-and-eliot-schrefer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘As If,’ by Isabel Waidner]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this surreal book, two spiraling men swap lives.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-as-if-by-isabel-waidner/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-as-if-by-isabel-waidner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Operation Pushkin’: Paris Trial Puts Spotlight on Rare-Book Heists]]></title><description><![CDATA[One by one, valuable works by Russian masters like Pushkin and Gogol were disappearing from libraries across Europe. Now six defendants are being prosecuted.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/operation-pushkin-paris-trial-puts-spotlight-on-rare-book-heists/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/operation-pushkin-paris-trial-puts-spotlight-on-rare-book-heists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great AI divide. All writing — novels, poems, screenplays, even love letters — will be judged according to which side it falls on]]></title><description><![CDATA[The great AI divide. All writing &mdash; novels, poems, screenplays, even love letters &mdash; will be judged according to which side it falls on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-great-ai-divide-all-writing-novels-poems-screenplays-even-love-letters-will-be-judged-according-to-which-side-it-falls-on/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:12:38 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-great-ai-divide-all-writing-novels-poems-screenplays-even-love-letters-will-be-judged-according-to-which-side-it-falls-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being Auden's typist. The experience left James Schuyler feeling awed, fascinated, and discouraged]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being Auden's typist. The experience left James Schuyler feeling awed, fascinated, and discouraged]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/being-audens-typist-the-experience-left-james-schuyler-feeling-awed-fascinated-and-discouraged/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:12:38 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/being-audens-typist-the-experience-left-james-schuyler-feeling-awed-fascinated-and-discouraged/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“After all the testing and lotteries and nail-biting, this is it?” Even New York parents are growing tired of gifted and talented programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;After all the testing and lotteries and nail-biting, this is it?&rdquo; Even New York parents are growing tired of gifted and talented programs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/after-all-the-testing-and-lotteries-and-nail-biting-this-is-it-even-new-york-parents-are-growing-tired-of-gifted-and-talented-programs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:12:38 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/after-all-the-testing-and-lotteries-and-nail-biting-this-is-it-even-new-york-parents-are-growing-tired-of-gifted-and-talented-programs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Book Recommendations for Father's Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ahead of Father&rsquo;s Day, the best-selling author Ryan Holiday joined the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast to discuss one of The New York Times&rsquo;s &ldquo;100 Best Books of the 21st Century,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Road.&rdquo; While he was with us, he also told us some of his recommendations for other books to give the dads or parents in your life.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/4-book-recommendations-for-fathers-day/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/4-book-recommendations-for-fathers-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruth Ozeki on Her Favorite Books and Her New Collection, ‘The Typing Lady’]]></title><description><![CDATA[She wanted to learn about pyramids, and ended up with hallucinatory sex scenes. Her new book is a provocation: Just what genre is it anyway?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ruth-ozeki-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-new-collection-the-typing-lady/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ruth-ozeki-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-new-collection-the-typing-lady/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘This Dark Night: Emily Brontë, a Life,’ by Deborah Lutz]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her lyrical new biography, &ldquo;This Dark Night,&rdquo; Deborah Lutz shines light on the most enigmatic of the literary, secluded Bront&euml; sisters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-this-dark-night-emily-bront-a-life-by-deborah-lutz/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-this-dark-night-emily-bront-a-life-by-deborah-lutz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The American School of Spies,’ by Stephan Talty]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The American School of Spies,&rdquo; Stephan Talty tells the story of the desperate struggle to preserve antiquities during World War II.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-american-school-of-spies-by-stephan-talty/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-american-school-of-spies-by-stephan-talty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Hujar and Paul Thek shaped Manhattan's art scene. They died before anyone fully understood what they'd made]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peter Hujar and Paul Thek shaped Manhattan's art scene. They died before anyone fully understood what they'd made]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-hujar-and-paul-thek-shaped-manhattans-art-scene-they-died-before-anyone-fully-understood-what-theyd-made/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:22:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-hujar-and-paul-thek-shaped-manhattans-art-scene-they-died-before-anyone-fully-understood-what-theyd-made/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the pursuit of mathematical understanding built the tools now poised to replace it]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the pursuit of mathematical understanding built the tools now poised to replace it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-pursuit-of-mathematical-understanding-built-the-tools-now-poised-to-replace-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:03:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-pursuit-of-mathematical-understanding-built-the-tools-now-poised-to-replace-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are we really in “the least innovative, least transformative, least pioneering century for culture since the invention of the printing press”?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are we really in &ldquo;the least innovative, least transformative, least pioneering century for culture since the invention of the printing press&rdquo;?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-we-really-in-the-least-innovative-least-transformative-least-pioneering-century-for-culture-since-the-invention-of-the-printing-press/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:03:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-we-really-in-the-least-innovative-least-transformative-least-pioneering-century-for-culture-since-the-invention-of-the-printing-press/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside Trump’s White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout]]></title><description><![CDATA[The president&rsquo;s top advisers gathered in a series of Situation Room meetings as they struggled to contain a scandal engulfing Donald Trump himself.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/inside-trumps-white-house-the-epstein-files-caused-a-freakout/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/inside-trumps-white-house-the-epstein-files-caused-a-freakout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultivating a New Generation of Readers and a Love of Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Readers respond to &ldquo;Make America Read Again,&rdquo; an Opinion guest essay by Brian Bannon. Also: Choosing Graham Platner; fading bank tellers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cultivating-a-new-generation-of-readers-and-a-love-of-books/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cultivating-a-new-generation-of-readers-and-a-love-of-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Laverne Cox Slayed Her Demons: With Grit and Glamour]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her memoir follows the path from an abusive childhood to Hollywood stardom. But it&rsquo;s being released amid a backlash over transgender rights that&rsquo;s caught up to her, too.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-laverne-cox-slayed-her-demons-with-grit-and-glamour/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-laverne-cox-slayed-her-demons-with-grit-and-glamour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The White House Panic Over the Epstein Files: Six Takeaways From the New York Times Investigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senior officials clashed in a series of meetings as they struggled to manage a crisis over the president&rsquo;s refusal to release the documents.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-white-house-panic-over-the-epstein-files-six-takeaways-from-the-new-york-times-investigation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-white-house-panic-over-the-epstein-files-six-takeaways-from-the-new-york-times-investigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Love Laverne Cox On Her Relationships]]></title><description><![CDATA[The actor always knew what she wanted. Getting there was more complicated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/modern-love-laverne-cox-on-her-relationships/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/modern-love-laverne-cox-on-her-relationships/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a New Memoir, Laverne Cox Takes on Her Demons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her memoir follows the path from an abusive childhood to Hollywood stardom. But it&rsquo;s being released amid a backlash over transgender rights that&rsquo;s caught up to her, too.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-new-memoir-laverne-cox-takes-on-her-demons/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-new-memoir-laverne-cox-takes-on-her-demons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Cocked and Boozy,’ by Brooke Barbier]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her new history, &ldquo;Cocked and Boozy,&rdquo; Brooke Barbier illuminates the pervasive role that alcohol played throughout the colonial era.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cocked-and-boozy-by-brooke-barbier/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cocked-and-boozy-by-brooke-barbier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A.I. Loves the Em Dash. What’s a Human Writer to Do?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chatbots are appropriating our most common rhetorical tics. Yet when it comes to language, human creativity can&rsquo;t be beat.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-loves-the-em-dash-whats-a-human-writer-to-do/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-loves-the-em-dash-whats-a-human-writer-to-do/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“I said I would do it before I die.” At 90, the esteemed American historian Gordon Wood turned to Proust]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I said I would do it before I die.&rdquo; At 90, the esteemed American historian Gordon Wood turned to Proust]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-said-i-would-do-it-before-i-die-at-90-the-esteemed-american-historian-gordon-wood-turned-to-proust/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:30:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-said-i-would-do-it-before-i-die-at-90-the-esteemed-american-historian-gordon-wood-turned-to-proust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daniel Greco is a professor of philosophy at Yale. Why is he training an AI to replace him?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Daniel Greco is a professor of philosophy at Yale. Why is he training an AI to replace him?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/daniel-greco-is-a-professor-of-philosophy-at-yale-why-is-he-training-an-ai-to-replace-him/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:30:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/daniel-greco-is-a-professor-of-philosophy-at-yale-why-is-he-training-an-ai-to-replace-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mediocre student, a crushing bore, a compulsive seducer. How an improbable group of spies helped Stalin build an empire]]></title><description><![CDATA[A mediocre student, a crushing bore, a compulsive seducer. How an improbable group of spies helped Stalin build an empire]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-mediocre-student-a-crushing-bore-a-compulsive-seducer-how-an-improbable-group-of-spies-helped-stalin-build-an-empire/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:30:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-mediocre-student-a-crushing-bore-a-compulsive-seducer-how-an-improbable-group-of-spies-helped-stalin-build-an-empire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To America, a country built on an idea, the inability to tell a story in common might well prove fatal]]></title><description><![CDATA[To America, a country built on an idea, the inability to tell a story in common might well prove fatal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-america-a-country-built-on-an-idea-the-inability-to-tell-a-story-in-common-might-well-prove-fatal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:09:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-america-a-country-built-on-an-idea-the-inability-to-tell-a-story-in-common-might-well-prove-fatal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstinate pedantry and an endless focus on commercialism — in the world of the film critic A.S. Hamrah, one misrepresentation leads to another]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obstinate pedantry and an endless focus on commercialism &mdash; in the world of the film critic A.S. Hamrah, one misrepresentation leads to another]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/obstinate-pedantry-and-an-endless-focus-on-commercialism-in-the-world-of-the-film-critic-as-hamrah-one-misrepresentation-leads-to-another/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:09:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/obstinate-pedantry-and-an-endless-focus-on-commercialism-in-the-world-of-the-film-critic-as-hamrah-one-misrepresentation-leads-to-another/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Red Sheet,’ by James Ellroy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Set in 1962 Los Angeles, &ldquo;Red Sheet&rdquo; follows the murder and mayhem behind a &ldquo;mini Red Scare.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-red-sheet-by-james-ellroy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-red-sheet-by-james-ellroy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Rasputin Swims the Potomac,’ by Ben Fountain]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Ben Fountain&rsquo;s new novel, Washington insiders scheme to replace the president with a religious professional wrestler.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rasputin-swims-the-potomac-by-ben-fountain/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rasputin-swims-the-potomac-by-ben-fountain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To America, a country built on an idea, the inability to tell a common story might well prove fatal]]></title><description><![CDATA[To America, a country built on an idea, the inability to tell a common story might well prove fatal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-america-a-country-built-on-an-idea-the-inability-to-tell-a-common-story-might-well-prove-fatal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:14:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-america-a-country-built-on-an-idea-the-inability-to-tell-a-common-story-might-well-prove-fatal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are plenty of reasonable grounds on which to criticize the Frankfurt School. Why resort to delusional fantasies? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are plenty of reasonable grounds on which to criticize the Frankfurt School. Why resort to delusional fantasies?&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-are-plenty-of-reasonable-grounds-on-which-to-criticize-the-frankfurt-school-why-resort-to-delusional-fantasies/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:14:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-are-plenty-of-reasonable-grounds-on-which-to-criticize-the-frankfurt-school-why-resort-to-delusional-fantasies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstinate pedantry and an endless focus on commercialism — in the world of film critic A.S. Hamrah, one misrepresentation leads to another ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obstinate pedantry and an endless focus on commercialism &mdash; in the world of film critic A.S. Hamrah, one misrepresentation leads to another&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/obstinate-pedantry-and-an-endless-focus-on-commercialism-in-the-world-of-film-critic-as-hamrah-one-misrepresentation-leads-to-another/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:14:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/obstinate-pedantry-and-an-endless-focus-on-commercialism-in-the-world-of-film-critic-as-hamrah-one-misrepresentation-leads-to-another/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a Pulitzer-winning book, &ldquo;The Radicalism of the American Revolution,&rdquo; he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gordon-s-wood-pioneering-historian-of-early-america-dies-at-92/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gordon-s-wood-pioneering-historian-of-early-america-dies-at-92/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Recognize These Lines From Popular Science Fiction?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some bits of dialogue or description can stick with you long after you&rsquo;ve finished reading. Try this short quiz to see how many jog your memory.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-lines-from-popular-science-fiction/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-lines-from-popular-science-fiction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Trash!: A Garbageman’s Story,’ by Simon Paré-Poupart]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his memoir, Simon Par&eacute;-Poupart recounts the highs and lows of hauling trash for more than 20 years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-trash-a-garbagemans-story-by-simon-par-poupart/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-trash-a-garbagemans-story-by-simon-par-poupart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes Great Books great? Their honesty, rigor, seriousness, and sensitivity — all qualities they can lend to their readers]]></title><description><![CDATA[What makes Great Books great? Their honesty, rigor, seriousness, and sensitivity &mdash; all qualities they can lend to their readers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-makes-great-books-great-their-honesty-rigor-seriousness-and-sensitivity-all-qualities-they-can-lend-to-their-readers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:16:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-makes-great-books-great-their-honesty-rigor-seriousness-and-sensitivity-all-qualities-they-can-lend-to-their-readers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read by a crowd of “envious para-intellectuals,” The Drift seems like it’s written, first and foremost, to avoid the possibility of critique]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read by a crowd of &ldquo;envious para-intellectuals,&rdquo; The Drift seems like it&rsquo;s written, first and foremost, to avoid the possibility of critique]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/read-by-a-crowd-of-envious-para-intellectuals-the-drift-seems-like-its-written-first-and-foremost-to-avoid-the-possibility-of-critique/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:16:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/read-by-a-crowd-of-envious-para-intellectuals-the-drift-seems-like-its-written-first-and-foremost-to-avoid-the-possibility-of-critique/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a classic case of therapeutic culture run amok, professors are refusing to punish their students for cheating with AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a classic case of therapeutic culture run amok, professors are refusing to punish their students for cheating with AI]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-classic-case-of-therapeutic-culture-run-amok-professors-are-refusing-to-punish-their-students-for-cheating-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:16:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-classic-case-of-therapeutic-culture-run-amok-professors-are-refusing-to-punish-their-students-for-cheating-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Coles, Pulitzer-Winning Child Psychiatrist, Is Dead at 97]]></title><description><![CDATA[His five-volume &ldquo;Children of Crisis&rdquo; series, published between 1967 and 1977, drew on his conversations with American children whose voices were not often heard.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-coles-pulitzer-winning-child-psychiatrist-is-dead-at-97/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-coles-pulitzer-winning-child-psychiatrist-is-dead-at-97/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Touching Grass]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s no better time than early summer to put away your phone and get some fresh air. We have a challenge to help you actually do it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/touching-grass/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/touching-grass/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tony Awards Nominees Are Not Dangerous This Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Tony Awards nominees are not dangerous this year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-tony-awards-nominees-are-not-dangerous-this-year/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-tony-awards-nominees-are-not-dangerous-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Contrapposto,’ by Dave Eggers]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this satisfyingly old-school novel, an artist tries to find his place, and hold onto his spark, in a world that values fads and flash.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-contrapposto-by-dave-eggers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-contrapposto-by-dave-eggers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan Riding, Times Correspondent in Latin America and Paris, Dies at 82]]></title><description><![CDATA[He was a cosmopolitan observer and interpreter of societies he knew firsthand, whether writing about war in Nicaragua or the history and cultural salons of France.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alan-riding-times-correspondent-in-latin-america-and-paris-dies-at-82/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alan-riding-times-correspondent-in-latin-america-and-paris-dies-at-82/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Edith Wharton Short Story Is Published About 100 Years Later]]></title><description><![CDATA[The short story, which is set during World War I, is believed to have been printed for the first time on Friday. The story is thought to have been written no earlier than July 1918.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-edith-wharton-short-story-is-published-about-100-years-later/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-edith-wharton-short-story-is-published-about-100-years-later/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bidens Return With New Book and South Dakota Speech Targeting Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[The re-emergence of the former first family has been fraught for some Democrats who just want to move on.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-bidens-return-with-new-book-and-south-dakota-speech-targeting-trump/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-bidens-return-with-new-book-and-south-dakota-speech-targeting-trump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bidens Are Back, in Bookstores and a South Dakota Speech on Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[The re-emergence of the former first family has been fraught for some Democrats who just want to move on.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-bidens-are-back-in-bookstores-and-a-south-dakota-speech-on-trump/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-bidens-are-back-in-bookstores-and-a-south-dakota-speech-on-trump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ‘Waist Deep,’ Linea Maja Linea Explores Millennial Desire]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Danish writer Linea Maja Ernst&rsquo;s debut novel, &ldquo;Waist Deep,&rdquo; a hit in Europe, explores the flirtations and frustrations within a millennial friendship circle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-waist-deep-linea-maja-linea-explores-millennial-desire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-waist-deep-linea-maja-linea-explores-millennial-desire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ‘Waist Deep,’ Linea Maja Ernst Explores Millennial Desire]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Danish writer Linea Maja Ernst&rsquo;s debut novel, &ldquo;Waist Deep,&rdquo; a hit in Europe, explores the flirtations and frustrations within a millennial friendship circle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-waist-deep-linea-maja-ernst-explores-millennial-desire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-waist-deep-linea-maja-ernst-explores-millennial-desire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sizzling New Summer Thrillers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer&rsquo;s here. It&rsquo;s hot. Let these books deliver some chills.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-new-summer-thrillers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-new-summer-thrillers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Earth 7,’ by Deb Olin Unferth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deb Olin Unferth&rsquo;s new novel is part cosmic comedy and part dirge for our dying world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-earth-7-by-deb-olin-unferth/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-earth-7-by-deb-olin-unferth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["AIs like talking about sweetness, loudness, quiet, age and beauty. There is a lot of insisting," says Malin Hay, "as well as a lot of promising"]]></title><description><![CDATA["AIs like talking about sweetness, loudness, quiet, age and beauty. There is a lot of insisting," says Malin Hay, "as well as a lot of promising"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-like-talking-about-sweetness-loudness-quiet-age-and-beauty-there-is-a-lot-of-insisting-says-malin-hay-as-well-as-a-lot-of-promising-2/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:51:48 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-like-talking-about-sweetness-loudness-quiet-age-and-beauty-there-is-a-lot-of-insisting-says-malin-hay-as-well-as-a-lot-of-promising-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marjane Satrapi, Artist and Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her popular graphic novel series, published in the early 2000s, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-artist-and-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-artist-and-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 Books That Capture the Swoonworthy Drama of Wedding Season]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some will have you mentally arranging flowers for your own happy day. Others provide the vicarious thrill of watching it all burn.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-that-capture-the-swoonworthy-drama-of-wedding-season/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-that-capture-the-swoonworthy-drama-of-wedding-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Summer Book Recommendation Bonanza]]></title><description><![CDATA[From doppelg&auml;ngers to dark academia, the Book Review editors share some of their most-anticipated titles.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-summer-book-recommendation-bonanza/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-summer-book-recommendation-bonanza/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The Story of Ferdinand,’ by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson, Turns 90]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the gentle giant who just wanted to live his best life turns 90, Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson&rsquo;s classic fable is as apt as ever.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-story-of-ferdinand-by-munro-leaf-and-robert-lawson-turns-90/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-story-of-ferdinand-by-munro-leaf-and-robert-lawson-turns-90/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Villa Coco,’ by Andrew Sean Greer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following his &ldquo;Less&rdquo; books with &ldquo;Villa Coco,&rdquo; Andrew Sean Greer drops an aimless postgraduate into a glamorous, romantic and secret-laden setting.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-villa-coco-by-andrew-sean-greer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-villa-coco-by-andrew-sean-greer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Man Who Stole the Gods,’ by Matthew Campbell]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Man Who Stole the Gods,&rdquo; Matthew Campbell recounts a shocking, decades-long crime and the search for its perpetrator.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-man-who-stole-the-gods-by-matthew-campbell/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-man-who-stole-the-gods-by-matthew-campbell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“To see like a dog in a work of art is to have moral perceptions about human beings”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;To see like a dog in a work of art is to have moral perceptions about human beings&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-see-like-a-dog-in-a-work-of-art-is-to-have-moral-perceptions-about-human-beings/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:09:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-see-like-a-dog-in-a-work-of-art-is-to-have-moral-perceptions-about-human-beings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two types of anti-woke intellectuals. The first type criticizes ideas; the second is consumed by them]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are two types of anti-woke intellectuals. The first type criticizes ideas; the second is consumed by them]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-are-two-types-of-anti-woke-intellectuals-the-first-type-criticizes-ideas-the-second-is-consumed-by-them/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:09:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-are-two-types-of-anti-woke-intellectuals-the-first-type-criticizes-ideas-the-second-is-consumed-by-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["AIs like talking about sweetness, loudness, quiet, age and beauty. There is a lot of insisting," says Malin Hay, " as well as a lot of promising"]]></title><description><![CDATA["AIs like talking about sweetness, loudness, quiet, age and beauty. There is a lot of insisting," says Malin Hay, " as well as a lot of promising"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-like-talking-about-sweetness-loudness-quiet-age-and-beauty-there-is-a-lot-of-insisting-says-malin-hay-as-well-as-a-lot-of-promising/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:09:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-like-talking-about-sweetness-loudness-quiet-age-and-beauty-there-is-a-lot-of-insisting-says-malin-hay-as-well-as-a-lot-of-promising/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Bolton, Ex-Trump Adviser, Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty Over Classified Information]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former Trump national security adviser plans to plead guilty to a count of illegal retention of classified information, which could result in a fine and possibly prison time of up to five years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-bolton-ex-trump-adviser-reaches-deal-to-plead-guilty-over-classified-information/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-bolton-ex-trump-adviser-reaches-deal-to-plead-guilty-over-classified-information/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marjane Satrapi, the Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her popular graphic novel series, published in the early 2000s, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-the-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-the-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan Gribben, Twain Scholar Who Excised Slur From ‘Huck Finn,’ Dies at 84]]></title><description><![CDATA[He made it his mission to track down every book Mark Twain owned &mdash; and to fix what he saw as flaws that kept schools from teaching the author&rsquo;s most famous works.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alan-gribben-twain-scholar-who-excised-slur-from-huck-finn-dies-at-84/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alan-gribben-twain-scholar-who-excised-slur-from-huck-finn-dies-at-84/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her graphic novel series, published in English in 2003, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. The work helped millions relate to Iranians.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Checkmate,’ by Ben Mezrich]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Checkmate,&rdquo; Ben Mezrich&rsquo;s tale of chess scandal, may be ready for its close-up &mdash; but not for a close read.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-checkmate-by-ben-mezrich/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-checkmate-by-ben-mezrich/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 Books That Capture the Swoon-Worthy Drama of Wedding Season]]></title><description><![CDATA[These books dig into the thrilling, ugly and swoon-worthy drama of a happy couple&rsquo;s big day.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-that-capture-the-swoon-worthy-drama-of-wedding-season/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-that-capture-the-swoon-worthy-drama-of-wedding-season/</guid></item><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><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘What Came West,’ by Josh Weil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Josh Weil&rsquo;s new novel follows an autistic trapper on an odyssey during the California gold rush.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-what-came-west-by-josh-weil/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-what-came-west-by-josh-weil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Fire Agent,’ by David Baerwald]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Fire Agent,&rdquo; by David Baerwald, is a historical novel that spans two continents and world wars.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-fire-agent-by-david-baerwald/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-fire-agent-by-david-baerwald/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Stolen Revolution,’ by Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a quietly devastating new book, two journalists chart the protest movements fighting for change inside the country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-stolen-revolution-by-yeganeh-torbati-and-bozorgmehr-sharafedin/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-stolen-revolution-by-yeganeh-torbati-and-bozorgmehr-sharafedin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Land,’ by Maggie O’Farrell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Set in the decades after the Great Hunger, &ldquo;Land&rdquo; is a rich portrait of family life amid Ireland&rsquo;s long struggle against British rule.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-land-by-maggie-ofarrell/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-land-by-maggie-ofarrell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Moves Illustrate How Much He Cares About the Midterms]]></title><description><![CDATA[The president&rsquo;s nonchalance is just a show.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trumps-moves-illustrate-how-much-he-cares-about-the-midterms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trumps-moves-illustrate-how-much-he-cares-about-the-midterms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[28 New Books to Read in June: Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Daniel Kraus and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[Novels by Ann Patchett, Maggie O&rsquo;Farrell and Dave Eggers; memoirs by Jill Biden and Laverne Cox; sci-fi adventures by a Pulitzer Prize winner; and more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/28-new-books-to-read-in-june-ann-patchett-maggie-ofarrell-daniel-kraus-and-more/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/28-new-books-to-read-in-june-ann-patchett-maggie-ofarrell-daniel-kraus-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Surfaces 120 Years After a San Francisco Library Lost Almost Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[A book of poetry that survived the catastrophic 1906 earthquake and fire has been returned to the Mechanics&rsquo; Institute.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-surfaces-120-years-after-a-san-francisco-library-lost-almost-everything/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-surfaces-120-years-after-a-san-francisco-library-lost-almost-everything/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test Your Memory of These Books That Changed the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz on written works that were persuasive enough to influence American life and law.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-memory-of-these-books-that-changed-the-world/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-memory-of-these-books-that-changed-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom’]]></title><description><![CDATA[A collection of Harold Bloom&rsquo;s letters details the working life of one of America&rsquo;s most influential intellects.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-man-who-read-everything-the-literary-letters-of-harold-bloom/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-man-who-read-everything-the-literary-letters-of-harold-bloom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Danger to Be Sane,’ by Rosa Montero]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Danger to Be Sane,&rdquo; the journalist Rosa Montero delves into the connections between psychic turbulence and creative work &mdash; including her own.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-danger-to-be-sane-by-rosa-montero/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-danger-to-be-sane-by-rosa-montero/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Read This Summer: NYT Reading Bucket List]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before fall arrives? (This year, there are prizes!)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-to-read-this-summer-nyt-reading-bucket-list/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-to-read-this-summer-nyt-reading-bucket-list/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Picture Book Biographies of Marcel Marceau, Pablo Casals and John Cage]]></title><description><![CDATA[As these biographies show, Marcel Marceau, Pablo Casals and John Cage all used silence to great effect.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-picture-book-biographies-of-marcel-marceau-pablo-casals-and-john-cage/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-picture-book-biographies-of-marcel-marceau-pablo-casals-and-john-cage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mac Barnett Faces Blowback for His Criticism of Children’s Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[The national ambassador for young people&rsquo;s literature published a manifesto aimed at adults. Then came the blowback.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mac-barnett-faces-blowback-for-his-criticism-of-childrens-books/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mac-barnett-faces-blowback-for-his-criticism-of-childrens-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Land and Its People,’ by David Sedaris]]></title><description><![CDATA[In David Sedaris&rsquo;s wry new collection, being alive is as weird, atrocious, contradictory, unfair and funny as ever.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-land-and-its-people-by-david-sedaris/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-land-and-its-people-by-david-sedaris/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dekonstructing the Kardashians,’ by MJ Corey]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Dekonstructing the Kardashians,&rdquo; MJ Corey takes America&rsquo;s most famous TV clan seriously.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dekonstructing-the-kardashians-by-mj-corey/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dekonstructing-the-kardashians-by-mj-corey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is criticism a moral good? In 1968, the question was unavoidable. Now we've forgotten to ask.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is criticism a moral good? In 1968, the question was unavoidable. Now we've forgotten to ask.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-criticism-a-moral-good-in-1968-the-question-was-unavoidable-now-weve-forgotten-to-ask/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 02:08:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-criticism-a-moral-good-in-1968-the-question-was-unavoidable-now-weve-forgotten-to-ask/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gramsci, Marcuse, Adorno: How recondite mid-century thinkers became villains in America's culture wars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gramsci, Marcuse, Adorno: How recondite mid-century thinkers became villains in America's culture wars]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gramsci-marcuse-adorno-how-recondite-mid-century-thinkers-became-villains-in-americas-culture-wars/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 02:08:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gramsci-marcuse-adorno-how-recondite-mid-century-thinkers-became-villains-in-americas-culture-wars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Em dashes, bad metaphors, and not-X-but-Y sentence constructions. Did Granta award a prize to an entirely AI-written short story?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Em dashes, bad metaphors, and not-X-but-Y sentence constructions. Did Granta award a prize to an entirely AI-written short story?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/em-dashes-bad-metaphors-and-not-x-but-y-sentence-constructions-did-granta-award-a-prize-to-an-entirely-ai-written-short-story/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 02:08:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/em-dashes-bad-metaphors-and-not-x-but-y-sentence-constructions-did-granta-award-a-prize-to-an-entirely-ai-written-short-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Submit Your Summer Reading Bucket List]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tell us what you read this summer, and enter the drawing for this year&rsquo;s prize.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/submit-your-summer-reading-bucket-list/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 21:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/submit-your-summer-reading-bucket-list/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Brothers Who Made Virginia Woolf the Talk of Cannes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arie and Chuko Esiri take a team approach to their filmmaking, and the results with their Nigerian-set adaptation &ldquo;Clarissa&rdquo; have wowed the festival.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-brothers-who-made-virginia-woolf-the-talk-of-cannes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-brothers-who-made-virginia-woolf-the-talk-of-cannes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making the case for a &ldquo;useless&rdquo; education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-defense-of-a-liberal-arts-education-in-the-age-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-defense-of-a-liberal-arts-education-in-the-age-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gay Talese and His Shirt Cardboards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gay Talese&rsquo;s papers are going to the New York Public Library, including his unconventional interview notes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gay-talese-and-his-shirt-cardboards/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gay-talese-and-his-shirt-cardboards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gothic Fantasy Novels Filled With Dark Magic]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Rachel Gillig recommends books that bring the haunted hallmarks of Gothic fiction into enchanted settings.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gothic-fantasy-novels-filled-with-dark-magic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gothic-fantasy-novels-filled-with-dark-magic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The A.I. threat to audiobooks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence has made pirated audiobooks faster to make and harder to detect. Our reporter Alexandra Alter tells us about the latest threat to the publishing industry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-ai-threat-to-audiobooks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 03:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-ai-threat-to-audiobooks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The naturalist John Cade studied things like snakes’ tails and the kookaburra’s cry. Then he started giving lithium to manic-depressives]]></title><description><![CDATA[The naturalist John Cade studied things like snakes&rsquo; tails and the kookaburra&rsquo;s cry. Then he started giving lithium to manic-depressives]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-naturalist-john-cade-studied-things-like-snakes-tails-and-the-kookaburras-cry-then-he-started-giving-lithium-to-manic-depressives/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 02:18:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-naturalist-john-cade-studied-things-like-snakes-tails-and-the-kookaburras-cry-then-he-started-giving-lithium-to-manic-depressives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Show don't tell." "Kill your darlings." Writers love rules, even when rules can't solve their problems]]></title><description><![CDATA["Show don't tell." "Kill your darlings." Writers love rules, even when rules can't solve their problems]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/show-dont-tell-kill-your-darlings-writers-love-rules-even-when-rules-cant-solve-their-problems/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 02:18:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/show-dont-tell-kill-your-darlings-writers-love-rules-even-when-rules-cant-solve-their-problems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homer and the mummy. Why was a fragment of the Iliad buried with a body more than 2,000 years ago?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Homer and the mummy. Why was a fragment of the Iliad buried with a body more than 2,000 years ago?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/homer-and-the-mummy-why-was-a-fragment-of-the-iliad-buried-with-a-body-more-than-2000-years-ago/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 02:18:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/homer-and-the-mummy-why-was-a-fragment-of-the-iliad-buried-with-a-body-more-than-2000-years-ago/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was a Story That Just Won a Literary Prize A.I.-Generated?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A respected literary magazine has published an award-winning short story many readers believe to be generated by artificial intelligence. Experts aren&rsquo;t all so sure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/was-a-story-that-just-won-a-literary-prize-ai-generated/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/was-a-story-that-just-won-a-literary-prize-ai-generated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hint: It comes from inside of you.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-silicon-valley-is-coming-for-next/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-silicon-valley-is-coming-for-next/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Has Better Taste: A.I. or Humans?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Silicon Valley is obsessed with taste.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/which-has-better-taste-ai-or-humans/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/which-has-better-taste-ai-or-humans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luminous New Historical Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on the month&rsquo;s best books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/luminous-new-historical-fiction/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/luminous-new-historical-fiction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Glyph,’ by Ali Smith]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ali Smith&rsquo;s new novel, &ldquo;Glyph,&rdquo; dispenses with subtleties and takes on an age of war and the ghosts left behind.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-glyph-by-ali-smith/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-glyph-by-ali-smith/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dog Days,’ by Emily LaBarge]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her ingenious &ldquo;Dog Days,&rdquo; Emily LaBarge writes about a terrifying event without resorting to &ldquo;the trauma plot.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dog-days-by-emily-labarge/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dog-days-by-emily-labarge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children of Radicals Write to Understand Their Legacies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zayd Ayers Dohrn and Harriet Clark on activism, violence, guilt and trying to make sense of their &ldquo;incomprehensible&rdquo; early days.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/children-of-radicals-write-to-understand-their-legacies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/children-of-radicals-write-to-understand-their-legacies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Keeper of My Kin,’ by Ada Ferrer]]></title><description><![CDATA[A stirring memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ada Ferrer chronicles her family&rsquo;s life in the aftermath of traumatic rupture.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-keeper-of-my-kin-by-ada-ferrer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-keeper-of-my-kin-by-ada-ferrer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was imprisoned by the Nazis; she was sent to a sanitorium. For Leonora Carrington and Max Ernst, love was not a luxury they could afford]]></title><description><![CDATA[He was imprisoned by the Nazis; she was sent to a sanitorium. For Leonora Carrington and Max Ernst, love was not a luxury they could afford]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-was-imprisoned-by-the-nazis-she-was-sent-to-a-sanitorium-for-leonora-carrington-and-max-ernst-love-was-not-a-luxury-they-could-afford/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 01:55:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-was-imprisoned-by-the-nazis-she-was-sent-to-a-sanitorium-for-leonora-carrington-and-max-ernst-love-was-not-a-luxury-they-could-afford/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Stanford, undergraduates faking perfection are thrown ungodly sums of money. But what’s it all for?]]></title><description><![CDATA[At Stanford, undergraduates faking perfection are thrown ungodly sums of money. But what&rsquo;s it all for?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-stanford-undergraduates-faking-perfection-are-thrown-ungodly-sums-of-money-but-whats-it-all-for/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 01:55:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-stanford-undergraduates-faking-perfection-are-thrown-ungodly-sums-of-money-but-whats-it-all-for/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A.S. Hamrah's film criticism elides the distinction between comic prose-poetry and reflexive contrarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[A.S. Hamrah's film criticism elides the distinction between comic prose-poetry and reflexive contrarianism]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/as-hamrahs-film-criticism-elides-the-distinction-between-comic-prose-poetry-and-reflexive-contrarianism/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 01:55:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/as-hamrahs-film-criticism-elides-the-distinction-between-comic-prose-poetry-and-reflexive-contrarianism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[International Booker Prize 2026: ‘Taiwan Travelogue’ is First Winner Originally Written in Mandarin]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Taiwan Travelogue&rdquo; is the first novel originally written in Mandarin to win the major award for fiction translated into English.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/international-booker-prize-2026-taiwan-travelogue-is-first-winner-originally-written-in-mandarin/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/international-booker-prize-2026-taiwan-travelogue-is-first-winner-originally-written-in-mandarin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Strangers’ Author Belle Burden Doesn’t Want Eggs Outside Breakfast]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York City native on her food life, from a childhood on the Upper East Side to an adulthood in TriBeCa.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/strangers-author-belle-burden-doesnt-want-eggs-outside-breakfast/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/strangers-author-belle-burden-doesnt-want-eggs-outside-breakfast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young,’ by Zayd Ayers Dohrn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zayd Ayers Dohrn&rsquo;s parents were leaders of the Weather Underground. His new book traces how their revolutionary ideals collided with their family life.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-by-zayd-ayers-dohrn-2/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 20:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-by-zayd-ayers-dohrn-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The Future of Truth’ Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steven Rosenbaum, author of &ldquo;The Future of Truth,&rdquo; said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-future-of-truth-contains-quotes-made-up-by-ai/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-future-of-truth-contains-quotes-made-up-by-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Even Thinketh, Bro?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lots of guys are recommending &ldquo;As a Man Thinketh&rdquo; for self-improvement. That&rsquo;s not what it gave me.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-even-thinketh-bro/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-even-thinketh-bro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘An Inconvenient Widow,’ by Lois Romano]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;An Inconvenient Widow,&rdquo; Lois Romano defends the most reviled first lady from her detractors past and present.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-an-inconvenient-widow-by-lois-romano/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-an-inconvenient-widow-by-lois-romano/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Talking Classics,’ by Mary Beard]]></title><description><![CDATA[For her latest book, the popular British scholar Mary Beard gets personal about how she fell for ancient Greece and Rome.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-talking-classics-by-mary-beard/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-talking-classics-by-mary-beard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[∫Book Review: ‘Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young,’ by Zayd Ayers Dohrn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zayd Ayers Dohrn&rsquo;s parents were leaders of the Weather Underground. His new book traces how their revolutionary ideals collided with their family life.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-by-zayd-ayers-dohrn/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-by-zayd-ayers-dohrn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The canine gaze. Dogs in Western art are surrogate viewers and compositional anchors]]></title><description><![CDATA[The canine gaze. Dogs in Western art are surrogate viewers and compositional anchors]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-canine-gaze-dogs-in-western-art-are-surrogate-viewers-and-compositional-anchors/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 01:49:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-canine-gaze-dogs-in-western-art-are-surrogate-viewers-and-compositional-anchors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That presidential biography, narrative of a shipwreck, or forgotten war story? “The days when dad books reigned supreme are gone” ]]></title><description><![CDATA[That presidential biography, narrative of a shipwreck, or forgotten war story? &ldquo;The days when dad books reigned supreme are gone&rdquo;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/that-presidential-biography-narrative-of-a-shipwreck-or-forgotten-war-story-the-days-when-dad-books-reigned-supreme-are-gone/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 01:49:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/that-presidential-biography-narrative-of-a-shipwreck-or-forgotten-war-story-the-days-when-dad-books-reigned-supreme-are-gone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Substack, young “writers” jockey for status, but virtually none are writing about anything other than the world of writers itself]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Substack, young &ldquo;writers&rdquo; jockey for status, but virtually none are writing about anything other than the world of writers itself]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/on-substack-young-writers-jockey-for-status-but-virtually-none-are-writing-about-anything-other-than-the-world-of-writers-itself/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 01:49:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/on-substack-young-writers-jockey-for-status-but-virtually-none-are-writing-about-anything-other-than-the-world-of-writers-itself/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Many of These Books and Their Screen Versions Do You Know?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz to see how many titles you (or your children) can recall.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-many-of-these-books-and-their-screen-versions-do-you-know/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 17:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-many-of-these-books-and-their-screen-versions-do-you-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Creator of ‘Shrek!’ Never Got to See the Memes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The writer and illustrator William Steig lived several lives before his book about a surly ogre became a Hollywood hit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-creator-of-shrek-never-got-to-see-the-memes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 14:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-creator-of-shrek-never-got-to-see-the-memes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘On Witness and Respair,’ by Jesmyn Ward]]></title><description><![CDATA[The two-time National Book Award winner collects essays, profiles and appreciations in a new book, &ldquo;On Witness and Respair.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-on-witness-and-respair-by-jesmyn-ward/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-on-witness-and-respair-by-jesmyn-ward/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’ve Become Too Savage for ‘Lord of the Flies’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Savagery just ain&rsquo;t what it used to be.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/weve-become-too-savage-for-lord-of-the-flies/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/weve-become-too-savage-for-lord-of-the-flies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Theater,’ by James Verini]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Theater,&rdquo; the journalist James Verini recounts the bombing of a performing arts space turned refugee shelter in the middle of war-torn Mariupol.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-theater-by-james-verini/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-theater-by-james-verini/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.]]></title><description><![CDATA[New research sheds light on how mediocre employees help would-be authoritarians maintain power.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kennedy Ryan on ‘Score,’ Her TV Deal, and Finding Purpose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kennedy Ryan just landed a TV deal for her breakout novel. Her new books challenge readers &mdash; and her characters &mdash; to dive into the Harlem Renaissance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kennedy-ryan-on-score-her-tv-deal-and-finding-purpose/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kennedy-ryan-on-score-her-tv-deal-and-finding-purpose/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘How to Rule the World,’ by Theo Baker]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his first book, Theo Baker chronicles an outrageously eventful year navigating a potent center of power.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-to-rule-the-world-by-theo-baker/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-to-rule-the-world-by-theo-baker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Enemies-to-Lovers Romance Books, According to Emily Henry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author recommends books by Sally Thorne, Jasmine Guillory and more where the line between nemeses and soul mates becomes deliciously flimsy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-enemies-to-lovers-romance-books-according-to-emily-henry/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-enemies-to-lovers-romance-books-according-to-emily-henry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universities preach AI literacy. On campus, the reality looks more like cognitive surrender]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universities preach AI literacy. On campus, the reality looks more like cognitive surrender]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/universities-preach-ai-literacy-on-campus-the-reality-looks-more-like-cognitive-surrender/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 02:47:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/universities-preach-ai-literacy-on-campus-the-reality-looks-more-like-cognitive-surrender/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Translating Kafka. Borges found freedom in his labyrinths. For Primo Levi, it was like recovering from an illness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Translating Kafka. Borges found freedom in his labyrinths. For Primo Levi, it was like recovering from an illness]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/translating-kafka-borges-found-freedom-in-his-labyrinths-for-primo-levi-it-was-like-recovering-from-an-illness/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 02:47:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/translating-kafka-borges-found-freedom-in-his-labyrinths-for-primo-levi-it-was-like-recovering-from-an-illness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe was the world's most photographed woman, and among its loneliest. To be wanted is not to be loved]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe was the world's most photographed woman, and among its loneliest. To be wanted is not to be loved]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marilyn-monroe-was-the-worlds-most-photographed-woman-and-among-its-loneliest-to-be-wanted-is-not-to-be-loved/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 02:47:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marilyn-monroe-was-the-worlds-most-photographed-woman-and-among-its-loneliest-to-be-wanted-is-not-to-be-loved/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a New Memoir, Hayden Panettiere Relives the Drama]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her mother put her on TV at 11 months old. She lost custody of her own daughter. The &ldquo;Nashville&rdquo; star has a lot to reckon with in her new memoir.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-new-memoir-hayden-panettiere-relives-the-drama/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-new-memoir-hayden-panettiere-relives-the-drama/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Wonderful World That Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek’]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Wonderful World That Almost Was,&rdquo; Andrew Durbin reconstructs the coterie that surrounded the artist-lovers Peter Hujar and Paul Thek.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-wonderful-world-that-almost-was-a-life-of-peter-hujar-and-paul-thek/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-wonderful-world-that-almost-was-a-life-of-peter-hujar-and-paul-thek/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Take Me With You,’ by Steven Rowley]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steven Rowley&rsquo;s new novel, &ldquo;Take Me With You,&rdquo; asks who we are without our partners.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-take-me-with-you-by-steven-rowley/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 12:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-take-me-with-you-by-steven-rowley/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is a Bookstore Without Books?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Booksellers are trying to figure out how to market audiobooks in person. At a new pop-up, Audible is betting on listening rooms, branded merch and &ldquo;story tenders.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-is-a-bookstore-without-books/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-is-a-bookstore-without-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Take Me to Your Leader,’ by Neil deGrasse Tyson]]></title><description><![CDATA[The popular astrophysicist can be witty and informative when making science accessible. You wouldn&rsquo;t know it from his new book, &ldquo;Take Me to Your Leader.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-take-me-to-your-leader-by-neil-degrasse-tyson/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-take-me-to-your-leader-by-neil-degrasse-tyson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Attention-Seeking Behavior,’ by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aea Varfis-van Warmelo&rsquo;s novel follows a commitment-averse liar who is plagued by visions of violence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-attention-seeking-behavior-by-aea-varfis-van-warmelo/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-attention-seeking-behavior-by-aea-varfis-van-warmelo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World According to Patricia Cornwell]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a recent episode of the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast, the best-selling crime author Patricia Cornwell talks about how working in a morgue influenced her writing and how she sees the world. We spoke with her about her new memoir, &ldquo;True Crime,&rdquo; in which she tells the surprising story of her childhood and the events that led her to become a novelist. Video by Patricia Sulbar&aacute;n/The New York Times]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-world-according-to-patricia-cornwell/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 21:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-world-according-to-patricia-cornwell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Secret Behind the Solace of “Winnie-the-Pooh”]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author of &ldquo;The Midnight Library,&rdquo; Matt Haig, reflects on one of his favorite childhood books, the A.A. Milne classic &ldquo;Winnie-the-Pooh.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-secret-behind-the-solace-of-winnie-the-pooh/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 21:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-secret-behind-the-solace-of-winnie-the-pooh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why We Keep Tricking Ourselves Into Thinking A.I. Is Conscious]]></title><description><![CDATA[Notable thinkers keep telling us they think A.I. is conscious. That doesn&rsquo;t mean it&rsquo;s true.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-we-keep-tricking-ourselves-into-thinking-ai-is-conscious/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-we-keep-tricking-ourselves-into-thinking-ai-is-conscious/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is Why I Find Pema Chödrön So Essential]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 89-year-old Buddhist nun teaches the power of agreeing with your anxiety, instead of trying to run from it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-why-i-find-pema-chdrn-so-essential/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-why-i-find-pema-chdrn-so-essential/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the ‘Iliad’]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/archaeologists-find-egyptian-mummy-buried-with-the-iliad/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/archaeologists-find-egyptian-mummy-buried-with-the-iliad/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Author of the InvestiGators Graphic Novel Series Shares His Favorite Animal Comics]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author of the InvestiGators series recommends books from his childhood as well as more recent faves.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-author-of-the-investigators-graphic-novel-series-shares-his-favorite-animal-comics/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-author-of-the-investigators-graphic-novel-series-shares-his-favorite-animal-comics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculative Fiction Books Full of Real Horrors]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Vaishnavi Patel recommends speculative fiction by N.K. Jemisin, Olivie Blake and more that speaks to our world today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/speculative-fiction-books-full-of-real-horrors/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/speculative-fiction-books-full-of-real-horrors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matt Haig on ‘The Midnight Library,’ Mental Illness and Winnie-the-Pooh]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author joins the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast to discuss his new novel, &ldquo;The Midnight Train.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/matt-haig-on-the-midnight-library-mental-illness-and-winnie-the-pooh/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/matt-haig-on-the-midnight-library-mental-illness-and-winnie-the-pooh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[T.M. Scanlon’s 1982 essay “Contractualism and Utilitarianism” heralded the emergence of a new ethical theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[T.M. Scanlon&rsquo;s 1982 essay &ldquo;Contractualism and Utilitarianism&rdquo; heralded the emergence of a new ethical theory]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tm-scanlons-1982-essay-contractualism-and-utilitarianism-heralded-the-emergence-of-a-new-ethical-theory/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:01:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tm-scanlons-1982-essay-contractualism-and-utilitarianism-heralded-the-emergence-of-a-new-ethical-theory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loud, naïve, ham fisted, needy. The American tourist used to be regarded as the most obnoxious creature in the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Loud, na&iuml;ve, ham fisted, needy. The American tourist used to be regarded as the most obnoxious creature in the world]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/loud-nave-ham-fisted-needy-the-american-tourist-used-to-be-regarded-as-the-most-obnoxious-creature-in-the-world/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:01:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/loud-nave-ham-fisted-needy-the-american-tourist-used-to-be-regarded-as-the-most-obnoxious-creature-in-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a spy, a Zen priest, a fisherman, and a Bigfoot obsessive: Peter Matthiessen never had just one life]]></title><description><![CDATA[He was a spy, a Zen priest, a fisherman, and a Bigfoot obsessive: Peter Matthiessen never had just one life]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-was-a-spy-a-zen-priest-a-fisherman-and-a-bigfoot-obsessive-peter-matthiessen-never-had-just-one-life/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:01:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-was-a-spy-a-zen-priest-a-fisherman-and-a-bigfoot-obsessive-peter-matthiessen-never-had-just-one-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judith Barnard, of Best-Selling ‘Judith Michael’ Fame, Dies at 94]]></title><description><![CDATA[At 50, on a lark, she published a romance novel with her husband, Michael Fain. Like their characters, they found their lives transformed by unexpected success.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/judith-barnard-of-best-selling-judith-michael-fame-dies-at-94/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/judith-barnard-of-best-selling-judith-michael-fame-dies-at-94/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koji Suzuki, Whose Horror Novels Inspired ‘Ring’ Movies, Dies at 68]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes called the Stephen King of Japan, he helped create a genre known as J-horror and spawned one of the highest-grossing horror films ever made.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/koji-suzuki-whose-horror-novels-inspired-ring-movies-dies-at-68/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/koji-suzuki-whose-horror-novels-inspired-ring-movies-dies-at-68/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How an Image of Washington at Prayer Became a Touchstone for the Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[A scene inspired by the winter at Valley Forge has become more prominent in the Trump era, along with claims that the United States was founded as a Christian nation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-an-image-of-washington-at-prayer-became-a-touchstone-for-the-right/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-an-image-of-washington-at-prayer-became-a-touchstone-for-the-right/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ishmael Reed Is Writing a Play About Elon Musk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ishmael Reed, provocateur and playwright, has a few words for the billionaires of Silicon Valley.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ishmael-reed-is-writing-a-play-about-elon-musk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ishmael-reed-is-writing-a-play-about-elon-musk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Essential Reading List on the History of Buddhism in Asia]]></title><description><![CDATA[A reporter&rsquo;s essential reading list on Buddhism in Asia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-essential-reading-list-on-the-history-of-buddhism-in-asia/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-essential-reading-list-on-the-history-of-buddhism-in-asia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ellen Burstyn on Her Favorite Books and Her Love of Poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Of course, at 93 I am not as good at memorizing as I used to be,&rdquo; the Oscar-winning actress and author says. &ldquo;But it is good exercise.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ellen-burstyn-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-love-of-poetry/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ellen-burstyn-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-love-of-poetry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nicholas Christakis was at the center of Yale's Halloween controversy. He wants to move on. The culture war has other ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nicholas Christakis was at the center of Yale's Halloween controversy. He wants to move on. The culture war has other ideas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nicholas-christakis-was-at-the-center-of-yales-halloween-controversy-he-wants-to-move-on-the-culture-war-has-other-ideas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:32:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nicholas-christakis-was-at-the-center-of-yales-halloween-controversy-he-wants-to-move-on-the-culture-war-has-other-ideas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living in Berlin during World War II was like dancing on a volcano — full of raucous parties between the bombing raids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Living in Berlin during World War II was like dancing on a volcano &mdash; full of raucous parties between the bombing raids]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/living-in-berlin-during-world-war-ii-was-like-dancing-on-a-volcano-full-of-raucous-parties-between-the-bombing-raids/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:32:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/living-in-berlin-during-world-war-ii-was-like-dancing-on-a-volcano-full-of-raucous-parties-between-the-bombing-raids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberal democracy and liberal education fell together. To save the first, we must resurrect the second]]></title><description><![CDATA[Liberal democracy and liberal education fell together. To save the first, we must resurrect the second]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/liberal-democracy-and-liberal-education-fell-together-to-save-the-first-we-must-resurrect-the-second/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:32:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/liberal-democracy-and-liberal-education-fell-together-to-save-the-first-we-must-resurrect-the-second/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koji Suzuki, Sometimes Called the Stephen King of Japan, Dies at 68]]></title><description><![CDATA[His &ldquo;Ring&rdquo; trilogy helped create a genre known as J-horror and spawned a multimedia franchise, including one of the highest-grossing horror films ever made.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/koji-suzuki-sometimes-called-the-stephen-king-of-japan-dies-at-68/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/koji-suzuki-sometimes-called-the-stephen-king-of-japan-dies-at-68/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-physicist-who-thinks-in-poetry-from-the-cosmic-edge/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-physicist-who-thinks-in-poetry-from-the-cosmic-edge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want to See the Epstein Files in Print? Here Are the 3,437 Volumes.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, taking up more than 3,400 volumes and weighing over eight tons, have been printed and bound for display in a TriBeCa gallery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-to-see-the-epstein-files-in-print-here-are-the-3437-volumes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-to-see-the-epstein-files-in-print-here-are-the-3437-volumes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are These the Bones of the Fourth Musketeer? This Dutch Village Hopes So.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wolder, near the Belgian border, is waiting to see if the skeleton it dug up in a church is Count d&rsquo;Artagnan, from Alexandre Dumas&rsquo;s tale.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-these-the-bones-of-the-fourth-musketeer-this-dutch-village-hopes-so/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-these-the-bones-of-the-fourth-musketeer-this-dutch-village-hopes-so/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Closed-Door Romance Books That Will Make You Swoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Lynn Painter recommends low-heat love stories that deliver on juicy tension, crackling banter and plenty of swoon.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/closed-door-romance-books-that-will-make-you-swoon/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/closed-door-romance-books-that-will-make-you-swoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weirdness of quantum matter. A seemingly simple question — what is the world made of? — might have a surprising answer]]></title><description><![CDATA[The weirdness of quantum matter. A seemingly simple question &mdash; what is the world made of? &mdash; might have a surprising answer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-weirdness-of-quantum-matter-a-seemingly-simple-question-what-is-the-world-made-of-might-have-a-surprising-answer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 01:27:36 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-weirdness-of-quantum-matter-a-seemingly-simple-question-what-is-the-world-made-of-might-have-a-surprising-answer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s been over a decade, and scholars of the new history of capitalism have no more sense of a system now than when they began. What went wrong?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been over a decade, and scholars of the new history of capitalism have no more sense of a system now than when they began. What went wrong?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/its-been-over-a-decade-and-scholars-of-the-new-history-of-capitalism-have-no-more-sense-of-a-system-now-than-when-they-began-what-went-wrong/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 01:27:36 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/its-been-over-a-decade-and-scholars-of-the-new-history-of-capitalism-have-no-more-sense-of-a-system-now-than-when-they-began-what-went-wrong/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“If you’re in a household where the currency is stories, it’s an environment which is conducive to learning those tricks”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re in a household where the currency is stories, it&rsquo;s an environment which is conducive to learning those tricks&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/if-youre-in-a-household-where-the-currency-is-stories-its-an-environment-which-is-conducive-to-learning-those-tricks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 01:27:36 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/if-youre-in-a-household-where-the-currency-is-stories-its-an-environment-which-is-conducive-to-learning-those-tricks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amor Towles Shares Insights on His Own Rare Book Collection]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author and collector explains what draws him to add to his own bookshelves.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amor-towles-shares-insights-on-his-own-rare-book-collection/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amor-towles-shares-insights-on-his-own-rare-book-collection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolution is the Theme at the Firsts London Book Fair]]></title><description><![CDATA[What to expect at the book fair in the Saatchi Gallery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/revolution-is-the-theme-at-the-firsts-london-book-fair/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/revolution-is-the-theme-at-the-firsts-london-book-fair/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to See Rare Books in London]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s a guide to illuminated manuscripts, antique tomes and first editions around the British capital.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-to-see-rare-books-in-london/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-to-see-rare-books-in-london/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rolling Stones, Very Early and Very Late]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen to their 1963 debut through two tunes released just last week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-rolling-stones-very-early-and-very-late/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-rolling-stones-very-early-and-very-late/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Seek the Traitor’s Son,’ by Veronica Roth]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Veronica Roth&rsquo;s &ldquo;Seek the Traitor&rsquo;s Son,&rdquo; a soldier in a pandemic-ravaged world is forced to become the hope of her people.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-seek-the-traitors-son-by-veronica-roth/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-seek-the-traitors-son-by-veronica-roth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Broadway Stages, a New Kind of Fake News]]></title><description><![CDATA[A genre of plays has emerged in which the characters and events are real &mdash; even when the dialogue isn&rsquo;t.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/on-broadway-stages-a-new-kind-of-fake-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/on-broadway-stages-a-new-kind-of-fake-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Nerve Damage,’ by Annakeara Stinson]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Nerve Damage,&rdquo; by Annakeara Stinson, is a jittery psychological thriller about a woman whose creepy ex simply won&rsquo;t let her go.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-nerve-damage-by-annakeara-stinson/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-nerve-damage-by-annakeara-stinson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘AI for Good,’ by Josh Tyrangiel]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;AI for Good,&rdquo; Josh Tyrangiel talks to the classrooms, hospitals and research labs where people are using artificial intelligence that might benefit society.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ai-for-good-by-josh-tyrangiel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ai-for-good-by-josh-tyrangiel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with a literary culture of images is that images have an exceptionally short shelf life. People soon grow bored with them]]></title><description><![CDATA[The problem with a literary culture of images is that images have an exceptionally short shelf life. People soon grow bored with them]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-problem-with-a-literary-culture-of-images-is-that-images-have-an-exceptionally-short-shelf-life-people-soon-grow-bored-with-them/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 01:10:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-problem-with-a-literary-culture-of-images-is-that-images-have-an-exceptionally-short-shelf-life-people-soon-grow-bored-with-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The caricature of Camus as an absurdist and existentialist is a convenient fiction. But fiction nonetheless]]></title><description><![CDATA[The caricature of Camus as an absurdist and existentialist is a convenient fiction. But fiction nonetheless]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-caricature-of-camus-as-an-absurdist-and-existentialist-is-a-convenient-fiction-but-fiction-nonetheless/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 01:10:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-caricature-of-camus-as-an-absurdist-and-existentialist-is-a-convenient-fiction-but-fiction-nonetheless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Cultural Marxism" means whatever you need it to mean. Which is why it never goes away.&nbsp;]]></title><description><![CDATA["Cultural Marxism" means whatever you need it to mean. Which is why it never goes away.&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cultural-marxism-means-whatever-you-need-it-to-mean-which-is-why-it-never-goes-awaynbsp/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 01:10:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cultural-marxism-means-whatever-you-need-it-to-mean-which-is-why-it-never-goes-awaynbsp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Said Something Original and Taboo About Victimhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[A book by the world&rsquo;s most famous survivor of sexual violence has been read as a manifesto or a cry of pain. What she wrote is far more complicated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gisle-pelicots-memoir-said-something-original-and-taboo-about-victimhood/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gisle-pelicots-memoir-said-something-original-and-taboo-about-victimhood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Recognize These Snappy Lines From Popular Crime Novels?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Test your reading recollection with this short quiz.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-snappy-lines-from-popular-crime-novels/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-snappy-lines-from-popular-crime-novels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Created the Odeon. And Now He’s a Prizewinning Author.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keith McNally won the Gotham Book Prize for his memoir, &ldquo;I Regret Almost Everything.&rdquo; It tells the story of his life in New York.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-created-the-odeon-and-now-hes-a-prizewinning-author/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-created-the-odeon-and-now-hes-a-prizewinning-author/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Men Like Ours,’ by Bindu Bansinath]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Men Like Ours,&rdquo; a novel by Bindu Bansinath, follows an immigrant family through a community crisis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-men-like-ours-by-bindu-bansinath/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-men-like-ours-by-bindu-bansinath/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Said Something Taboo About Victimhood. We Didn’t Listen.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A book by the world&rsquo;s most famous survivor of sexual violence has been read as a manifesto or a cry of pain. What she wrote is far more complicated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gisle-pelicots-memoir-said-something-taboo-about-victimhood-we-didnt-listen/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gisle-pelicots-memoir-said-something-taboo-about-victimhood-we-didnt-listen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amitav Ghosh Brings the Main Character of ‘Ghost Eye’ to Life, With the Help of a Sketch Artist]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the help of a forensic artist, Amitav Ghosh puts a face to the name of Varsha Gupta, the central figure of his new novel, &ldquo;Ghost Eye.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amitav-ghosh-brings-the-main-character-of-ghost-eye-to-life-with-the-help-of-a-sketch-artist/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amitav-ghosh-brings-the-main-character-of-ghost-eye-to-life-with-the-help-of-a-sketch-artist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘When the Forest Breathes,’ by Suzanne Simard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Suzanne Simard&rsquo;s new book urges Western science to take a lesson from the more holistic Indigenous approach to forest preservation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-when-the-forest-breathes-by-suzanne-simard/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-when-the-forest-breathes-by-suzanne-simard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Books Provide Divergent Views of the Art Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three new books &mdash; a sweeping work of nonfiction, a cheeky memoir and a dual biography &mdash; provide divergent views on the business of buying and selling, and they are out just in time for New York Art Week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-books-provide-divergent-views-of-the-art-market/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 19:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-books-provide-divergent-views-of-the-art-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Look What You Made Me Do,’ by John Lanchester]]></title><description><![CDATA[In John Lanchester&rsquo;s &ldquo;Look What You Made Me Do,&rdquo; a widow is unnerved when a hit TV series airs details from her marriage a little too closely.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-look-what-you-made-me-do-by-john-lanchester/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-look-what-you-made-me-do-by-john-lanchester/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 New Books for Jewelry Lovers]]></title><description><![CDATA[A menagerie of jewels and family businesses are among the topics of these recent and upcoming releases.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/5-new-books-for-jewelry-lovers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/5-new-books-for-jewelry-lovers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molly Jong-Fast on Her Mother, Erica Jong, on Mother’s Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m realizing that a sort of gooey sitcom resolution is not in the cards for my mother and me.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/molly-jong-fast-on-her-mother-erica-jong-on-mothers-day/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/molly-jong-fast-on-her-mother-erica-jong-on-mothers-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is What Happened After We Gutted U.S.A.I.D.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71 percent cut in humanitarian aid from 2024 to 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-what-happened-after-we-gutted-usaid/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 20:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-what-happened-after-we-gutted-usaid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Books to Read on American Empire]]></title><description><![CDATA[As these books show, the United States has long struggled to reconcile its imperial ambition with its founding ideals, prompting detractors at home and abroad.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-to-read-on-american-empire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-to-read-on-american-empire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Review: ‘Wellwater,’ by Karen Solie]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Canadian poet Karen Solie balances environmental concerns with hope and deadpan wit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-review-wellwater-by-karen-solie/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-review-wellwater-by-karen-solie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Selling Opportunity,’ by Mary Lisa Gavenas]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Selling Opportunity,&rdquo; Mary Lisa Gavenas tells the not-always-rosy story of Mary Kay, the brand &mdash; and its founder.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-selling-opportunity-by-mary-lisa-gavenas/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-selling-opportunity-by-mary-lisa-gavenas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Traveling Bookstore Keeps on Rolling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rita Collins had a dream for her retirement: bringing books and people together all over the country. Behind the wheel of a van she&rsquo;s making it happen.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-traveling-bookstore-keeps-on-rolling/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-traveling-bookstore-keeps-on-rolling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoom out and it becomes clear that the defenders of humanistic liberalism have been decisively losing the battle over ideals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zoom out and it becomes clear that the defenders of humanistic liberalism have been decisively losing the battle over ideals]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/zoom-out-and-it-becomes-clear-that-the-defenders-of-humanistic-liberalism-have-been-decisively-losing-the-battle-over-ideals/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:22:20 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/zoom-out-and-it-becomes-clear-that-the-defenders-of-humanistic-liberalism-have-been-decisively-losing-the-battle-over-ideals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He warned against idleness, then stopped doing anything at all. The compelling contradictions of Samuel Johnson]]></title><description><![CDATA[He warned against idleness, then stopped doing anything at all. The compelling contradictions of Samuel Johnson]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-warned-against-idleness-then-stopped-doing-anything-at-all-the-compelling-contradictions-of-samuel-johnson/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:22:20 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-warned-against-idleness-then-stopped-doing-anything-at-all-the-compelling-contradictions-of-samuel-johnson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Narrative history moves us., which is exactly the problem. We mistake emotion for understanding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Narrative history moves us., which is exactly the problem. We mistake emotion for understanding]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/narrative-history-moves-us-which-is-exactly-the-problem-we-mistake-emotion-for-understanding/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:02:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/narrative-history-moves-us-which-is-exactly-the-problem-we-mistake-emotion-for-understanding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Bogs?]]></title><description><![CDATA[From fashion to art, an explainer on our love of wetlands.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-is-everyone-obsessed-with-bogs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 22:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-is-everyone-obsessed-with-bogs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[J.H. Prynne, Erudite and Elusive British Poet, Dies at 89]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even admirers admitted his densely intellectual work could be &ldquo;punishing.&rdquo; Still, some considered him one of England&rsquo;s most important poets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jh-prynne-erudite-and-elusive-british-poet-dies-at-89/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 21:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jh-prynne-erudite-and-elusive-british-poet-dies-at-89/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xia De-hong, 94, Dies; Persecuted in China, She Starred in Daughter’s Memoir]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Wild Swans,&rdquo; a best-selling 1991 memoir, told the story of a stoic mother holding her family together amid torture and imprisonment under Mao&rsquo;s regime.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/xia-de-hong-94-dies-persecuted-in-china-she-starred-in-daughters-memoir/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 20:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/xia-de-hong-94-dies-persecuted-in-china-she-starred-in-daughters-memoir/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Schuyler, the most neglected poet of the New York school, may now be its most necessary]]></title><description><![CDATA[James Schuyler, the most neglected poet of the New York school, may now be its most necessary]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-schuyler-the-most-neglected-poet-of-the-new-york-school-may-now-be-its-most-necessary/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:03:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-schuyler-the-most-neglected-poet-of-the-new-york-school-may-now-be-its-most-necessary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["In the current climate where poet is activist (or vice versa), the poems also start to look a lot like cant"]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the current climate where poet is activist (or vice versa), the poems also start to look a lot like cant"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-current-climate-where-poet-is-activist-or-vice-versa-the-poems-also-start-to-look-a-lot-like-cant-2/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:03:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-current-climate-where-poet-is-activist-or-vice-versa-the-poems-also-start-to-look-a-lot-like-cant-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Chalmers was wrong. There is no “hard problem” of consciousness, and the supposed “explanatory gap” is nonsensical]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Chalmers was wrong. There is no &ldquo;hard problem&rdquo; of consciousness, and the supposed &ldquo;explanatory gap&rdquo; is nonsensical]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-chalmers-was-wrong-there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness-and-the-supposed-explanatory-gap-is-nonsensical/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:03:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-chalmers-was-wrong-there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness-and-the-supposed-explanatory-gap-is-nonsensical/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pulitzer Winner Says Don't Kill Your Darlings]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a recent episode of the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast, Daniel Kraus, the Pulitzer-winning author of the novel &ldquo;Angel Down,&rdquo; shared why the old writing advice to &ldquo;kill your darlings&rdquo; has never worked for him. Instead, he believes writers should follow the ideas they love most and let them grow into &ldquo;incredible monsters.&rdquo; Tap the link in our bio to hear the full conversation. Video by Sarah Diamond/The New York Times]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-winner-says-dont-kill-your-darlings/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-winner-says-dont-kill-your-darlings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patricia Cornwell on Her Dark Childhood and Best-Selling Novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[The crime novelist discusses her new memoir &ldquo;True Crime.&rdquo; Also, Daniel Kraus, winner of this year&rsquo;s Pulitzer Prize for fiction, talks about his novel &ldquo;Angel Down.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/patricia-cornwell-on-her-dark-childhood-and-best-selling-novels/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/patricia-cornwell-on-her-dark-childhood-and-best-selling-novels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How ‘The Sheep Detectives’ Brought its Ovine Sleuths to Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[The filmmakers behind this adaptation of a best-selling novel were adamant that their ovine sleuths not seem like humans in, well, sheep&rsquo;s clothing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-sheep-detectives-brought-its-ovine-sleuths-to-life/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-sheep-detectives-brought-its-ovine-sleuths-to-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ‘All the Cameras in My Room,’ Michael DeForge Doesn’t Shy Away From an Absurd Premise]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his new story collection, &ldquo;All the Cameras in My Room,&rdquo; the cartoonist Michael DeForge doesn&rsquo;t shy away from an absurd premise, and his characters are often monsters we know and love.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-all-the-cameras-in-my-room-michael-deforge-doesnt-shy-away-from-an-absurd-premise/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-all-the-cameras-in-my-room-michael-deforge-doesnt-shy-away-from-an-absurd-premise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Children’s Picture Books Comfort Harried Parents]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a child, Lisa Owens aligned herself with the little ones depicted in these books; now it was the harried adults who captivated her.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-childrens-picture-books-comfort-harried-parents/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-childrens-picture-books-comfort-harried-parents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘One Leg on Earth,’ by ‘Pemi Aguda]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;One Leg on Earth,&rdquo; a young college grad&rsquo;s idealistic move to Lagos turns into a nightmare.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-one-leg-on-earth-by-pemi-aguda/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-one-leg-on-earth-by-pemi-aguda/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karen Tei Yamashita Writes About Japanese American Internment in Her New Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her sprawling new novel, Karen Tei Yamashita sprinkles fanciful details (a trombone narrator!) into the bracing story of World War II internment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/karen-tei-yamashita-writes-about-japanese-american-internment-in-her-new-novel/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/karen-tei-yamashita-writes-about-japanese-american-internment-in-her-new-novel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historical Fiction Books That Illustrate the Bonds Between Mother and Child]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Stephanie Dray recommends books that explore the bonds between mothers and their children across centuries.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/historical-fiction-books-that-illustrate-the-bonds-between-mother-and-child/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/historical-fiction-books-that-illustrate-the-bonds-between-mother-and-child/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Screen People,’ by Megan Garber]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Screen People,&rdquo; Megan Garber looks at how we all became famous for 15 minutes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-screen-people-by-megan-garber/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-screen-people-by-megan-garber/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philip Caputo, Who Wrote Blistering Vietnam War Memoir, Dies at 84]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;A Rumor of War,&rdquo; about his service as a Marine Corps infantry officer and published in 1977, relentlessly detailed &ldquo;the things men do in war and the things war does to them.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/philip-caputo-who-wrote-blistering-vietnam-war-memoir-dies-at-84/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 08:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/philip-caputo-who-wrote-blistering-vietnam-war-memoir-dies-at-84/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Pulitzer-Winning Novel Traps You in One Sentence Forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pulitzer winner Daniel Kraus says his novel &ldquo;Angel Down,&rdquo; set in France during World War I, is designed to trap readers inside it forever. On a recent episode of the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast, Kraus explains why he wrote the book as one continuous sentence and how the structure reflects the endless cycle of violence at the center of the story. Tap the link in our bio to hear the full conversation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-pulitzer-winning-novel-traps-you-in-one-sentence-forever/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 04:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-pulitzer-winning-novel-traps-you-in-one-sentence-forever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Schuyler, the New York school's most neglected poet, may now be its most necessary]]></title><description><![CDATA[James Schuyler, the New York school's most neglected poet, may now be its most necessary]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-schuyler-the-new-york-schools-most-neglected-poet-may-now-be-its-most-necessary/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 02:53:20 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-schuyler-the-new-york-schools-most-neglected-poet-may-now-be-its-most-necessary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["In the current climate where poet is activist (or vice-versa), the poems also start to look a lot like cant"]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the current climate where poet is activist (or vice-versa), the poems also start to look a lot like cant"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-current-climate-where-poet-is-activist-or-vice-versa-the-poems-also-start-to-look-a-lot-like-cant/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 02:53:20 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-current-climate-where-poet-is-activist-or-vice-versa-the-poems-also-start-to-look-a-lot-like-cant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Chalmers was wrong. There is no “hard problem” of consciousness, and the supposed “explanatory gap” it treats is nonsensical]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Chalmers was wrong. There is no &ldquo;hard problem&rdquo; of consciousness, and the supposed &ldquo;explanatory gap&rdquo; it treats is nonsensical]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-chalmers-was-wrong-there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness-and-the-supposed-explanatory-gap-it-treats-is-nonsensical/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 02:53:20 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-chalmers-was-wrong-there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness-and-the-supposed-explanatory-gap-it-treats-is-nonsensical/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite his reputation as a conservative ogre, Harvey Mansfield’s latest book is immensely clever, subtle, and thought-provoking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite his reputation as a conservative ogre, Harvey Mansfield&rsquo;s latest book is immensely clever, subtle, and thought-provoking]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-reputation-as-a-conservative-ogre-harvey-mansfields-latest-book-is-immensely-clever-subtle-and-thought-provoking/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 17:56:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-reputation-as-a-conservative-ogre-harvey-mansfields-latest-book-is-immensely-clever-subtle-and-thought-provoking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Last Contract of Isako,’ by Fonda Lee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fonda Lee&rsquo;s &ldquo;cyberpunk samurai in space&rdquo; novel follows a sword-wielding warrior trying to finish one last job.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-last-contract-of-isako-by-fonda-lee/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-last-contract-of-isako-by-fonda-lee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Revenge for the Sixties,’ by Peter S. Canellos; ‘Alito,’ by Mollie Hemingway]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two new biographies of the Supreme Court justice show how his career was propelled by a legal movement that coalesced to take down Roe v. Wade.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-revenge-for-the-sixties-by-peter-s-canellos-alito-by-mollie-hemingway/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-revenge-for-the-sixties-by-peter-s-canellos-alito-by-mollie-hemingway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jack Bass, Dean of South Carolina Political Journalism, Dies at 91]]></title><description><![CDATA[In articles and books, he wrote about the rapid racial, political and economic changes that transformed his state &mdash; and the South as a whole.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jack-bass-dean-of-south-carolina-political-journalism-dies-at-91/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 22:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jack-bass-dean-of-south-carolina-political-journalism-dies-at-91/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jonathan Swift’s last joke. His epitaph is, it turns out, an elaborate way of haunting an enemy from the grave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Swift&rsquo;s last joke.&nbsp;His epitaph is, it turns out, an elaborate way of haunting an enemy from the grave]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jonathan-swifts-last-jokehis-epitaph-is-it-turns-out-an-elaborate-way-of-haunting-an-enemy-from-the-grave/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:22:42 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jonathan-swifts-last-jokehis-epitaph-is-it-turns-out-an-elaborate-way-of-haunting-an-enemy-from-the-grave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ibram X. Kendi’s “Great Replacement” theory encompasses so many disparate examples that it loses its explanatory power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ibram X. Kendi&rsquo;s &ldquo;Great Replacement&rdquo; theory encompasses so many disparate examples that it loses its explanatory power]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ibram-x-kendis-great-replacement-theory-encompasses-so-many-disparate-examples-that-it-loses-its-explanatory-power/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:22:42 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ibram-x-kendis-great-replacement-theory-encompasses-so-many-disparate-examples-that-it-loses-its-explanatory-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite his reputation as a as a conservative ogre, Harvey Mans?field’s latest book is immensely clever, subtle, and thought-provoking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite his reputation as a as a conservative ogre, Harvey Mans?field&rsquo;s latest book is immensely clever, subtle, and thought-provoking]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-reputation-as-a-as-a-conservative-ogre-harvey-mansfields-latest-book-is-immensely-clever-subtle-and-thought-provoking/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:22:42 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-reputation-as-a-as-a-conservative-ogre-harvey-mansfields-latest-book-is-immensely-clever-subtle-and-thought-provoking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Neil Gorsuch on the ‘Miracle’ of Agreement on the Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[David French and the Supreme Court justice discuss how the ideals of 1776 shaped &mdash; and strain &mdash; the country today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/justice-neil-gorsuch-on-the-miracle-of-agreement-on-the-court/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 14:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/justice-neil-gorsuch-on-the-miracle-of-agreement-on-the-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Not a Perfect Union’: Neil Gorsuch on America at 250]]></title><description><![CDATA[David French and the Supreme Court justice discuss how the ideals of 1776 shaped &mdash; and strain &mdash; the country today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/not-a-perfect-union-neil-gorsuch-on-america-at-250/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/not-a-perfect-union-neil-gorsuch-on-america-at-250/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘From Life Itself,’ by Suzy Hansen]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, the journalist Suzy Hansen plumbs an Istanbul community for insights into Turkey&rsquo;s hard-right turn.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-from-life-itself-by-suzy-hansen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-from-life-itself-by-suzy-hansen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sizzling Summer Thrillers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on the month&rsquo;s standout books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-summer-thrillers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-summer-thrillers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reclaiming the Name of the Black Hero Who Inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’]]></title><description><![CDATA[After 42 years of slavery, Josiah Henson escaped to Canada, where he wrote a memoir, founded a school and led others to freedom. But his home long bore the name &ldquo;Uncle Tom,&rdquo; to the offense of many.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/reclaiming-the-name-of-the-black-hero-who-inspired-uncle-toms-cabin/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/reclaiming-the-name-of-the-black-hero-who-inspired-uncle-toms-cabin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Her New Memoir, Siri Hustvedt Captures Life With, And Without, Paul Auster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Until now, in a new memoir that has Siri Hustvedt writing about the highs, lows and late-life tragedies of their glamorous literary marriage.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-her-new-memoir-siri-hustvedt-captures-life-with-and-without-paul-auster/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-her-new-memoir-siri-hustvedt-captures-life-with-and-without-paul-auster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epic Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books for Adults]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Fonda Lee recommends fantasy and science fiction novels with older, wiser, absolutely epic heroes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/epic-fantasy-and-sci-fi-books-for-adults/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/epic-fantasy-and-sci-fi-books-for-adults/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens when a Catholic, Oxford-trained mind intersects with a jaunty midcentury American voice? Wilfrid Sheed]]></title><description><![CDATA[What happens when a Catholic, Oxford-trained mind intersects with a jaunty midcentury American voice? Wilfrid Sheed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-happens-when-a-catholic-oxford-trained-mind-intersects-with-a-jaunty-midcentury-american-voice-wilfrid-sheed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:43:47 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-happens-when-a-catholic-oxford-trained-mind-intersects-with-a-jaunty-midcentury-american-voice-wilfrid-sheed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get through World War II, the novelist Wolfgang Koeppen faked his own death, hid out in a hotel, and accumulated experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[To get through World War II, the novelist Wolfgang Koeppen faked his own death, hid out in a hotel, and accumulated experience]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-get-through-world-war-ii-the-novelist-wolfgang-koeppen-faked-his-own-death-hid-out-in-a-hotel-and-accumulated-experience/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:43:47 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-get-through-world-war-ii-the-novelist-wolfgang-koeppen-faked-his-own-death-hid-out-in-a-hotel-and-accumulated-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Of all the defects of American gerontocracy today, one of the worst is our failure to face mortality and embrace old age”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Of all the defects of American gerontocracy today, one of the worst is our failure to face mortality and embrace old age&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/of-all-the-defects-of-american-gerontocracy-today-one-of-the-worst-is-our-failure-to-face-mortality-and-embrace-old-age/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:43:47 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/of-all-the-defects-of-american-gerontocracy-today-one-of-the-worst-is-our-failure-to-face-mortality-and-embrace-old-age/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissidence is not a political stance, career, or personality type. It occurs when the distance between beliefs and actions becomes intolerable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dissidence is not a political stance, career, or personality type. It occurs when the distance between beliefs and actions becomes intolerable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dissidence-is-not-a-political-stance-career-or-personality-type-it-occurs-when-the-distance-between-beliefs-and-actions-becomes-intolerable/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:43:47 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dissidence-is-not-a-political-stance-career-or-personality-type-it-occurs-when-the-distance-between-beliefs-and-actions-becomes-intolerable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Hill,’ by Harriet Clark]]></title><description><![CDATA[Partly inspired by her life, Harriet Clark&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Hill&rdquo; portrays a young girl navigating between her beloved mother&rsquo;s jail cell and the world outside.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-hill-by-harriet-clark/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-hill-by-harriet-clark/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Family Man,’ by James Lasdun]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Family Man,&rdquo; by the novelist and poet James Lasdun, brings a literary voice and elaborate detail to a case that gripped the nation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-family-man-by-james-lasdun/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-family-man-by-james-lasdun/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Riverwork,’ by Lisa Robertson]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Riverwork,&rdquo; by Lisa Robertson, considers the lost history of the Bi&egrave;vre and the lives of working women once linked to it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-riverwork-by-lisa-robertson/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-riverwork-by-lisa-robertson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Prestige Drama,’ by Seamas O’Reilly]]></title><description><![CDATA[S&eacute;amas O&rsquo;Reilly&rsquo;s new novel is a boisterous sendup of &ldquo;prestige&rdquo; media and its distortion of Northern Ireland&rsquo;s complex past.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-prestige-drama-by-seamas-oreilly/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-prestige-drama-by-seamas-oreilly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘List of All Possible Desires,’ by Dylan Landis]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new novel told in interlinked stories, Dylan Landis revisits a dauntless family she has written about since 2009.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-list-of-all-possible-desires-by-dylan-landis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-list-of-all-possible-desires-by-dylan-landis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The get through World War II, the novelist Wolfgang Koeppen faked his own death, hoarded tinned fish, and accumulated experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[The get through World War II, the novelist Wolfgang Koeppen faked his own death, hoarded tinned fish, and accumulated experience]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-get-through-world-war-ii-the-novelist-wolfgang-koeppen-faked-his-own-death-hoarded-tinned-fish-and-accumulated-experience/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 01:02:26 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-get-through-world-war-ii-the-novelist-wolfgang-koeppen-faked-his-own-death-hoarded-tinned-fish-and-accumulated-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kimberlé Crenshaw, coiner of “intersectionality” and “critical race theory,” is genuinely puzzled by the controversy her ideas have aroused]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kimberl&eacute; Crenshaw, coiner of &ldquo;intersectionality&rdquo; and &ldquo;critical race theory,&rdquo; is genuinely puzzled by the controversy her ideas have aroused]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kimberl-crenshaw-coiner-of-intersectionality-and-critical-race-theory-is-genuinely-puzzled-by-the-controversy-her-ideas-have-aroused/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 01:02:26 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kimberl-crenshaw-coiner-of-intersectionality-and-critical-race-theory-is-genuinely-puzzled-by-the-controversy-her-ideas-have-aroused/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adapting Messiah for the screen is an odd midlife crisis. For Jack Kevorkian it made sense]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adapting Messiah for the screen is an odd midlife crisis. For Jack Kevorkian it made sense]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/adapting-messiah-for-the-screen-is-an-odd-midlife-crisis-for-jack-kevorkian-it-made-sense/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 01:02:26 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/adapting-messiah-for-the-screen-is-an-odd-midlife-crisis-for-jack-kevorkian-it-made-sense/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Books That Won the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We the People,&rdquo; by Jill Lepore, won the history prize, and Daniel Kraus received the fiction prize for &ldquo;Angel Down.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-that-won-the-2026-pulitzer-prizes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 23:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-that-won-the-2026-pulitzer-prizes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prizes: 2026 Winners List]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is the full list of winners and finalists.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-prizes-2026-winners-list/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-prizes-2026-winners-list/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Times Wins 3 Pulitzer Prizes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Washington Post won the award for public service, considered the most prestigious of the Pulitzers, for its coverage of the Trump administration&rsquo;s overhaul of federal agencies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-york-times-wins-3-pulitzer-prizes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 22:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-york-times-wins-3-pulitzer-prizes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prizes 2026: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We the People,&rdquo; by Jill Lepore, won the history prize, and Daniel Kraus received the fiction prize for &ldquo;Angel Down.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-prizes-2026-a-guide-to-the-winning-books-and-finalists/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 21:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-prizes-2026-a-guide-to-the-winning-books-and-finalists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Match Up These Novels With the Writers Who Died Before They Could Finish Them?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz on books that arrived after their authors departed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-match-up-these-novels-with-the-writers-who-died-before-they-could-finish-them/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-match-up-these-novels-with-the-writers-who-died-before-they-could-finish-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Ghost Stories,’ by Siri Hustvedt]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, Siri Hustvedt recalls her life with the writer Paul Auster and the story of his illness.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-stories-by-siri-hustvedt/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-stories-by-siri-hustvedt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Things We Never Say,’ by Elizabeth Strout]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Things We Never Say&rdquo; leaves behind Crosby, Maine, for Massachusetts, where a middle-aged history teacher discovers a long-buried family secret.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-things-we-never-say-by-elizabeth-strout/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-things-we-never-say-by-elizabeth-strout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘John of John,’ by Douglas Stuart]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the powerful and surprising &ldquo;John of John,&rdquo; Douglas Stuart sends a young art student back home to a family he thought he&rsquo;d left behind.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-john-of-john-by-douglas-stuart/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-john-of-john-by-douglas-stuart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘True Crime,’ by Patricia Cornwell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her new memoir, &ldquo;True Crime,&rdquo; traces how she survived a Southern Gothic upbringing to emerge as one of the world&rsquo;s most famous thriller writers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-true-crime-by-patricia-cornwell/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-true-crime-by-patricia-cornwell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Calamity Club,’ by Kathryn Stockett]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kathryn Stockett&rsquo;s prodigious second novel, &ldquo;The Calamity Club,&rdquo; brings together an unlikely group of spinsters, sex workers and orphans in Depression-era Mississippi.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-calamity-club-by-kathryn-stockett/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-calamity-club-by-kathryn-stockett/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kathryn Stockett Has Finally Followed Up ‘The Help’]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was a blockbuster hit, yet she says she was &ldquo;fired&rdquo; by her publisher. After a spell in Bali, she&rsquo;s back on home turf with &ldquo;The Calamity Club.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kathryn-stockett-has-finally-followed-up-the-help/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 06:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kathryn-stockett-has-finally-followed-up-the-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Americans Who Could Be in Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’ Statue Park in D.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Trump plans to build a park along the Potomac River featuring life-size statues of 250 Americans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-americans-who-could-be-in-trumps-garden-of-heroes-statue-park-in-dc/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-americans-who-could-be-in-trumps-garden-of-heroes-statue-park-in-dc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone Who Could Be in Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Trump plans to build a park along the Potomac River featuring life-size statues of 250 Americans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/everyone-who-could-be-in-trumps-garden-of-heroes/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 17:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/everyone-who-could-be-in-trumps-garden-of-heroes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Successor,’ by Mikhail Fishman]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Successor,&rdquo; the exiled journalist Mikhail Fishman tells the story of a charming Russian politician who might have made his country into a liberal democracy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-successor-by-mikhail-fishman/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-successor-by-mikhail-fishman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Backtalker,’ by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her memoir &ldquo;Backtalker,&rdquo; Kimberl&eacute; Williams Crenshaw shows how personal trauma spurred her influential and controversial ideas about race and gender.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-backtalker-by-kimberl-williams-crenshaw/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-backtalker-by-kimberl-williams-crenshaw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've seen crows picking at roadkill. Disgusting? Those birds are doing us a favor]]></title><description><![CDATA[You've seen crows picking at roadkill. Disgusting? Those birds are doing us a favor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/youve-seen-crows-picking-at-roadkill-disgusting-those-birds-are-doing-us-a-favor/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:20:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/youve-seen-crows-picking-at-roadkill-disgusting-those-birds-are-doing-us-a-favor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvey Mansfield, Harvard's "annoying Socratic gadfly," spent decades championing lost causes. At 94, he's suddenly winning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harvey Mansfield, Harvard's "annoying Socratic gadfly," spent decades championing lost causes. At 94, he's suddenly winning]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/harvey-mansfield-harvards-annoying-socratic-gadfly-spent-decades-championing-lost-causes-at-94-hes-suddenly-winning/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:20:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/harvey-mansfield-harvards-annoying-socratic-gadfly-spent-decades-championing-lost-causes-at-94-hes-suddenly-winning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI anxiety predates AI. The fear that machine writing will replace human writing has a long history]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI anxiety predates AI. The fear that machine writing will replace human writing has a long history]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-anxiety-predates-ai-the-fear-that-machine-writing-will-replace-human-writing-has-a-long-history/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:20:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-anxiety-predates-ai-the-fear-that-machine-writing-will-replace-human-writing-has-a-long-history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is What’s Behind Trump’s Relentlessness]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Animal spirits&rdquo; and American presidents.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-whats-behind-trumps-relentlessness/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-whats-behind-trumps-relentlessness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ‘Book Review’ Podcast Turns 20]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Oprah to romantasy, we look back at two decades of hit books and literary trends.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-book-review-podcast-turns-20/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-book-review-podcast-turns-20/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Favorite Books for a Mother’s Day Gift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Need a Mother&rsquo;s Day gift? Try one of these recent releases.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-favorite-books-for-a-mothers-day-gift/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-favorite-books-for-a-mothers-day-gift/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters,’ by Yevgenia Nayberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eleven-year-old Genya plays the pretending game as she crams for an art school entrance exam in Chernobyl&rsquo;s wake.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-chernobyl-life-and-other-disasters-by-yevgenia-nayberg/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-chernobyl-life-and-other-disasters-by-yevgenia-nayberg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wittgenstein finished the Tractatus certain all philosophical problems were solved. Then spent his life disagreeing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wittgenstein finished the Tractatus certain all philosophical problems were solved. Then spent his life disagreeing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wittgenstein-finished-the-tractatus-certain-all-philosophical-problems-were-solved-then-spent-his-life-disagreeing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 01:38:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wittgenstein-finished-the-tractatus-certain-all-philosophical-problems-were-solved-then-spent-his-life-disagreeing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will human-written fiction become artisanal cheese, a luxury for the wealthy few while others eat Velveeta?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will human-written fiction become artisanal cheese, a luxury for the wealthy few while others eat Velveeta?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/will-human-written-fiction-become-artisanal-cheese-a-luxury-for-the-wealthy-few-while-others-eat-velveeta/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 01:38:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/will-human-written-fiction-become-artisanal-cheese-a-luxury-for-the-wealthy-few-while-others-eat-velveeta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How two filmmakers, a borrowed camera, and a Judas Priest concert led to an immortal documentary]]></title><description><![CDATA[How two filmmakers, a borrowed camera, and a Judas Priest concert led to an immortal documentary]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-two-filmmakers-a-borrowed-camera-and-a-judas-priest-concert-led-to-an-immortal-documentary/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 01:38:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-two-filmmakers-a-borrowed-camera-and-a-judas-priest-concert-led-to-an-immortal-documentary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music critic Michael Steinberg, finding his profession “an irritant and a depressant,” went to work for orchestras]]></title><description><![CDATA[The music critic Michael Steinberg, finding&nbsp;his profession &ldquo;an irritant and a depressant,&rdquo; went to work for orchestras]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-music-critic-michael-steinberg-findinghis-profession-an-irritant-and-a-depressant-went-to-work-for-orchestras/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:44:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-music-critic-michael-steinberg-findinghis-profession-an-irritant-and-a-depressant-went-to-work-for-orchestras/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two of Picasso’s lovers committed suicide; another had a psychological breakdown. But the worst thing he ever did to women was paint them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two of&nbsp;Picasso&rsquo;s lovers committed suicide; another had a psychological breakdown. But the worst thing he ever did to women was paint them]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-ofpicassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:14:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-ofpicassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best New Romance Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on the month&rsquo;s best new books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-new-romance-books/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-new-romance-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Xochitl Gonzalez on ‘Last Night in Brooklyn’ and Her Favorite Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;When I love something, I urgently must put it in someone&rsquo;s hands,&rdquo; says the novelist, whose new &ldquo;Last Night in Brooklyn&rdquo; is an ode to old-style friendship.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/interview-xochitl-gonzalez-on-last-night-in-brooklyn-and-her-favorite-books/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/interview-xochitl-gonzalez-on-last-night-in-brooklyn-and-her-favorite-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Cave Mountain,’ by Benjamin Hale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benjamin Hale&rsquo;s book &ldquo;Cave Mountain&rdquo; connects the brief disappearance of his cousin in 2001 to a grisly true-crime story in 1978.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cave-mountain-by-benjamin-hale/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cave-mountain-by-benjamin-hale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Royals Crisscross Manhattan in Brief Visit Packed With Photo Ops]]></title><description><![CDATA[King Charles III and Queen Camilla laid flowers at the Sept. 11 memorial before stopping by an urban farm, the New York Public Library, a business event and a gala.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/british-royals-crisscross-manhattan-in-brief-visit-packed-with-photo-ops/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/british-royals-crisscross-manhattan-in-brief-visit-packed-with-photo-ops/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Queen Camilla Unites Winnie-the-Pooh with a Long-Lost Friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the Queen of England presented the New York Public Library with a bespoke replica of Roo, the smallest companion of the Bear of Very Little Brain.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/queen-camilla-unites-winnie-the-pooh-with-a-long-lost-friend/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/queen-camilla-unites-winnie-the-pooh-with-a-long-lost-friend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music critic Michael Steinberg thought his profession “an irritant and a depressant,” and so he went to work for orchestras]]></title><description><![CDATA[The music critic Michael Steinberg thought his profession &ldquo;an irritant and a depressant,&rdquo; and so he went to work for orchestras]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-music-critic-michael-steinberg-thought-his-profession-an-irritant-and-a-depressant-and-so-he-went-to-work-for-orchestras/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:17:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-music-critic-michael-steinberg-thought-his-profession-an-irritant-and-a-depressant-and-so-he-went-to-work-for-orchestras/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kierkegaard vs. Copenhagen's tabloid press. "Twenty-five signatures make the most frightful stupidity into an opinion"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kierkegaard vs. Copenhagen's tabloid press. "Twenty-five signatures make the most frightful stupidity into an opinion"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kierkegaard-vs-copenhagens-tabloid-press-twenty-five-signatures-make-the-most-frightful-stupidity-into-an-opinion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:17:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kierkegaard-vs-copenhagens-tabloid-press-twenty-five-signatures-make-the-most-frightful-stupidity-into-an-opinion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Bacon's "sound houses" to the Star Wars cantina: Why does science fiction sound like that?]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Bacon's "sound houses" to the Star Wars cantina: Why does science fiction sound like that?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/from-bacons-sound-houses-to-the-star-wars-cantina-why-does-science-fiction-sound-like-that/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:17:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/from-bacons-sound-houses-to-the-star-wars-cantina-why-does-science-fiction-sound-like-that/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Worries Me Most About ‘Abundance’]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been a big year for the abundance movement, but what has it really achieved? Ezra Klein talks with his &ldquo;Abundance&rdquo; co-author Derek Thompson and with Marc Dunkelman, the author of &ldquo;Why Nothing Works.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-worries-me-most-about-abundance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-worries-me-most-about-abundance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two of his Picasso’s lovers committed suicide; another had a psychological breakdown. But the worst thing he ever did to women was paint them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two of his Picasso&rsquo;s lovers committed suicide; another had a psychological breakdown. But the worst thing he ever did to women was paint them]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-of-his-picassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them-2/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:38:44 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-of-his-picassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Aside From My Heart, All Is Well,’ by Héctor Abad]]></title><description><![CDATA[The worldly men of the cloth in H&eacute;ctor Abad&rsquo;s new novel find divinity both inside and outside the church.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-aside-from-my-heart-all-is-well-by-hctor-abad/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-aside-from-my-heart-all-is-well-by-hctor-abad/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Prophecy,’ by Carissa Véliz]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Prophecy,&rdquo; Carissa V&eacute;liz explores how generative A.I. relies on prediction, enriching Big Tech while making the rest of us less safe.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-prophecy-by-carissa-vliz/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-prophecy-by-carissa-vliz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[26 New Books to Read in May: Matt Haig, Carley Fortune, David Sedaris and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[Novels by Matt Haig, Elizabeth Strout and Carley Fortune; explosive true crime; immersive new fantasy; essays by David Sedaris; and more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/26-new-books-to-read-in-may-matt-haig-carley-fortune-david-sedaris-and-more/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/26-new-books-to-read-in-may-matt-haig-carley-fortune-david-sedaris-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: “Japanese Gothic,” by Kylie Lee Baker]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Japanese Gothic,&rdquo; a 21st-century college student and a 19th-century samurai find themselves occupying the same house.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-japanese-gothic-by-kylie-lee-baker/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-japanese-gothic-by-kylie-lee-baker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your sous vide wand. Your car. Your search results. All enshittified, all on purpose, all at once. Cory Doctorow explains]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your sous vide wand. Your car. Your search results. All enshittified, all on purpose, all at once. Cory Doctorow explains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/your-sous-vide-wand-your-car-your-search-results-all-enshittified-all-on-purpose-all-at-once-cory-doctorow-explains/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:08:38 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/your-sous-vide-wand-your-car-your-search-results-all-enshittified-all-on-purpose-all-at-once-cory-doctorow-explains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two of his Picasso’s lovers committed suicide, another had a psychological breakdown. But the worst thing he ever did to women was paint them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two of his Picasso&rsquo;s lovers committed suicide, another had a psychological breakdown. But the worst thing he ever did to women was paint them]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-of-his-picassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:08:38 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-of-his-picassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seamus Heaney took Dante, not Yeats, as his model &mdash; and transformed Northern Ireland's Troubles into purgatory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seamus Heaney took Dante, not Yeats, as his model &mdash; and transformed Northern Ireland's Troubles into purgatory]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/seamus-heaney-took-dante-not-yeats-as-his-model-mdash-and-transformed-northern-irelands-troubles-into-purgatory/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:08:38 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/seamus-heaney-took-dante-not-yeats-as-his-model-mdash-and-transformed-northern-irelands-troubles-into-purgatory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great writers do not reveal to us the admirable depth of their minds: they guide us in cultivating the depth of our own]]></title><description><![CDATA[Great writers do not reveal to us the admirable depth of their minds: they guide us in cultivating the depth of our own]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-writers-do-not-reveal-to-us-the-admirable-depth-of-their-minds-they-guide-us-in-cultivating-the-depth-of-our-own/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:08:38 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-writers-do-not-reveal-to-us-the-admirable-depth-of-their-minds-they-guide-us-in-cultivating-the-depth-of-our-own/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What We Got Right — and Wrong — in ‘Abundance’]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been a big year for the abundance movement, but what has it really achieved? Ezra Klein talks with his &ldquo;Abundance&rdquo; co-author Derek Thompson and with Marc Dunkelman, the author of &ldquo;Why Nothing Works.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-we-got-right-and-wrong-in-abundance/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-we-got-right-and-wrong-in-abundance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Project Maven,’ by Katrina Manson]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Project Maven,&rdquo; Katrina Manson shows us how close we are to artificial intelligence picking targets and dropping bombs without human input.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-project-maven-by-katrina-manson/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-project-maven-by-katrina-manson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Hothouse’ and ‘Death in Rome,’ by Wolfgang Koeppen]]></title><description><![CDATA[The German writer Wolfgang Koeppen&rsquo;s postwar trilogy crackles with life and unsparing details of a broken society.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-hothouse-and-death-in-rome-by-wolfgang-koeppen/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-hothouse-and-death-in-rome-by-wolfgang-koeppen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seamus Heaney took Dante as his model, not Yeats &mdash; and transformed Northern Ireland's Troubles into purgatory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seamus Heaney took Dante as his model, not Yeats &mdash; and transformed Northern Ireland's Troubles into purgatory]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/seamus-heaney-took-dante-as-his-model-not-yeats-mdash-and-transformed-northern-irelands-troubles-into-purgatory/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:46:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/seamus-heaney-took-dante-as-his-model-not-yeats-mdash-and-transformed-northern-irelands-troubles-into-purgatory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dwight Garner: “The thin crust of American intellectual life, long flaking, has begun to show bald patches”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dwight Garner: &ldquo;The thin crust of American intellectual life, long flaking, has begun to show bald patches&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-garner-the-thin-crust-of-american-intellectual-life-long-flaking-has-begun-to-show-bald-patches/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:46:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-garner-the-thin-crust-of-american-intellectual-life-long-flaking-has-begun-to-show-bald-patches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A writing experiment reveals AI's likely future: individual productivity rises; collective intelligence decays]]></title><description><![CDATA[A writing experiment reveals AI's likely future: individual productivity rises; collective intelligence decays]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-writing-experiment-reveals-ais-likely-future-individual-productivity-rises-collective-intelligence-decays/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:46:41 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-writing-experiment-reveals-ais-likely-future-individual-productivity-rises-collective-intelligence-decays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Malouf, Novelist of Australia’s Divided Heritage, Dies at 92]]></title><description><![CDATA[Declared a national living treasure in 1997, he wrote poetry and short stories but was best known for his nine novels, including &ldquo;The Great World.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-malouf-novelist-of-australias-divided-heritage-dies-at-92/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-malouf-novelist-of-australias-divided-heritage-dies-at-92/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Ace This Literary Geography Quiz?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this quick trivia challenge and celebrate the world of poetry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-ace-this-literary-geography-quiz/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-ace-this-literary-geography-quiz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Have All the Book Reviews Gone?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What the rise of A.I. and the gutting of books coverage across U.S. media will mean for literature.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/where-have-all-the-book-reviews-gone/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/where-have-all-the-book-reviews-gone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Books of 2026 So Far: ‘Kin,’ ‘London Falling’ and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[The nonfiction and novels we can&rsquo;t stop thinking about.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-of-2026-so-far-kin-london-falling-and-more/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-of-2026-so-far-kin-london-falling-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Rolling Stones,’ by Bob Spitz]]></title><description><![CDATA[The music journalist Bob Spitz, a keeper of numerous rock &rsquo;n&rsquo; roll flames, has turned out a colorful and authoritative new take on a much-documented band.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-rolling-stones-by-bob-spitz/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-rolling-stones-by-bob-spitz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Small Town Girls,’ by Jayne Anne Phillips]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by Jayne Anne Phillips, a Pulitzer-winning novelist, recalling her childhood is a bittersweet triumph.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-small-town-girls-by-jayne-anne-phillips/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-small-town-girls-by-jayne-anne-phillips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upward Bound, a novel by a profoundly autistic author, raises an awful but unavoidable question: Who actually wrote it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Upward Bound, a novel by a profoundly autistic author, raises an awful but unavoidable question: Who actually wrote it?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/upward-bound-a-novel-by-a-profoundly-autistic-author-raises-an-awful-but-unavoidable-question-who-actually-wrote-it/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:03:24 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/upward-bound-a-novel-by-a-profoundly-autistic-author-raises-an-awful-but-unavoidable-question-who-actually-wrote-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Turning gold into gold." What's it like to translate the Bard into Bengali, and Lear&rsquo;s verdict on Cordelia into Chinese?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Turning gold into gold." What's it like to translate the Bard into Bengali, and Lear&rsquo;s verdict on Cordelia into Chinese?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/turning-gold-into-gold-whats-it-like-to-translate-the-bard-into-bengali-and-learrsquos-verdict-on-cordelia-into-chinese/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:03:24 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/turning-gold-into-gold-whats-it-like-to-translate-the-bard-into-bengali-and-learrsquos-verdict-on-cordelia-into-chinese/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New York art critic Jerry Saltz recently unearthed 40,000 slides: Here’s what the art world of the 1990s looked like]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York art critic Jerry Saltz recently unearthed 40,000 slides: Here&rsquo;s what the art world of the 1990s looked like]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-new-york-art-critic-jerry-saltz-recently-unearthed-40000-slides-heres-what-the-art-world-of-the-1990s-looked-like/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:03:24 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-new-york-art-critic-jerry-saltz-recently-unearthed-40000-slides-heres-what-the-art-world-of-the-1990s-looked-like/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Historical Fiction, Lush and Lavishly Detailed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on the month&rsquo;s best new books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-historical-fiction-lush-and-lavishly-detailed/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-historical-fiction-lush-and-lavishly-detailed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the Noir Writer Jordan Harper, L.A. Sleaze is Great Material]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jordan Harper knows the entertainment industry from the inside out. His new novel, &ldquo;A Violent Masterpiece,&rdquo; holds nothing back.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-the-noir-writer-jordan-harper-la-sleaze-is-great-material/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-the-noir-writer-jordan-harper-la-sleaze-is-great-material/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Like, Follow, Subscribe’ by Fortesa Latifi]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her engaging, sympathetic book &ldquo;Like, Follow, Subscribe,&rdquo; the journalist Fortesa Latifi digs into growing up in the spotlight.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-like-follow-subscribe-by-fortesa-latifi/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-like-follow-subscribe-by-fortesa-latifi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Ghost Town,’ by Tom Perrotta]]></title><description><![CDATA[A middle-aged novelist sifts through memories of growing up in New Jersey in Tom Perrotta&rsquo;s frustratingly formulaic book.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-town-by-tom-perrotta/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-town-by-tom-perrotta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed]]></title><description><![CDATA[What moving deadlines &mdash; and red lines &mdash; in Iran means for America&rsquo;s leverage.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trumps-true-deal-making-abilities-revealed/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trumps-true-deal-making-abilities-revealed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Homesick for a World Unknown,’ by Miriam Horn]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her engaging, lyrical &ldquo;Homesick for a World Unknown,&rdquo; Miriam Horn tells the story of the famed naturalist George Schaller.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-homesick-for-a-world-unknown-by-miriam-horn/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-homesick-for-a-world-unknown-by-miriam-horn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Month Reading Recommendations]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s National Poetry Month! Greg Cowles, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends some poetry books while writing poems with fridge magnets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-month-reading-recommendations/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-month-reading-recommendations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jet Li Believes in Showing Up on Time, or Earlier]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;If you tell me eight o&rsquo;clock,&rdquo; the film and martial arts star said, &ldquo;I will be there 10 or 15 minutes before and wait.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jet-li-believes-in-showing-up-on-time-or-earlier/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jet-li-believes-in-showing-up-on-time-or-earlier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Radiant Dark,’ by Alexandra Oliva]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Radiant Dark,&rdquo; life is upended after humanity receives a signal from a distant planet. But extraterrestrial contact takes a back seat to more earthly problems.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-radiant-dark-by-alexandra-oliva/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-radiant-dark-by-alexandra-oliva/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘If This Be Magic,’ by Daniel Hahn]]></title><description><![CDATA[The translator Daniel Hahn makes the case that Shakespeare can be appreciated &ldquo;even if we don&rsquo;t hear a single one of his words.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-if-this-be-magic-by-daniel-hahn/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-if-this-be-magic-by-daniel-hahn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘The Renovation,’ by Kenan Orhan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The protagonist of this debut novel wants to get her bathroom upgraded. It becomes a portal to a Turkish prison cell instead.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-lets-talk-about-the-renovation-by-kenan-orhan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-lets-talk-about-the-renovation-by-kenan-orhan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Club: Read ‘Transcription,’ by Ben Lerner, With the Book Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[In May, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Lerner&rsquo;s new novel, a cerebral exploration of technology, family, truth and existence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-transcription-by-ben-lerner-with-the-book-review/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-transcription-by-ben-lerner-with-the-book-review/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military Histories About the Ancient Persians, Modern Iraq and the American Civil War]]></title><description><![CDATA[In these books, an emperor, an officer and an orphan look for anything that resembles a clear victory in the fog of war.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/military-histories-about-the-ancient-persians-modern-iraq-and-the-american-civil-war/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/military-histories-about-the-ancient-persians-modern-iraq-and-the-american-civil-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children,’ by Mac Barnett]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his chatty, compulsively readable first book for adults, Mac Barnett champions his career choice and urges our culture to hold kids in higher esteem.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-make-believe-on-telling-stories-to-children-by-mac-barnett/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-make-believe-on-telling-stories-to-children-by-mac-barnett/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Challenge Day 5: The Role of Poetry In Our Lives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now you can join Matthew McConaughey, Ada Lim&oacute;n, David Sedaris and other luminaries in bringing these lines to life. You&rsquo;ll never look at the night sky the same way again.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-day-5-the-role-of-poetry-in-our-lives/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-day-5-the-role-of-poetry-in-our-lives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tantrums, tears, and meltdowns. The history of chess grandmasters is replete with tragic stories of lives undone by delusion and paranoia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tantrums, tears, and meltdowns. The history of chess grandmasters is replete with tragic stories of lives undone by delusion and paranoia]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tantrums-tears-and-meltdowns-the-history-of-chess-grandmasters-is-replete-with-tragic-stories-of-lives-undone-by-delusion-and-paranoia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:10:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tantrums-tears-and-meltdowns-the-history-of-chess-grandmasters-is-replete-with-tragic-stories-of-lives-undone-by-delusion-and-paranoia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Slavery has been such a widespread practice throughout human history that it has rarely needed a particular racial ideology in order to take root”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Slavery has been such a widespread practice throughout human history that it has rarely needed a particular racial ideology in order to take root&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/slavery-has-been-such-a-widespread-practice-throughout-human-history-that-it-has-rarely-needed-a-particular-racial-ideology-in-order-to-take-root/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:10:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/slavery-has-been-such-a-widespread-practice-throughout-human-history-that-it-has-rarely-needed-a-particular-racial-ideology-in-order-to-take-root/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malcolm Cowley, who rescued Faulkner, launched Kerouac, and shaped the canon, is a forgotten man who made others unforgettable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Malcolm Cowley, who rescued Faulkner, launched Kerouac, and shaped the canon, is a forgotten man who made others unforgettable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/malcolm-cowley-who-rescued-faulkner-launched-kerouac-and-shaped-the-canon-is-a-forgotten-man-who-made-others-unforgettable/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:10:32 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/malcolm-cowley-who-rescued-faulkner-launched-kerouac-and-shaped-the-canon-is-a-forgotten-man-who-made-others-unforgettable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a cost to being unreachable. But the cost of being available is far higher. Jerusalem Demsas's experiment in disconnectedness]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a cost to being unreachable. But the cost of being available is far higher. Jerusalem Demsas's experiment in disconnectedness]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-is-a-cost-to-being-unreachable-but-the-cost-of-being-available-is-far-higher-jerusalem-demsass-experiment-in-disconnectedness-2/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:10:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-is-a-cost-to-being-unreachable-but-the-cost-of-being-available-is-far-higher-jerusalem-demsass-experiment-in-disconnectedness-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These Literary Thrillers Explore Hollywood’s Dark Side]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Kelly Yang recommends mysteries set in Tinseltown, from the down and dirty to the deliciously dishy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/these-literary-thrillers-explore-hollywoods-dark-side/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/these-literary-thrillers-explore-hollywoods-dark-side/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew Hacker, Author Who Challenged Conventional Thinking, Dies at 96]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a host of books and articles as a political scientist, he attacked received ideas on the battle of the sexes, the usefulness of high school math and other subjects.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andrew-hacker-author-who-challenged-conventional-thinking-dies-at-96/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andrew-hacker-author-who-challenged-conventional-thinking-dies-at-96/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Challenge Day 4: What The Stars Can Teach Us About Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writers have been pondering the sky for centuries, but this poem helps us feel a little less solitary. Brush up on its last lines today, and tomorrow we&rsquo;ll talk about the whole thing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-day-4-what-the-stars-can-teach-us-about-love/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-day-4-what-the-stars-can-teach-us-about-love/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While many critics have recognized JG Ballard's talent, few could describe it. He's always been too anarchic and too unsettling for general acceptance]]></title><description><![CDATA[While many critics have recognized JG Ballard's talent, few could describe it. He's always been too anarchic and too unsettling for general acceptance]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/while-many-critics-have-recognized-jg-ballards-talent-few-could-describe-it-hes-always-been-too-anarchic-and-too-unsettling-for-general-acceptance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:20:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/while-many-critics-have-recognized-jg-ballards-talent-few-could-describe-it-hes-always-been-too-anarchic-and-too-unsettling-for-general-acceptance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a cost to being unreachable. But the cost of being available is far higher. Jerusalem Demsas’s experiment in disconnectedness]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a cost to being unreachable. But the cost of being available is far higher. Jerusalem Demsas&rsquo;s experiment in disconnectedness]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-is-a-cost-to-being-unreachable-but-the-cost-of-being-available-is-far-higher-jerusalem-demsass-experiment-in-disconnectedness/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:20:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-is-a-cost-to-being-unreachable-but-the-cost-of-being-available-is-far-higher-jerusalem-demsass-experiment-in-disconnectedness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Due to changes in the DSM, it’s now difficult to be diagnosed with hypochondria. And yet the disease persists as a character type]]></title><description><![CDATA[Due to changes in the DSM, it&rsquo;s now difficult to be diagnosed with hypochondria. And yet the disease persists as a character type]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/due-to-changes-in-the-dsm-its-now-difficult-to-be-diagnosed-with-hypochondria-and-yet-the-disease-persists-as-a-character-type/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:20:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/due-to-changes-in-the-dsm-its-now-difficult-to-be-diagnosed-with-hypochondria-and-yet-the-disease-persists-as-a-character-type/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Month’s Best New Mystery Novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist says Jordan Harper&rsquo;s &ldquo;A Violent Masterpiece&rdquo; is just that: a violent masterpiece.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-months-best-new-mystery-novels/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-months-best-new-mystery-novels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew Hacker, Provocative Political Scientist, Dies at 96]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a host of books and articles, he attacked conventional ideas on subjects including the battle of the sexes and the usefulness of high school math.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andrew-hacker-provocative-political-scientist-dies-at-96/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andrew-hacker-provocative-political-scientist-dies-at-96/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Israel: What Went Wrong?,’ by Omer Bartov]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Israel: What Went Wrong?,&rdquo; Omer Bartov charts how a nation founded in the wake of trauma abandoned the emancipatory impulse of its origins.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-israel-what-went-wrong-by-omer-bartov/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-israel-what-went-wrong-by-omer-bartov/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Challenge Day 3: W.H. Auden, The Poet and His Technique]]></title><description><![CDATA[It helps to be a little heartsick &mdash; and the best poet of your time. Our weeklong poetry challenge continues, including W.H. Auden himself reading &ldquo;The More Loving One.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-day-3-wh-auden-the-poet-and-his-technique/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-day-3-wh-auden-the-poet-and-his-technique/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What causes X? For lazy social scientists, everything can be attributed to “culture,” a point so vague that it effectively argues nothing at all]]></title><description><![CDATA[What causes X? For lazy social scientists, everything can be attributed to &ldquo;culture,&rdquo; a point so vague that it effectively argues nothing at all]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-causes-x-for-lazy-social-scientists-everything-can-be-attributed-to-culture-a-point-so-vague-that-it-effectively-argues-nothing-at-all/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:15:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-causes-x-for-lazy-social-scientists-everything-can-be-attributed-to-culture-a-point-so-vague-that-it-effectively-argues-nothing-at-all/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prophets used to be executed for being wrong. While the penalties are less severe, the lure of prediction remains the same]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prophets used to be executed for being wrong. While the penalties are less severe, the lure of prediction remains the same]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/prophets-used-to-be-executed-for-being-wrong-while-the-penalties-are-less-severe-the-lure-of-prediction-remains-the-same/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:15:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/prophets-used-to-be-executed-for-being-wrong-while-the-penalties-are-less-severe-the-lure-of-prediction-remains-the-same/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cass Sunstein: “To attribute social terribleness to liberalism is reckless. Liberalism isn’t a force in history. It’s not Voldemort”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cass Sunstein: &ldquo;To attribute social terribleness to liberalism is reckless. Liberalism isn&rsquo;t a force in history. It&rsquo;s not Voldemort&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cass-sunstein-to-attribute-social-terribleness-to-liberalism-is-reckless-liberalism-isnt-a-force-in-history-its-not-voldemort/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:15:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cass-sunstein-to-attribute-social-terribleness-to-liberalism-is-reckless-liberalism-isnt-a-force-in-history-its-not-voldemort/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if the conscious self is an illusion that can’t absorb the philosophical heft we assign it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if the conscious self is an illusion that can&rsquo;t absorb the philosophical heft we assign it?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-if-the-conscious-self-is-an-illusion-that-cant-absorb-the-philosophical-heft-we-assign-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:20:44 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-if-the-conscious-self-is-an-illusion-that-cant-absorb-the-philosophical-heft-we-assign-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Larry McMurtry in Hollywood. His novels became source material for movies that reinscribed the very myths of the West that he'd sought to undo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Larry McMurtry in Hollywood. His novels became source material for movies that reinscribed the very myths of the West that he'd sought to undo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/larry-mcmurtry-in-hollywood-his-novels-became-source-material-for-movies-that-reinscribed-the-very-myths-of-the-west-that-hed-sought-to-undo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:20:44 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/larry-mcmurtry-in-hollywood-his-novels-became-source-material-for-movies-that-reinscribed-the-very-myths-of-the-west-that-hed-sought-to-undo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Francis Bacon was as much a creature of his own era as he was a technocratic prophet of ours. The two designations are inseparable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Francis Bacon was as much a creature of his own era as he was a technocratic prophet of ours. The two designations are inseparable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/francis-bacon-was-as-much-a-creature-of-his-own-era-as-he-was-a-technocratic-prophet-of-ours-the-two-designations-are-inseparable/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:20:44 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/francis-bacon-was-as-much-a-creature-of-his-own-era-as-he-was-a-technocratic-prophet-of-ours-the-two-designations-are-inseparable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America Is Anxious About Its 250th Birthday. So Are Historians.]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national anniversaries &mdash; and whether historians can give it to them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/america-is-anxious-about-its-250th-birthday-so-are-historians/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/america-is-anxious-about-its-250th-birthday-so-are-historians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Palm House,’ by Gwendoline Riley]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Palm House,&rdquo; Gwendoline Riley offers understated yet cleareyed observations of human behavior &mdash; this time about middle-aged Londoners struggling to stay relevant.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-palm-house-by-gwendoline-riley/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-palm-house-by-gwendoline-riley/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Permanence,’ by Sophie Mackintosh]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Sophie Mackintosh&rsquo;s novel &ldquo;Permanence,&rdquo; cheating couples find themselves in an alternate world free of complication &mdash; and missing the mess.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-permanence-by-sophie-mackintosh/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-permanence-by-sophie-mackintosh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘How It Feels to Be Alive,’ by Megan O’Grady]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;How It Feels to Be Alive,&rdquo; by Megan O&rsquo;Grady, blends criticism with personal history to explore how and why art affects us.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-it-feels-to-be-alive-by-megan-ogrady/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-it-feels-to-be-alive-by-megan-ogrady/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Challenge Day 2: Love, How It Works and What It Means]]></title><description><![CDATA[In short, everything. Today, learn the second stanza, which gives us the poem&rsquo;s most memorable phrase: &ldquo;Let the more loving one be me.&rdquo; Practice this line, and the others, with help from our game.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-day-2-love-how-it-works-and-what-it-means/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-day-2-love-how-it-works-and-what-it-means/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if the conscious self is a mental illusion that can’t absorb the philosophical heft we put on it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if the conscious self is a mental illusion that can&rsquo;t absorb the philosophical heft we put on it?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-if-the-conscious-self-is-a-mental-illusion-that-cant-absorb-the-philosophical-heft-we-put-on-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:13:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-if-the-conscious-self-is-a-mental-illusion-that-cant-absorb-the-philosophical-heft-we-put-on-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Larry McMurtry in Hollywood. His novels became source material for movies that reinscribed the very myths of the West that he had sought to undo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Larry McMurtry in Hollywood. His novels became source material for movies that reinscribed the very myths of the West that he had sought to undo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/larry-mcmurtry-in-hollywood-his-novels-became-source-material-for-movies-that-reinscribed-the-very-myths-of-the-west-that-he-had-sought-to-undo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:13:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/larry-mcmurtry-in-hollywood-his-novels-became-source-material-for-movies-that-reinscribed-the-very-myths-of-the-west-that-he-had-sought-to-undo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Francis Bacon was as much a creature of his own era as he was a technocratic prophet of ours. Those two designations are inseparable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Francis Bacon was as much a creature of his own era as he was a technocratic prophet of ours. Those two designations are inseparable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/francis-bacon-was-as-much-a-creature-of-his-own-era-as-he-was-a-technocratic-prophet-of-ours-those-two-designations-are-inseparable/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:13:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/francis-bacon-was-as-much-a-creature-of-his-own-era-as-he-was-a-technocratic-prophet-of-ours-those-two-designations-are-inseparable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Spot the Movie Line That Was Not in the Book?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Film adaptations often vary from their original source material, and this short quiz challenges you to identify certain words on the screen that were not in the novel.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-spot-the-movie-line-that-was-not-in-the-book/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-spot-the-movie-line-that-was-not-in-the-book/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Qué es real y qué ficción sobre el antisemitismo de Roald Dahl?]]></title><description><![CDATA[La obra de Broadway sobre el autor brit&aacute;nico de libros populares como &lsquo;Matilda&rsquo; o &lsquo;Charlie y la f&aacute;brica de chocolate&rsquo; se basa en los comentarios de Dahl a lo largo de los a&ntilde;os.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/qu-es-real-y-qu-ficcin-sobre-el-antisemitismo-de-roald-dahl/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/qu-es-real-y-qu-ficcin-sobre-el-antisemitismo-de-roald-dahl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Turkish novelist Leylâ Erbil, an autodidact and outcast, liked being mad, bad, and sad in a nation of pious Kemalists]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Turkish novelist Leyl&acirc; Erbil, an autodidact and outcast, liked being mad, bad, and sad in a nation of pious Kemalists]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-turkish-novelist-leyl-erbil-an-autodidact-and-outcast-liked-being-mad-bad-and-sad-in-a-nation-of-pious-kemalists/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:15:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-turkish-novelist-leyl-erbil-an-autodidact-and-outcast-liked-being-mad-bad-and-sad-in-a-nation-of-pious-kemalists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elitist critics condemn literary “slop,” but in 50 years they may be writing redemptive theories of such slop and cutting the ribbon at the Slop Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elitist critics condemn literary &ldquo;slop,&rdquo; but in 50 years they may be writing redemptive theories of such slop and cutting the ribbon at the Slop Museum]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/elitist-critics-condemn-literary-slop-but-in-50-years-they-may-be-writing-redemptive-theories-of-such-slop-and-cutting-the-ribbon-at-the-slop-museum/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:15:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/elitist-critics-condemn-literary-slop-but-in-50-years-they-may-be-writing-redemptive-theories-of-such-slop-and-cutting-the-ribbon-at-the-slop-museum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen Letters That John Keats Sent to His Beloved Are Found]]></title><description><![CDATA[The eight letters by the 19th-century Romantic poet to his fianc&eacute;e, Fanny Brawne, were taken decades ago from a Whitney family estate on Long Island.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/stolen-letters-that-john-keats-sent-to-his-beloved-are-found/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/stolen-letters-that-john-keats-sent-to-his-beloved-are-found/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La ubicación de la casa de Shakespeare en Londres fue confirmada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Al confirmar la ubicaci&oacute;n precisa de la casa de William Shakespeare en Blackfriars, una acad&eacute;mica brit&aacute;nica plantea nuevas preguntas sobre qu&eacute; pretend&iacute;a hacer con ella.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/la-ubicacin-de-la-casa-de-shakespeare-en-londres-fue-confirmada/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/la-ubicacin-de-la-casa-de-shakespeare-en-londres-fue-confirmada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could ‘A River Runs Through It’ Have Been a Hit Today?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The autobiographical novella, first published 50 years ago, arguably created a new type of guy: the literary fly fisherman.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/could-a-river-runs-through-it-have-been-a-hit-today/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/could-a-river-runs-through-it-have-been-a-hit-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Jan Morris: A Life,’ by Sara Wheeler]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new biography of Jan Morris shows why the journalist, world traveler, historian and essayist was far more than a trailblazer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-jan-morris-a-life-by-sara-wheeler/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-jan-morris-a-life-by-sara-wheeler/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lena Dunham nos hacía mucha falta]]></title><description><![CDATA[La era de &ldquo;Girls&rdquo; acab&oacute; hace tiempo. Pero su creadora a&uacute;n tiene mucho que decir y ense&ntilde;arnos.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lena-dunham-nos-haca-mucha-falta/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lena-dunham-nos-haca-mucha-falta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Challenge: Memorize “The More Loving One” by W.H. Auden]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s about love, the cosmos and everything in between. And all week we&rsquo;ll have games and readings by poets laureate, beloved authors and an Oscar winner to help you memorize it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-memorize-the-more-loving-one-by-wh-auden/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-challenge-memorize-the-more-loving-one-by-wh-auden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Quées real y qué ficción sobre el antisemitismo de Roald Dahl?]]></title><description><![CDATA[La obra de Broadway sobre el autor brit&aacute;nico de libros populares como &lsquo;Matilda&rsquo; o &lsquo;Charlie y la f&aacute;brica de chocolate&rsquo; se basa en los comentarios de Dahl a lo largo de los a&ntilde;os.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ques-real-y-qu-ficcin-sobre-el-antisemitismo-de-roald-dahl/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ques-real-y-qu-ficcin-sobre-el-antisemitismo-de-roald-dahl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘When We See You Again,’ by Rachel Goldberg-Polin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rachel Goldberg-Polin&rsquo;s precise and devastating memoir chronicles the 328 days her son was held hostage in Gaza, and what came after.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-when-we-see-you-again-by-rachel-goldberg-polin/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-when-we-see-you-again-by-rachel-goldberg-polin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘This Vast Enterprise,’ by Craig Fehrman.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;This Vast Enterprise,&rdquo; Craig Fehrman refreshes a familiar story with a rich chorus of voices.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-this-vast-enterprise-by-craig-fehrman/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-this-vast-enterprise-by-craig-fehrman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Esta vez Lena Dunham decide quedarse en cama]]></title><description><![CDATA[En &ldquo;Famesick&rdquo;, su segundo libro de memorias, Dunham explora, con detalles ingeniosos y desgarradores, los estragos de la fama temprana y de vivir con una enfermedad cr&oacute;nica.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/esta-vez-lena-dunham-decide-quedarse-en-cama/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/esta-vez-lena-dunham-decide-quedarse-en-cama/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Can’t Game Your Way to a Real Education]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom &mdash; as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/you-cant-game-your-way-to-a-real-education/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/you-cant-game-your-way-to-a-real-education/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘How to Be a Dissident,’ by Gal Beckerman]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;How to Be a Dissident,&rdquo; Gal Beckerman offers an inspiring tour of famous renegades with lessons for the rabble-rousers of today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-to-be-a-dissident-by-gal-beckerman/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-to-be-a-dissident-by-gal-beckerman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Turkish novelist Leylâ Erbil was an autodidact and outcast who liked being mad, bad, and sad in a nation of pious Kemalists]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Turkish novelist Leyl&acirc; Erbil was an autodidact and outcast who liked being mad, bad, and sad in a nation of pious Kemalists]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-turkish-novelist-leyl-erbil-was-an-autodidact-and-outcast-who-liked-being-mad-bad-and-sad-in-a-nation-of-pious-kemalists/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:35:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-turkish-novelist-leyl-erbil-was-an-autodidact-and-outcast-who-liked-being-mad-bad-and-sad-in-a-nation-of-pious-kemalists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elitist critics condemn literary “slop,” but in 50 years they may write redemptive theories of such slop and cut the ribbon at the Slop Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elitist critics condemn literary &ldquo;slop,&rdquo; but in 50 years they may write redemptive theories of such slop and cut the ribbon at the Slop Museum]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/elitist-critics-condemn-literary-slop-but-in-50-years-they-may-write-redemptive-theories-of-such-slop-and-cut-the-ribbon-at-the-slop-museum/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:35:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/elitist-critics-condemn-literary-slop-but-in-50-years-they-may-write-redemptive-theories-of-such-slop-and-cut-the-ribbon-at-the-slop-museum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brooding on verandas, slurping Pepsi Max, carefully observing the color of urine — across thousands of pages, certain Knausgaardian tropes repeat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brooding on verandas, slurping Pepsi Max, carefully observing the color of urine &mdash; across thousands of pages, certain Knausgaardian tropes repeat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/brooding-on-verandas-slurping-pepsi-max-carefully-observing-the-color-of-urine-across-thousands-of-pages-certain-knausgaardian-tropes-repeat/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:35:30 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/brooding-on-verandas-slurping-pepsi-max-carefully-observing-the-color-of-urine-across-thousands-of-pages-certain-knausgaardian-tropes-repeat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[T’s Culture Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Art, Film, Literature, Food and More?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Test your knowledge, before or after reading T&rsquo;s Culture issue.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ts-culture-quiz-how-much-do-you-know-about-art-film-literature-food-and-more/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ts-culture-quiz-how-much-do-you-know-about-art-film-literature-food-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barry Keoghan on His Favorite Performances, Films, Foods and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[The actor shares his favorite performances, films, meals and more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/barry-keoghan-on-his-favorite-performances-films-foods-and-more/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/barry-keoghan-on-his-favorite-performances-films-foods-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Main Characters of Postwar American Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three protagonists who changed how postwar U.S. thought of itself.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-main-characters-of-postwar-american-fiction/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-main-characters-of-postwar-american-fiction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fairy Tales Worth Remembering as an Adult]]></title><description><![CDATA[Childhood stories that shape how we understand the world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-fairy-tales-worth-remembering-as-an-adult/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-fairy-tales-worth-remembering-as-an-adult/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Famous Authors’ Less Famous Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Literature&rsquo;s great B-sides, from &ldquo;Romola&rdquo; to &ldquo;Between the Acts.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/famous-authors-less-famous-books/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/famous-authors-less-famous-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Books You Should’ve Read at Every Age]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dua Lipa, Bernardine Evaristo and others share what to read over a lifetime.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-you-shouldve-read-at-every-age/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-you-shouldve-read-at-every-age/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 Myths That Endure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six myths that remain essential to understanding literature and the human psyche.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/6-myths-that-endure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/6-myths-that-endure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 5 AIDS-Era American Novels to Read First]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fiction that shows what it means to create art amid crisis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-5-aids-era-american-novels-to-read-first/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-5-aids-era-american-novels-to-read-first/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lena Dunham Made Millennial Culture. Then She Was Undone By It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The era of &ldquo;Girls&rdquo; is long gone, but its creator still has much to teach us.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lena-dunham-made-millennial-culture-then-she-was-undone-by-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lena-dunham-made-millennial-culture-then-she-was-undone-by-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classic and Contemporary Literature From France, Japan, India, the U.K. and Brazil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writers pick the classic and contemporary novels you must read from each country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/classic-and-contemporary-literature-from-france-japan-india-the-uk-and-brazil/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/classic-and-contemporary-literature-from-france-japan-india-the-uk-and-brazil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why AI can’t smell. Current “e-nose” technology is the size of a fridge, costs a half-million dollars, and takes six hours to run a sample]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why AI can&rsquo;t smell. Current &ldquo;e-nose&rdquo; technology is the size of a fridge, costs a half-million dollars, and takes six hours to run a sample]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-ai-cant-smell-current-e-nose-technology-is-the-size-of-a-fridge-costs-a-half-million-dollars-and-takes-six-hours-to-run-a-sample-2/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:37:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-ai-cant-smell-current-e-nose-technology-is-the-size-of-a-fridge-costs-a-half-million-dollars-and-takes-six-hours-to-run-a-sample-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contemporary writing about womanhood is full of apologizing or justifying or moralizing. Such frameworks shed little light]]></title><description><![CDATA[Contemporary writing about womanhood is full of apologizing or justifying or moralizing. Such frameworks shed little light]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/contemporary-writing-about-womanhood-is-full-of-apologizing-or-justifying-or-moralizing-such-frameworks-shed-little-light/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:37:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/contemporary-writing-about-womanhood-is-full-of-apologizing-or-justifying-or-moralizing-such-frameworks-shed-little-light/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A major discovery in Central Asia. More than a dozen books published in a single week. Is “Blake Whiting” the most productive historian working today?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A major discovery in Central Asia. More than a dozen books published in a single week. Is &ldquo;Blake Whiting&rdquo; the most productive historian working today?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-major-discovery-in-central-asia-more-than-a-dozen-books-published-in-a-single-week-is-blake-whiting-the-most-productive-historian-working-today/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:37:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-major-discovery-in-central-asia-more-than-a-dozen-books-published-in-a-single-week-is-blake-whiting-the-most-productive-historian-working-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Need Lena Dunham Now More Than Ever]]></title><description><![CDATA[The era of &ldquo;Girls&rdquo; is long gone. So why are we still so fascinated by its creator?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-need-lena-dunham-now-more-than-ever/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-need-lena-dunham-now-more-than-ever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Time Loop Book Series You Should Be Reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Book Review editors discuss Solvej Balle&rsquo;s seven-book series, &ldquo;On the Calculation of Volume.&rdquo; Plus, a selection of translated fiction to put on your reading list.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-time-loop-book-series-you-should-be-reading/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-time-loop-book-series-you-should-be-reading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gwendoline Riley Would Prefer You Resist Assuming Her Life Is Like Her Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[The British author Gwendoline Riley may be as emotionally guarded as the women in her novels, which have caught on in America.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gwendoline-riley-would-prefer-you-resist-assuming-her-life-is-like-her-books/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gwendoline-riley-would-prefer-you-resist-assuming-her-life-is-like-her-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Books to Bring Young Readers Into the Wilderness]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author of &ldquo;A Wolf Called Wander&rdquo; recommends titles old and new, fantastical and true, that celebrate the natural world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-books-to-bring-young-readers-into-the-wilderness/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-books-to-bring-young-readers-into-the-wilderness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lena Dunham Takes to Her Bed to Promote Her Memoir, “Famesick.”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forget demure conversations in spindly chairs. To promote &ldquo;Famesick,&rdquo; a new memoir, she&rsquo;s taken to her bed and invited friends to jump in. Onstage.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lena-dunham-takes-to-her-bed-to-promote-her-memoir-famesick/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lena-dunham-takes-to-her-bed-to-promote-her-memoir-famesick/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: New Fantasy Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist reviews this season&rsquo;s new books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-new-fantasy-books/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-new-fantasy-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Great New Fantasy Books to Transport You to Bold New Worlds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist reviews this season&rsquo;s new books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/4-great-new-fantasy-books-to-transport-you-to-bold-new-worlds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/4-great-new-fantasy-books-to-transport-you-to-bold-new-worlds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Second Coming of Donald Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who doesn&rsquo;t get the president mixed up with Jesus?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-second-coming-of-donald-trump/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-second-coming-of-donald-trump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pittsburgh’s Children’s Museum Satisfies a Hunger for Eric Carle]]></title><description><![CDATA[The institution will feature five of the beloved author&rsquo;s collage-based books in a series of interactive exhibits meant to engage children.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pittsburghs-childrens-museum-satisfies-a-hunger-for-eric-carle/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pittsburghs-childrens-museum-satisfies-a-hunger-for-eric-carle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why AI can’t smell. Current “e-nose” technology is the size of a fridge, costs a half million dollars, and takes six hours to run a sample]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why AI can&rsquo;t smell. Current &ldquo;e-nose&rdquo; technology is the size of a fridge, costs a half million dollars, and takes six hours to run a sample]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-ai-cant-smell-current-e-nose-technology-is-the-size-of-a-fridge-costs-a-half-million-dollars-and-takes-six-hours-to-run-a-sample/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:46:37 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-ai-cant-smell-current-e-nose-technology-is-the-size-of-a-fridge-costs-a-half-million-dollars-and-takes-six-hours-to-run-a-sample/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contemporary writing about womanhood is full of apologizing, justifying, or moralizing. Such approaches shed little light]]></title><description><![CDATA[Contemporary writing about womanhood is full of apologizing, justifying, or moralizing. Such approaches shed little light]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/contemporary-writing-about-womanhood-is-full-of-apologizing-justifying-or-moralizing-such-approaches-shed-little-light/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:46:37 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/contemporary-writing-about-womanhood-is-full-of-apologizing-justifying-or-moralizing-such-approaches-shed-little-light/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A major discovery in Central Asia, over a dozen books published in a single week &mdash; is "Blake Whiting" the most productive historian working today?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A major discovery in Central Asia, over a dozen books published in a single week &mdash; is "Blake Whiting" the most productive historian working today?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-major-discovery-in-central-asia-over-a-dozen-books-published-in-a-single-week-mdash-is-blake-whiting-the-most-productive-historian-working-today/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:46:37 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-major-discovery-in-central-asia-over-a-dozen-books-published-in-a-single-week-mdash-is-blake-whiting-the-most-productive-historian-working-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Gavin Newsom Boosted His Book Sales With $1.5 Million From His PAC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gov. Gavin Newsom offered supporters who gave any amount a copy of his book. Roughly 67,000 donors received the memoir, accounting for roughly two-thirds of its total print sales.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-gavin-newsom-boosted-his-book-sales-with-15-million-from-his-pac/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-gavin-newsom-boosted-his-book-sales-with-15-million-from-his-pac/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aging in a Brightly Lit, Big City: Jay McInerney, With a New Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1984, Jay McInerney was a famous, young, hedonistic novelist. Now 71, he is wistful as he wraps up his tetralogy about a couple whose city, and marriage, are tested by the pandemic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/aging-in-a-brightly-lit-big-city-jay-mcinerney-with-a-new-novel/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/aging-in-a-brightly-lit-big-city-jay-mcinerney-with-a-new-novel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Arthur Sze on Translating Poetry and His Favorite Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. poet laureate&rsquo;s new book, &ldquo;Transient Worlds,&rdquo; collects 23 poems in 13 languages to show the many ways a work can be translated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/interview-arthur-sze-on-translating-poetry-and-his-favorite-books/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/interview-arthur-sze-on-translating-poetry-and-his-favorite-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dear Monica Lewinsky,’ by Julia Langbein]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julia Langbein&rsquo;s novel considers the legions of women whose lives have been forever marred by compromising early relationships.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dear-monica-lewinsky-by-julia-langbein/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dear-monica-lewinsky-by-julia-langbein/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shakespeare Bought One Property in London. Now We Know Exactly Where.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In confirming the precise location of William Shakespeare&rsquo;s Blackfriars house, a British scholar raises fresh questions about what he intended to do with it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shakespeare-bought-one-property-in-london-now-we-know-exactly-where/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shakespeare-bought-one-property-in-london-now-we-know-exactly-where/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barbara Gordon, 90, Dies; Wrote a Best Seller About Her Pill Addiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her 1979 memoir, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Dancing as Fast as I Can,&rdquo; which also became a movie, detailed years of prescription drug abuse and offered an indictment of American psychiatry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/barbara-gordon-90-dies-wrote-a-best-seller-about-her-pill-addiction/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/barbara-gordon-90-dies-wrote-a-best-seller-about-her-pill-addiction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why can humans, unlike all other animals, make pyramids, or spaceships, or musical instruments? Language]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why can humans, unlike all other animals, make pyramids, or spaceships, or musical instruments? Language]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-can-humans-unlike-all-other-animals-make-pyramids-or-spaceships-or-musical-instruments-language/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:58:33 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-can-humans-unlike-all-other-animals-make-pyramids-or-spaceships-or-musical-instruments-language/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helen DeWitt turned down a $175,000 prize because of the strings attached. Is she a principled actor or a spoiled, entitled nightmare?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Helen DeWitt turned down a $175,000 prize because of the strings attached. Is she a principled actor or a spoiled, entitled nightmare?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/helen-dewitt-turned-down-a-175000-prize-because-of-the-strings-attached-is-she-a-principled-actor-or-a-spoiled-entitled-nightmare/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:58:33 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/helen-dewitt-turned-down-a-175000-prize-because-of-the-strings-attached-is-she-a-principled-actor-or-a-spoiled-entitled-nightmare/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ben Lerner: “Wherever I am now, I am not a young novelist. Heart surgery will do that to you, in addition to everything else”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ben Lerner: &ldquo;Wherever I am now, I am not a young novelist. Heart surgery will do that to you, in addition to everything else&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ben-lerner-wherever-i-am-now-i-am-not-a-young-novelist-heart-surgery-will-do-that-to-you-in-addition-to-everything-else/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:58:33 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ben-lerner-wherever-i-am-now-i-am-not-a-young-novelist-heart-surgery-will-do-that-to-you-in-addition-to-everything-else/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barbara Gordon, Who Wrote Memoir of Pill Addiction, Dies at 90]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Dancing as Fast as I Can,&rdquo; which became a best seller, detailed her years of prescription drug abuse and offered an indictment of American psychiatry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/barbara-gordon-who-wrote-memoir-of-pill-addiction-dies-at-90/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/barbara-gordon-who-wrote-memoir-of-pill-addiction-dies-at-90/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Giant’ Revisits Roald Dahl’s Antisemitic Comments: What to Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mark Rosenblatt&rsquo;s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children&rsquo;s book author, draws from Dahl&rsquo;s comments over the years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/giant-revisits-roald-dahls-antisemitic-comments-what-to-know/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/giant-revisits-roald-dahls-antisemitic-comments-what-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Books That Can Help You Navigate Stressful Times]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts share the literature that has helped them cope with death, illness and despair.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/5-books-that-can-help-you-navigate-stressful-times/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/5-books-that-can-help-you-navigate-stressful-times/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t Use A.I. to Do This]]></title><description><![CDATA[People are usually surprised when I admit that I love A.I.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dont-use-ai-to-do-this/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dont-use-ai-to-do-this/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un escritor suizo de 22 años es una nueva estrella literaria]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nelio Biedermann, un estudiante de apenas 22 a&ntilde;os, ha sido comparado con Thomas Mann gracias a &ldquo;L&aacute;z&aacute;r&rdquo;, su arrolladora saga familiar.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/un-escritor-suizo-de-22-aos-es-una-nueva-estrella-literaria/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/un-escritor-suizo-de-22-aos-es-una-nueva-estrella-literaria/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why American Jews Still Weep for Willy Loman]]></title><description><![CDATA[A revival of &ldquo;Death of a Salesman&rdquo; comes as the &ldquo;Zionist consensus&rdquo; is openly fracturing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-american-jews-still-weep-for-willy-loman/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-american-jews-still-weep-for-willy-loman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just Because I Wrote This Doesn’t Mean I’ll Be On Your Panel About A.I.]]></title><description><![CDATA[People are usually surprised when I admit that I love A.I.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/just-because-i-wrote-this-doesnt-mean-ill-be-on-your-panel-about-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/just-because-i-wrote-this-doesnt-mean-ill-be-on-your-panel-about-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Rasputin’ by Antony Beevor]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Rasputin,&rdquo; the biographer Antony Beevor delves into the mysterious life of the last czarina&rsquo;s mystic adviser.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rasputin-by-antony-beevor/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rasputin-by-antony-beevor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Muskism,’ by Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff argue that Elon Musk&rsquo;s disruptive approach to business is transforming both politics and the economy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-muskism-by-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-muskism-by-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Into the Wood Chipper,’ by Nicholas Enrich]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nicholas Enrich&rsquo;s tell-all memoir, &ldquo;Into the Wood Chipper,&rdquo; has advice for others caught between their conscience and their government.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-into-the-wood-chipper-by-nicholas-enrich/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-into-the-wood-chipper-by-nicholas-enrich/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obsessed With the Titanic? These Historical Fictional Books Will Transport You.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This gripping historical fiction will transport you to the doomed ship and back to land.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/obsessed-with-the-titanic-these-historical-fictional-books-will-transport-you/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/obsessed-with-the-titanic-these-historical-fictional-books-will-transport-you/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Las celebridades también necesitan fotos de pasaporte]]></title><description><![CDATA[Durante d&eacute;cadas, un estudio fotogr&aacute;fico en Londres tomo las fotos de pasaporte de algunas de las personalidades m&aacute;s importantes de su &eacute;poca.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/las-celebridades-tambin-necesitan-fotos-de-pasaporte/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/las-celebridades-tambin-necesitan-fotos-de-pasaporte/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who gets Guggenheim fellowships? A century’s worth of data shows the rise of creative artists, and the decline of humanists and natural scientists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who gets Guggenheim fellowships? A century&rsquo;s worth of data shows the rise of creative artists, and the decline of humanists and natural scientists]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/who-gets-guggenheim-fellowships-a-centurys-worth-of-data-shows-the-rise-of-creative-artists-and-the-decline-of-humanists-and-natural-scientists/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:05:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/who-gets-guggenheim-fellowships-a-centurys-worth-of-data-shows-the-rise-of-creative-artists-and-the-decline-of-humanists-and-natural-scientists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nietzsche the mystic. There is something odd about a profoundly atheistic thinker holding quasi-religious convictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nietzsche the mystic.&nbsp;There is something odd about a profoundly atheistic thinker holding quasi-religious convictions]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nietzsche-the-mysticthere-is-something-odd-about-a-profoundly-atheistic-thinker-holding-quasi-religious-convictions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:05:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nietzsche-the-mysticthere-is-something-odd-about-a-profoundly-atheistic-thinker-holding-quasi-religious-convictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancient Greek cities joined the Delian League to resist Persian aggression. They soon found themselves under the thumb of Athens ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Greek cities joined the Delian League to resist Persian aggression. They soon found themselves under the thumb of Athens&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ancient-greek-cities-joined-the-delian-league-to-resist-persian-aggression-they-soon-found-themselves-under-the-thumb-of-athens/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:05:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ancient-greek-cities-joined-the-delian-league-to-resist-persian-aggression-they-soon-found-themselves-under-the-thumb-of-athens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘On the Calculation of Volume IV,’ by Solvej Balle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Solvej Balle&rsquo;s cult hit series about a woman trapped in a time loop continues with a fourth volume.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-on-the-calculation-of-volume-iv-by-solvej-balle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-on-the-calculation-of-volume-iv-by-solvej-balle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Planet Money’ Is Now a Book. And a Game. And a Record Label.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The long-running economics show on NPR is mining whimsical product experiments for content (and revenue) in a financially challenging environment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/planet-money-is-now-a-book-and-a-game-and-a-record-label/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/planet-money-is-now-a-book-and-a-game-and-a-record-label/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ‘Famesick,’ Lena Dunham Diagnoses Celebrity, Illness and Herself]]></title><description><![CDATA[This unusually unfiltered memoir takes us to the hospital, to therapy and to the sometimes hostile set of &ldquo;Girls.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-famesick-lena-dunham-diagnoses-celebrity-illness-and-herself/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-famesick-lena-dunham-diagnoses-celebrity-illness-and-herself/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘RFK Jr.,’ by Isabel Vincent]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise,&rdquo; a New York Post reporter paints an intimate portrait of the Kennedy scion and cabinet member.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rfk-jr-by-isabel-vincent/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rfk-jr-by-isabel-vincent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Where the Music Had to Go,’ by Jim Windolf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jim Windolf&rsquo;s new book, &ldquo;Where the Music Had to Go,&rdquo; traces the influence of Dylan on the Beatles and the Beatles on Dylan.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-where-the-music-had-to-go-by-jim-windolf/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-where-the-music-had-to-go-by-jim-windolf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Korean Messiah,’ by Jonathan Cheng]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new history by Jonathan Cheng argues that an influx of missionaries in the late 19th century profoundly shaped the ruling Kim family dynasty.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-korean-messiah-by-jonathan-cheng/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-korean-messiah-by-jonathan-cheng/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“In my day, artists kept it real” is a sentiment that will never get old — as long as aging critics keep employing it]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;In my day, artists kept it real&rdquo; is a sentiment that will never get old &mdash; as long as aging critics keep employing it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-my-day-artists-kept-it-real-is-a-sentiment-that-will-never-get-old-as-long-as-aging-critics-keep-employing-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:37:24 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-my-day-artists-kept-it-real-is-a-sentiment-that-will-never-get-old-as-long-as-aging-critics-keep-employing-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“The American novel offers the dream of escape: away from civilization and into the forest, away from marriage and onto the sea, away from history and back to boyhood”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The American novel offers the dream of escape: away from civilization and into the forest, away from marriage and onto the sea, away from history and back to boyhood&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-american-novel-offers-the-dream-of-escape-away-from-civilization-and-into-the-forest-away-from-marriage-and-onto-the-sea-away-from-history-and-back-to-boyhood/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:11:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-american-novel-offers-the-dream-of-escape-away-from-civilization-and-into-the-forest-away-from-marriage-and-onto-the-sea-away-from-history-and-back-to-boyhood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“In my day, artists kept it real” is a sentiment that will never get old — as long as ageing critics keep employing it]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;In my day, artists kept it real&rdquo; is a sentiment that will never get old &mdash; as long as ageing critics keep employing it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-my-day-artists-kept-it-real-is-a-sentiment-that-will-never-get-old-as-long-as-ageing-critics-keep-employing-it/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:11:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-my-day-artists-kept-it-real-is-a-sentiment-that-will-never-get-old-as-long-as-ageing-critics-keep-employing-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would save the planet, forget The Planet. Think only of the sensual properties of one dear place]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you would save the planet, forget The Planet. Think only of the sensual properties of one dear place]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/if-you-would-save-the-planet-forget-the-planet-think-only-of-the-sensual-properties-of-one-dear-place/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:11:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/if-you-would-save-the-planet-forget-the-planet-think-only-of-the-sensual-properties-of-one-dear-place/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Match This Sharp Line to Its Book?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz on memorably snarky retorts and observations from five literary works.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-match-this-sharp-line-to-its-book/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-match-this-sharp-line-to-its-book/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Sklansky, the ‘First Nerd to Enter Poker,’ Dies at 78]]></title><description><![CDATA[An influential author and professional player, he helped transform a game long ruled by intuition into one based on game theory, probability and logic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-sklansky-the-first-nerd-to-enter-poker-dies-at-78/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-sklansky-the-first-nerd-to-enter-poker-dies-at-78/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘See You on the Other Side,’ by Jay McInerney]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jay McInerney has written about the literary party boy Russell Calloway once a decade since the 1990s. He returns in the Covid novel &ldquo;See You on the Other Side.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-see-you-on-the-other-side-by-jay-mcinerney/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-see-you-on-the-other-side-by-jay-mcinerney/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We Are Growing’: Fresh Designs Lift Raymond Weil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elie Bernheim, the chief executive of Raymond Weil, has confidence in his &ldquo;accessible luxury&rdquo; business model.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-are-growing-fresh-designs-lift-raymond-weil/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-are-growing-fresh-designs-lift-raymond-weil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Go Gentle,’ by Maria Semple]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Go Gentle&rdquo; throws together art heists, sexual assault and a coven of middle-aged divorc&eacute;es on the Upper West Side.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-go-gentle-by-maria-semple/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-go-gentle-by-maria-semple/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Future Is Peace,’ by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon both lost loved ones to the conflict in the Middle East. In &ldquo;The Future Is Peace,&rdquo; they look for hope and understanding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-future-is-peace-by-aziz-abu-sarah-and-maoz-inon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-future-is-peace-by-aziz-abu-sarah-and-maoz-inon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petra Collins Is Ready to Give Her ‘STAR’ Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her new book &ldquo;STAR,&rdquo; Petra Collins, a photographer who helped shape the millennial aesthetic, lets us peek through her diffuse lens.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/petra-collins-is-ready-to-give-her-star-power/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/petra-collins-is-ready-to-give-her-star-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanks to an Old-Fashioned Family Novel, This 22-Year-Old is Already a Literary Star in Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just 22 and still a student, Nelio Biedermann has been compared to Thomas Mann thanks to &ldquo;L&aacute;z&aacute;r,&rdquo; his sweeping family saga.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thanks-to-an-old-fashioned-family-novel-this-22-year-old-is-already-a-literary-star-in-europe/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thanks-to-an-old-fashioned-family-novel-this-22-year-old-is-already-a-literary-star-in-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Lázár,’ by Nelio Biedermann]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;L&aacute;z&aacute;r,&rdquo; by Nelio Biedermann, is a multigenerational novel that spans the collapse of a monarchy, two world wars and a revolution.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-lzr-by-nelio-biedermann/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-lzr-by-nelio-biedermann/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Passport Photo Service,’ by Philip Sharkey]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 10 minutes or less, this mom-and-pop London institution produced stylish snapshots for some of the world&rsquo;s biggest stars.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-passport-photo-service-by-philip-sharkey/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-passport-photo-service-by-philip-sharkey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Sklansky, ‘Mathematician’ of High-Stakes Poker, Dies at 78]]></title><description><![CDATA[As &ldquo;the first nerd to enter poker,&rdquo; he helped transform a game long ruled by intuition into one based on game theory, probability and logic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-sklansky-mathematician-of-high-stakes-poker-dies-at-78/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-sklansky-mathematician-of-high-stakes-poker-dies-at-78/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In early-19th-century Britain, body snatchers were such a problem that lead-lined coffins, metal cages, and other hardware were used to protect the dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[In early-19th-century Britain, body snatchers were such a problem that lead-lined coffins, metal cages, and other hardware were used to protect the dead]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-early-19th-century-britain-body-snatchers-were-such-a-problem-that-lead-lined-coffins-metal-cages-and-other-hardware-were-used-to-protect-the-dead/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:38:33 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-early-19th-century-britain-body-snatchers-were-such-a-problem-that-lead-lined-coffins-metal-cages-and-other-hardware-were-used-to-protect-the-dead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monthly Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[What can we learn from April, a month of contradictions that never cleanly resolve themselves?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/monthly-report/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/monthly-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lena Dunham Is Still Trying to Figure Out Why People Hated Her So Much]]></title><description><![CDATA[The writer, actor and lightning rod is not done sharing yet.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lena-dunham-is-still-trying-to-figure-out-why-people-hated-her-so-much/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lena-dunham-is-still-trying-to-figure-out-why-people-hated-her-so-much/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Monuments of Paris,’ by Violaine Huisman]]></title><description><![CDATA[After devoting her first novel to her wild mother, Violaine Huisman focuses her second on her father, a man who amassed wealth, love affairs and stories.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-monuments-of-paris-by-violaine-huisman/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-monuments-of-paris-by-violaine-huisman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘EMPIRE OF SKULLS’ by Paul Stob]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Empire of Skulls,&rdquo; Paul Stob explores how a mania took over America.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-empire-of-skulls-by-paul-stob/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-empire-of-skulls-by-paul-stob/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘A Terrible Intimacy,’ by Melvin Patrick Ely]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by the historian Melvin Patrick Ely draws on court records to highlight the complex relationships between enslavers and the enslaved.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-terrible-intimacy-by-melvin-patrick-ely/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-terrible-intimacy-by-melvin-patrick-ely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reseña de ‘Hexes of the Deadwood Forest’ de Agnieszka Szpila]]></title><description><![CDATA[El superventas polaco &ldquo;Hexes of the Deadwood Forest&rdquo; es como un sue&ntilde;o febril posporno de realismo m&aacute;gico de Europa del Este mezclado con &ldquo;El placer de amar&rdquo; pero con plantas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/resea-de-hexes-of-the-deadwood-forest-de-agnieszka-szpila/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/resea-de-hexes-of-the-deadwood-forest-de-agnieszka-szpila/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Lu Xun, a Famous Chinese Writer, Became a Cute Communist Mascot]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Chinese Communist Party has turned Lu Xun, a Mao-era hero who excoriated the establishment, into a bland, Disney-style character.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-lu-xun-a-famous-chinese-writer-became-a-cute-communist-mascot/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-lu-xun-a-famous-chinese-writer-became-a-cute-communist-mascot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Most historians would rather go out naked in public than prune their copious footnotes." Not Albert O. Hirschman&nbsp;]]></title><description><![CDATA["Most historians would rather go out naked in public than prune their copious footnotes." Not Albert O. Hirschman&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/most-historians-would-rather-go-out-naked-in-public-than-prune-their-copious-footnotes-not-albert-o-hirschmannbsp/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:37:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/most-historians-would-rather-go-out-naked-in-public-than-prune-their-copious-footnotes-not-albert-o-hirschmannbsp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making it in a non-existent profession. The economics of the writing life are grim, mercurial, and infrequently discussed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making it in a non-existent profession. The economics of the writing life are grim, mercurial, and infrequently discussed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/making-it-in-a-non-existent-profession-the-economics-of-the-writing-life-are-grim-mercurial-and-infrequently-discussed/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:37:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/making-it-in-a-non-existent-profession-the-economics-of-the-writing-life-are-grim-mercurial-and-infrequently-discussed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jamaica Kincaid: “I find England ugly…I hate England; the weather is like a jail sentence…the food in England is like a jail sentence”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jamaica Kincaid: &ldquo;I find England ugly&hellip;I hate England; the weather is like a jail sentence&hellip;the food in England is like a jail sentence&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jamaica-kincaid-i-find-england-uglyi-hate-england-the-weather-is-like-a-jail-sentencethe-food-in-england-is-like-a-jail-sentence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:37:49 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jamaica-kincaid-i-find-england-uglyi-hate-england-the-weather-is-like-a-jail-sentencethe-food-in-england-is-like-a-jail-sentence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Authors and Readers Feel About the ‘Shy Girl’ Cancellation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major publishing houses risk unwittingly putting out books generated with A.I. tools. Authors and readers are frustrated, nervous and grasping for solutions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-authors-and-readers-feel-about-the-shy-girl-cancellation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-authors-and-readers-feel-about-the-shy-girl-cancellation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Oracle’s Daughter,’ by Harrison Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his excellent &ldquo;The Oracle&rsquo;s Daughter,&rdquo; Harrison Hill looks at the people and the questions beyond the headlines.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-oracles-daughter-by-harrison-hill/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-oracles-daughter-by-harrison-hill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde’s Grandson Reckons With the Legacy of Scandal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Merlin Holland has spent decades dismantling the myths that grew up around his grandfather. He hopes his new book may finally settle the record.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oscar-wildes-grandson-reckons-with-the-legacy-of-scandal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oscar-wildes-grandson-reckons-with-the-legacy-of-scandal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrick Radden Keefe on the Mystery at the Center of ‘London Falling’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author discusses his newest book, about a 19-year-old&rsquo;s curious death and the investigation that followed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/patrick-radden-keefe-on-the-mystery-at-the-center-of-london-falling/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/patrick-radden-keefe-on-the-mystery-at-the-center-of-london-falling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In early-19th century Britain, body snatchers were such a problem that lead coffins, metal cages, and other hardware were used to protect the dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[In early-19th century Britain, body snatchers were such a problem that lead coffins, metal cages, and other hardware were used to protect the dead]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-early-19th-century-britain-body-snatchers-were-such-a-problem-that-lead-coffins-metal-cages-and-other-hardware-were-used-to-protect-the-dead/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:32:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-early-19th-century-britain-body-snatchers-were-such-a-problem-that-lead-coffins-metal-cages-and-other-hardware-were-used-to-protect-the-dead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart palpitations, stomach lurches, sweaty palms: What it's like to spend a year inside the Stephen King archive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heart palpitations, stomach lurches, sweaty palms: What it's like to spend a year inside the Stephen King archive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/heart-palpitations-stomach-lurches-sweaty-palms-what-its-like-to-spend-a-year-inside-the-stephen-king-archive/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:32:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/heart-palpitations-stomach-lurches-sweaty-palms-what-its-like-to-spend-a-year-inside-the-stephen-king-archive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are do-gooders an inferior class, consigned to drudgery? Elizabeth Anderson traces the contours of the progressive work ethic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are do-gooders an inferior class, consigned to drudgery? Elizabeth Anderson traces the contours of the progressive work ethic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-do-gooders-an-inferior-class-consigned-to-drudgery-elizabeth-anderson-traces-the-contours-of-the-progressive-work-ethic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:32:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-do-gooders-an-inferior-class-consigned-to-drudgery-elizabeth-anderson-traces-the-contours-of-the-progressive-work-ethic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The book review flourished in tandem with the Enlightenment. Now both are in decline, leaving a great deal at stake. David Bell explains]]></title><description><![CDATA[The book review flourished in tandem with the Enlightenment. Now both are in decline, leaving a great deal at stake. David Bell explains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-book-review-flourished-in-tandem-with-the-enlightenment-now-both-are-in-decline-leaving-a-great-deal-at-stake-david-bell-explains/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:52:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-book-review-flourished-in-tandem-with-the-enlightenment-now-both-are-in-decline-leaving-a-great-deal-at-stake-david-bell-explains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gin and secrets: We know that the Cambridge Five betrayed Britain, but the damage runs deeper than previously thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gin and secrets: We know that the Cambridge Five betrayed Britain, but the damage runs deeper than previously thought]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gin-and-secrets-we-know-that-the-cambridge-five-betrayed-britain-but-the-damage-runs-deeper-than-previously-thought/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:52:22 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gin-and-secrets-we-know-that-the-cambridge-five-betrayed-britain-but-the-damage-runs-deeper-than-previously-thought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If You Love ‘The Pitt,’ You’ll Love These Memoirs by Real E.R. Doctors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Memoirs from the front lines capture the high-octane pace, roller coaster stakes and unforgettable personalities of emergency medicine.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/if-you-love-the-pitt-youll-love-these-memoirs-by-real-er-doctors/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/if-you-love-the-pitt-youll-love-these-memoirs-by-real-er-doctors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Alien Books by Octavia E. Butler, Ted Chiang and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-alien-books-by-octavia-e-butler-ted-chiang-and-more/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-alien-books-by-octavia-e-butler-ted-chiang-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The book review flourished in tandem with the Enlightenment. Both are in decline, leaving a great deal at stake. David Bell explains]]></title><description><![CDATA[The book review flourished in tandem with the Enlightenment. Both are in decline, leaving a great deal at stake. David Bell explains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-book-review-flourished-in-tandem-with-the-enlightenment-both-are-in-decline-leaving-a-great-deal-at-stake-david-bell-explains/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:08:47 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-book-review-flourished-in-tandem-with-the-enlightenment-both-are-in-decline-leaving-a-great-deal-at-stake-david-bell-explains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“People in government today obviously don’t care about literature, so the effort to ridicule them in literature can seem pointless or (worse) harmless”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;People in government today obviously don&rsquo;t care about literature, so the effort to ridicule them in literature can seem pointless or (worse) harmless&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/people-in-government-today-obviously-dont-care-about-literature-so-the-effort-to-ridicule-them-in-literature-can-seem-pointless-or-worse-harmless/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:08:47 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/people-in-government-today-obviously-dont-care-about-literature-so-the-effort-to-ridicule-them-in-literature-can-seem-pointless-or-worse-harmless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gin and secrets: We know the Cambridge Five betrayed Britain, but the damage they caused runs deeper than we previously knew]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gin and secrets: We know the Cambridge Five betrayed Britain, but the damage they caused runs deeper than we previously knew]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gin-and-secrets-we-know-the-cambridge-five-betrayed-britain-but-the-damage-they-caused-runs-deeper-than-we-previously-knew/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:08:47 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gin-and-secrets-we-know-the-cambridge-five-betrayed-britain-but-the-damage-they-caused-runs-deeper-than-we-previously-knew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When contrarianism becomes its own orthodoxy: The heterodox movement is replicating the groupthink it set out to cure]]></title><description><![CDATA[When contrarianism becomes its own orthodoxy: The heterodox movement is replicating the groupthink it set out to cure]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-contrarianism-becomes-its-own-orthodoxy-the-heterodox-movement-is-replicating-the-groupthink-it-set-out-to-cure-2/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:13:26 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-contrarianism-becomes-its-own-orthodoxy-the-heterodox-movement-is-replicating-the-groupthink-it-set-out-to-cure-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Musil offers a salve for Western egocentrism: The self is not a single, enduring substance but a collection of sensations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Musil offers a salve for Western egocentrism: The self is not a single, enduring substance but a collection of sensations]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-musil-offers-a-salve-for-western-egocentrism-the-self-is-not-a-single-enduring-substance-but-a-collection-of-sensations-2/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:45:47 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-musil-offers-a-salve-for-western-egocentrism-the-self-is-not-a-single-enduring-substance-but-a-collection-of-sensations-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Review: ‘Creature Feature,’ by Dean Young]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dean Young&rsquo;s posthumous collection, &ldquo;Creature Feature,&rdquo; applies his characteristically giddy sense of unraveling to his own life and ill health.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-review-creature-feature-by-dean-young/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-review-creature-feature-by-dean-young/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘London Falling,’ by Patrick Radden Keefe]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by Patrick Radden Keefe retraces the secret life of a 19-year-old Londoner who fell in with a gangster underworld.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-london-falling-by-patrick-radden-keefe/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-london-falling-by-patrick-radden-keefe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When contrarianism becomes its own orthodoxy. The heterodox movement is replicating the groupthink it set out to cure ]]></title><description><![CDATA[When contrarianism becomes its own orthodoxy. The heterodox movement is replicating the groupthink it set out to cure&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-contrarianism-becomes-its-own-orthodoxy-the-heterodox-movement-is-replicating-the-groupthink-it-set-out-to-cure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:15:37 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-contrarianism-becomes-its-own-orthodoxy-the-heterodox-movement-is-replicating-the-groupthink-it-set-out-to-cure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Musil offers a salve for Western egocentrism: the self is not a single, enduring substance but a collection of sensations ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Musil offers a salve for Western egocentrism: the self is not a single, enduring substance but a collection of sensations&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-musil-offers-a-salve-for-western-egocentrism-the-self-is-not-a-single-enduring-substance-but-a-collection-of-sensations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:15:37 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-musil-offers-a-salve-for-western-egocentrism-the-self-is-not-a-single-enduring-substance-but-a-collection-of-sensations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI’s grandiose paradoxes. It will bring us heaven on earth or kill us all, we’re told; it is the most important invention in history or a scam]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI&rsquo;s grandiose paradoxes. It will bring us heaven on earth or kill us all, we&rsquo;re told; it is the most important invention in history or a scam]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-grandiose-paradoxes-it-will-bring-us-heaven-on-earth-or-kill-us-all-were-told-it-is-the-most-important-invention-in-history-or-a-scam/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:15:37 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-grandiose-paradoxes-it-will-bring-us-heaven-on-earth-or-kill-us-all-were-told-it-is-the-most-important-invention-in-history-or-a-scam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Schrag Dies at 94; Wrote of Dangers of California’s Populist Streak]]></title><description><![CDATA[His best-received book explored the state&rsquo;s infatuation with voter initiatives, which were sometimes pushed with an anti-immigrant fervor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-schrag-dies-at-94-wrote-of-dangers-of-californias-populist-streak/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-schrag-dies-at-94-wrote-of-dangers-of-californias-populist-streak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human Writers Who Rage Against A.I.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Readers discuss the ways writing and artificial intelligence don&rsquo;t mix. Also: A degraded civil culture.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/human-writers-who-rage-against-ai/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/human-writers-who-rage-against-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Did Black Music Take Over the World? Let Melvin Gibbs Explain.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since the late &rsquo;70s, the bassist has worked to map a musical route that mirrored the trans-Atlantic slave trade and birthed nearly all of American popular music.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-did-black-music-take-over-the-world-let-melvin-gibbs-explain/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-did-black-music-take-over-the-world-let-melvin-gibbs-explain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Ending Writes Itself,’ by Evelyn Clarke]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this novel, a group of authors race to finish a mystery manuscript, only to find themselves part of a lethal plot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-ending-writes-itself-by-evelyn-clarke/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-ending-writes-itself-by-evelyn-clarke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Hexes of the Deadwood Forest,’ by Agnieszka Szpila]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Polish best seller &ldquo;Hexes of the Deadwood Forest&rdquo; is like a post-porn fever dream of Eastern European magic realism crossed with a plant-based &ldquo;Joy of Sex.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-hexes-of-the-deadwood-forest-by-agnieszka-szpila/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-hexes-of-the-deadwood-forest-by-agnieszka-szpila/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Corto Maltese,’ by Hugo Pratt]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Corto Maltese,&rdquo; Hugo Pratt&rsquo;s influential 1967 graphic novel, returns, with just as much to say about childhood during wartime.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-corto-maltese-by-hugo-pratt/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-corto-maltese-by-hugo-pratt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘American Fantasy,’ by Emma Straub]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Emma Straub&rsquo;s latest novel, &ldquo;American Fantasy,&rdquo; a pop group&rsquo;s midlife return provides fodder for both comedy and redemption on the high seas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-fantasy-by-emma-straub/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-fantasy-by-emma-straub/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Aboard a Nostalgia Cruise, With a Blast From the Boy Band Past]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Emma Straub&rsquo;s latest novel, &ldquo;American Fantasy,&rdquo; a pop group&rsquo;s midlife return provides fodder for both comedy and redemption on the high seas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/all-aboard-a-nostalgia-cruise-with-a-blast-from-the-boy-band-past/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/all-aboard-a-nostalgia-cruise-with-a-blast-from-the-boy-band-past/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncanny and vaguely malevolent, the institutional Gothic style replaces bloodthirsty lords with soulless corporations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uncanny and vaguely malevolent, the institutional Gothic style replaces bloodthirsty lords with soulless corporations]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/uncanny-and-vaguely-malevolent-the-institutional-gothic-style-replaces-bloodthirsty-lords-with-soulless-corporations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:05:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/uncanny-and-vaguely-malevolent-the-institutional-gothic-style-replaces-bloodthirsty-lords-with-soulless-corporations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“The humanities are not a system for the production of positive ‘research results.’ They are a practice of self-cultivation, or they are nothing”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The humanities are not a system for the production of positive &lsquo;research results.&rsquo; They are a practice of self-cultivation, or they are nothing&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-humanities-are-not-a-system-for-the-production-of-positive-research-results-they-are-a-practice-of-self-cultivation-or-they-are-nothing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:05:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-humanities-are-not-a-system-for-the-production-of-positive-research-results-they-are-a-practice-of-self-cultivation-or-they-are-nothing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great diarists open up the entire folio of their lives. Samuel Pepys was a great diarist. He was also a wretched human being]]></title><description><![CDATA[Great diarists open up the entire folio of their lives. Samuel Pepys was a great diarist. He was also a wretched human being]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-diarists-open-up-the-entire-folio-of-their-lives-samuel-pepys-was-a-great-diarist-he-was-also-a-wretched-human-being/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:05:40 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-diarists-open-up-the-entire-folio-of-their-lives-samuel-pepys-was-a-great-diarist-he-was-also-a-wretched-human-being/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ronald H. Spector, Who Traced Social History in Books on War, Dies at 83]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Vietnam veteran-turned-academic historian, he drew acclaim for portraying conflicts from the perspectives of generals as well as grunts on all sides, both in Vietnam and in World War II.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ronald-h-spector-who-traced-social-history-in-books-on-war-dies-at-83/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ronald-h-spector-who-traced-social-history-in-books-on-war-dies-at-83/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Instructions on Not Giving Up’]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a recent episode of the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast, the former poet laureate Ada Lim&oacute;n made the case for why poetry matters and read two poems, including this one called &ldquo;Instructions on Not Giving Up.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/instructions-on-not-giving-up/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/instructions-on-not-giving-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Weir on the End of 'Project Hail Mary']]></title><description><![CDATA[*SPOILER ALERT* We asked Times readers and listeners of the &ldquo;Book Review&rdquo; podcast what questions they had for Andy Weir. Many wanted to know why he ended his book &ldquo;Project Hail Mary&rdquo; the way he did. Andy explains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andy-weir-on-the-end-of-project-hail-mary/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andy-weir-on-the-end-of-project-hail-mary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon.” Marx on a work-free future. His son-in-law had a stranger cause: the right to be lazy]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon.&rdquo; Marx on a work-free future. His son-in-law had a stranger cause: the right to be lazy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hunt-in-the-morning-fish-in-the-afternoon-marx-on-a-work-free-future-his-son-in-law-had-a-stranger-cause-the-right-to-be-lazy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:01:50 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hunt-in-the-morning-fish-in-the-afternoon-marx-on-a-work-free-future-his-son-in-law-had-a-stranger-cause-the-right-to-be-lazy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Name These Novels Based on Their Characters?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz to see how many titles and people you can pair up from five classic books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-name-these-novels-based-on-their-characters/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-name-these-novels-based-on-their-characters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the 16th century, with telescopes and microscopes emerging, a curious malady emerged: Men believing they were made of glass]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the 16th century, with telescopes and microscopes emerging, a curious malady emerged: Men believing they were made of glass]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-16th-century-with-telescopes-and-microscopes-emerging-a-curious-malady-emerged-men-believing-they-were-made-of-glass/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:54:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-16th-century-with-telescopes-and-microscopes-emerging-a-curious-malady-emerged-men-believing-they-were-made-of-glass/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon.” Marx on a work-free future. His son-in-law had a stranger defense: the right to be lazy]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon.&rdquo; Marx on a work-free future. His son-in-law had a stranger defense: the right to be lazy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hunt-in-the-morning-fish-in-the-afternoon-marx-on-a-work-free-future-his-son-in-law-had-a-stranger-defense-the-right-to-be-lazy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:54:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hunt-in-the-morning-fish-in-the-afternoon-marx-on-a-work-free-future-his-son-in-law-had-a-stranger-defense-the-right-to-be-lazy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“At its most idyllic, siblinghood can be a fragile utopia, a protomarriage of equals, a playroom, a shelter from the parents or the world”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;At its most idyllic, siblinghood can be a fragile utopia, a protomarriage of equals, a playroom, a shelter from the parents or the world&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-its-most-idyllic-siblinghood-can-be-a-fragile-utopia-a-protomarriage-of-equals-a-playroom-a-shelter-from-the-parents-or-the-world/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:54:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-its-most-idyllic-siblinghood-can-be-a-fragile-utopia-a-protomarriage-of-equals-a-playroom-a-shelter-from-the-parents-or-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Oyster Diaries,’ by Nancy Lemann]]></title><description><![CDATA[The well-born protagonist of Nancy Lemann&rsquo;s novel &ldquo;The Oyster Diaries&rdquo; returns home and immediately feels like an outsider.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-oyster-diaries-by-nancy-lemann/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-oyster-diaries-by-nancy-lemann/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Here Where We Live Is Our Country,’ by Molly Crabapple]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Here Where We Live Is Our Country,&rdquo; Molly Crabapple tells the story of a Jewish labor movement that fought antisemitism and nationalism with equal fervor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[De no poder comunicarse a publicar una novela: la historia de Woody Brown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diagnosticado con autismo severo, los m&eacute;dicos dijeron que no hablar&iacute;a, pero lleg&oacute; a estudios de posgrado y debut&oacute; como novelista.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/de-no-poder-comunicarse-a-publicar-una-novela-la-historia-de-woody-brown/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/de-no-poder-comunicarse-a-publicar-una-novela-la-historia-de-woody-brown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Police Procedural Novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[These novels marry good mysteries with unforgettable characters and the twists and turns of the investigative process to deliver page-turning thrills.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-police-procedural-novels/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-police-procedural-novels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Yesteryear,’ by Caro Claire Burke]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Caro Claire Burke&rsquo;s novel, &ldquo;Yesteryear,&rdquo; a homesteading momfluencer can no longer hide the scandal swirling just below the surface.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-yesteryear-by-caro-claire-burke/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-yesteryear-by-caro-claire-burke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Scientifically Accurate Is ‘Project Hail Mary’? Experts Weigh In]]></title><description><![CDATA[Based on hard science fiction, a genre that prioritizes scientific accuracy, the blockbuster gets a lot right but misses a few things, experts say.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-scientifically-accurate-is-project-hail-mary-experts-weigh-in/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-scientifically-accurate-is-project-hail-mary-experts-weigh-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caro Claire Burke Wades Into the Tradwife Conversation With ‘Yesteryear’]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Yesteryear,&rdquo; a debut novel about an influencer who is transported to the early 19th century, lands the author Caro Claire Burke in the middle of the culture wars.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/caro-claire-burke-wades-into-the-tradwife-conversation-with-yesteryear/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/caro-claire-burke-wades-into-the-tradwife-conversation-with-yesteryear/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Month’s Best New Thriller Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on the month&rsquo;s best new releases.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-months-best-new-thriller-books/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-months-best-new-thriller-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘True Color,’ by Kory Stamper]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lexicographer Kory Stamper&rsquo;s &ldquo;True Color&rdquo; is a sneakily insightful philosophical treatise on what it means to define anything at all.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-true-color-by-kory-stamper/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-true-color-by-kory-stamper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chekhov Plays for an Un-Chekhov Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[The directors Michael DeFilippis, Dmitry Krymov and Aleksandr Molochnikov all infuse their current productions with a burning, modern rage.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/chekhov-plays-for-an-un-chekhov-time/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/chekhov-plays-for-an-un-chekhov-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willa Cather’s will prohibited the direct quotation of her letters. The result was a bizarre, confused scholarly morass]]></title><description><![CDATA[Willa Cather&rsquo;s will prohibited the direct quotation of her letters. The result was a bizarre, confused scholarly morass]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/willa-cathers-will-prohibited-the-direct-quotation-of-her-letters-the-result-was-a-bizarre-confused-scholarly-morass/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:03:28 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/willa-cathers-will-prohibited-the-direct-quotation-of-her-letters-the-result-was-a-bizarre-confused-scholarly-morass/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "literacy crisis" is older than the iPhone and AI. Dante faced it, so did Wordsworth. Crisis is writing's natural condition]]></title><description><![CDATA[The "literacy crisis" is older than the iPhone and AI. Dante faced it, so did Wordsworth. Crisis is writing's natural condition]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-literacy-crisis-is-older-than-the-iphone-and-ai-dante-faced-it-so-did-wordsworth-crisis-is-writings-natural-condition/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:03:28 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-literacy-crisis-is-older-than-the-iphone-and-ai-dante-faced-it-so-did-wordsworth-crisis-is-writings-natural-condition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the mid-1930s Frank Lloyd Wright was seen as a relic of a previous era. Then he created a new kind of American sublime]]></title><description><![CDATA[By the mid-1930s Frank Lloyd Wright was seen as a relic of a previous era. Then he created a new kind of American sublime]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/by-the-mid-1930s-frank-lloyd-wright-was-seen-as-a-relic-of-a-previous-era-then-he-created-a-new-kind-of-american-sublime/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:03:28 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/by-the-mid-1930s-frank-lloyd-wright-was-seen-as-a-relic-of-a-previous-era-then-he-created-a-new-kind-of-american-sublime/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Know About ‘The Testaments,’ a Sequel to Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Testaments&rdquo; focuses on a younger generation coming of age inside Gilead, the religious regime first imagined in Margaret Atwood&rsquo;s 1985 dystopian thriller.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-to-know-about-the-testaments-a-sequel-to-margaret-atwoods-the-handmaids-tale/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-to-know-about-the-testaments-a-sequel-to-margaret-atwoods-the-handmaids-tale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[23 Books We Are Looking Forward to This Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Book Review editors discuss fiction and nonfiction that caught their eye. Plus, Ada Lim&oacute;n on the power of poetry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/23-books-we-are-looking-forward-to-this-spring/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/23-books-we-are-looking-forward-to-this-spring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Judgy Bunny and the Terrible Beach,’ by Scott Rothman, and ‘Bartleby,’ by Matt Phelan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matt Phelan&rsquo;s bear cub named Bartleby and Scott Rothman&rsquo;s judgy bunny aren&rsquo;t wicked or misbehaved. Like our reviewer, they simply prefer not to.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-judgy-bunny-and-the-terrible-beach-by-scott-rothman-and-bartleby-by-matt-phelan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-judgy-bunny-and-the-terrible-beach-by-scott-rothman-and-bartleby-by-matt-phelan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription’ Shows Us Why the Novel Will Never Die]]></title><description><![CDATA[With &ldquo;Transcription,&rdquo; the writer makes a case for the vitality of the form.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ben-lerners-transcription-shows-us-why-the-novel-will-never-die/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ben-lerners-transcription-shows-us-why-the-novel-will-never-die/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Drives Patrick Radden Keefe?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Patrick Radden Keefe&rsquo;s carefully applied ambition has propelled him to a rarefied perch.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-drives-patrick-radden-keefe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-drives-patrick-radden-keefe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terry Tempest Williams on Thoreau, Erdrich and Other Favorite Writers]]></title><description><![CDATA[She vividly recalls what the novel, and others like it, meant to her mother. Her own new book is &ldquo;The Glorians: Visitations From the Holy Ordinary.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/terry-tempest-williams-on-thoreau-erdrich-and-other-favorite-writers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/terry-tempest-williams-on-thoreau-erdrich-and-other-favorite-writers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Chapter Books for Beginning Readers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are some of our staff&rsquo;s favorites, for ages 4 to 8.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-chapter-books-for-beginning-readers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-chapter-books-for-beginning-readers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody understands Gertrude Stein. With her, incomprehension was always, at least partly, the point]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nobody understands Gertrude Stein. With her, incomprehension was always, at least partly, the point]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nobody-understands-gertrude-stein-with-her-incomprehension-was-always-at-least-partly-the-point/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:29:50 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nobody-understands-gertrude-stein-with-her-incomprehension-was-always-at-least-partly-the-point/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jürgen Habermas, “a rationalist when it was unfashionable to be one,” died last month. He was 96... Foreign Policy... Jan-Werner Müller... Matt McManus... Cass Sunstein... Nancy Fraser... Alexander C. Karp...]]></title><description><![CDATA[J&uuml;rgen Habermas, &ldquo;a rationalist when it was unfashionable to be one,&rdquo; died last month. He was 96...&nbsp;Foreign Policy...&nbsp;Jan-Werner M&uuml;ller...&nbsp;Matt McManus... Cass Sunstein... Nancy Fraser...&nbsp;Alexander C. Karp...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jrgen-habermas-a-rationalist-when-it-was-unfashionable-to-be-one-died-last-month-he-was-96foreign-policyjan-werner-mllermatt-mcmanus-cass-sunstein-nancy-fraseralexander-c-karp/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:29:50 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jrgen-habermas-a-rationalist-when-it-was-unfashionable-to-be-one-died-last-month-he-was-96foreign-policyjan-werner-mllermatt-mcmanus-cass-sunstein-nancy-fraseralexander-c-karp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jan Morris correctly predicted that whatever her merits as writer, her obituary would inevitably read "Sex Change Author Dies"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jan Morris correctly predicted that whatever her merits as writer, her obituary would inevitably read "Sex Change Author Dies"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jan-morris-correctly-predicted-that-whatever-her-merits-as-writer-her-obituary-would-inevitably-read-sex-change-author-dies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:29:50 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jan-morris-correctly-predicted-that-whatever-her-merits-as-writer-her-obituary-would-inevitably-read-sex-change-author-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jürgen Habermas, “a rationalist when it was unfashionable to be one,” died last month. He was 96... ]]></title><description><![CDATA[J&uuml;rgen Habermas, &ldquo;a rationalist when it was unfashionable to be one,&rdquo; died last month. He was 96...&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jrgen-habermas-a-rationalist-when-it-was-unfashionable-to-be-one-died-last-month-he-was-96/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:57:38 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jrgen-habermas-a-rationalist-when-it-was-unfashionable-to-be-one-died-last-month-he-was-96/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tennessee Library Director Luanne James Fired Over L.G.B.T.Q. Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[The director, Luanne James, was fired at a board meeting for the Rutherford County Library System on Monday after she refused to move certain books to the adult section.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tennessee-library-director-luanne-james-fired-over-lgbtq-books/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tennessee-library-director-luanne-james-fired-over-lgbtq-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug addict, confidence man, adulterer: The attacks on Freud’s reputation may matter in an academic context, but not in a literary one]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drug addict, confidence man, adulterer: The attacks on Freud&rsquo;s reputation may matter in an academic context, but not in a literary one]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/drug-addict-confidence-man-adulterer-the-attacks-on-freuds-reputation-may-matter-in-an-academic-context-but-not-in-a-literary-one/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:48:25 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/drug-addict-confidence-man-adulterer-the-attacks-on-freuds-reputation-may-matter-in-an-academic-context-but-not-in-a-literary-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Friend Wrote a Book About Her Trauma. Do I Have to Read It?]]></title><description><![CDATA[She told me that anyone who won&rsquo;t read her book is not her friend and that I am contributing to the greater problem in the world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/my-friend-wrote-a-book-about-her-trauma-do-i-have-to-read-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/my-friend-wrote-a-book-about-her-trauma-do-i-have-to-read-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking a Birder’s Approach to the Botanical World]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, two botanists hope to reintroduce the 19th-century hobby of &ldquo;Botanizing&rdquo; to gardeners, if they can slow down long enough to take notice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/taking-a-birders-approach-to-the-botanical-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/taking-a-birders-approach-to-the-botanical-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[34 Fun Things to Do in N.Y.C. in April]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month brings Barry Manilow and Martha Graham, Earth Day and Easter, as well as a pickle tour and a little night music.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/34-fun-things-to-do-in-nyc-in-april/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/34-fun-things-to-do-in-nyc-in-april/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lucy Sante on Collage: ‘You Have to Kill One Thing to Make Another.’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The visual historian and celebrated author of &ldquo;Low Life&rdquo; has two shows of recent artwork made from decades of gathering materials, a trove she slices and glues.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lucy-sante-on-collage-you-have-to-kill-one-thing-to-make-another/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lucy-sante-on-collage-you-have-to-kill-one-thing-to-make-another/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Spent a Weekend Reading Aloud, With Strangers]]></title><description><![CDATA[What happens when you shrink down a book club to two days and take turns narrating the story? Welcome to Page Break.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-spent-a-weekend-reading-aloud-with-strangers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-spent-a-weekend-reading-aloud-with-strangers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘This Land Is Your Land,’ by Beverly Gage]]></title><description><![CDATA[In anticipation of the nation&rsquo;s 250th anniversary, a Pulitzer winner visited 300 sites to see how history is displayed and, sometimes, erased.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-this-land-is-your-land-by-beverly-gage/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-this-land-is-your-land-by-beverly-gage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 Strangers, One 304-Page Novel and a Weekend of Reading Aloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[What happens when you shrink down a book club to two days and take turns narrating the story? Welcome to Page Break.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/16-strangers-one-304-page-novel-and-a-weekend-of-reading-aloud/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/16-strangers-one-304-page-novel-and-a-weekend-of-reading-aloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Short Books for Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[These single-serving satires, family dramas and romances can be read cover-to-cover in one sun-dappled afternoon.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/10-short-books-for-spring/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/10-short-books-for-spring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just 25 literary agents collectively represent half of all authors short-listed for major American literary prizes this century]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just 25 literary agents collectively represent half of all authors short-listed for major American literary prizes this century]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/just-25-literary-agents-collectively-represent-half-of-all-authors-short-listed-for-major-american-literary-prizes-this-century/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:38:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/just-25-literary-agents-collectively-represent-half-of-all-authors-short-listed-for-major-american-literary-prizes-this-century/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danielle Allen is a rare liberal academic who takes conservatism seriously. But she is far more interesting than the label “moderate” might suggest ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Danielle Allen is a rare liberal academic who takes conservatism seriously. But she is far more interesting than the label &ldquo;moderate&rdquo; might suggest&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danielle-allen-is-a-rare-liberal-academic-who-takes-conservatism-seriously-but-she-is-far-more-interesting-than-the-label-moderate-might-suggest/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:38:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danielle-allen-is-a-rare-liberal-academic-who-takes-conservatism-seriously-but-she-is-far-more-interesting-than-the-label-moderate-might-suggest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A drug addict, a confidence man, an adulterer: The attacks on Freud’s reputation may matter in an academic context, but not in a literary one]]></title><description><![CDATA[A drug addict, a confidence man, an adulterer: The attacks on Freud&rsquo;s reputation may matter in an academic context, but not in a literary one]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-drug-addict-a-confidence-man-an-adulterer-the-attacks-on-freuds-reputation-may-matter-in-an-academic-context-but-not-in-a-literary-one/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:38:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-drug-addict-a-confidence-man-an-adulterer-the-attacks-on-freuds-reputation-may-matter-in-an-academic-context-but-not-in-a-literary-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The More You Study Consciousness, the Weirder It Gets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-more-you-study-consciousness-the-weirder-it-gets/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-more-you-study-consciousness-the-weirder-it-gets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ella era una famosa feminista milénial. Sus memorias sobre el poliamor son desgarradoras]]></title><description><![CDATA[Casi todas las ideolog&iacute;as pueden esgrimirse para hacer sentir a las mujeres que est&aacute;n fracasando.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ella-era-una-famosa-feminista-milnial-sus-memorias-sobre-el-poliamor-son-desgarradoras/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ella-era-una-famosa-feminista-milnial-sus-memorias-sobre-el-poliamor-son-desgarradoras/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Book by JD Vance Will Explore His Conversion to Catholicism]]></title><description><![CDATA[The vice president&rsquo;s book, to be released in June, will detail his return to Christianity after leaving the loosely evangelical practice of his childhood.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-book-by-jd-vance-will-explore-his-conversion-to-catholicism/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-book-by-jd-vance-will-explore-his-conversion-to-catholicism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[International Booker Prize Shortlist: 6 Novels With ‘Burning Humanity’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Books by Marie NDiaye, Daniel Kehlmann and Rene Karabash are among the shortlisted titles for the major award for fiction translated into English.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/international-booker-prize-shortlist-6-novels-with-burning-humanity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/international-booker-prize-shortlist-6-novels-with-burning-humanity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a nightmare year for nonfiction, sales dropped by more than 8 percent and only one of the 10 best sellers was a new book. Any hope in sight?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a nightmare year for nonfiction, sales dropped by more than 8 percent and only one of the 10 best sellers was a new book. Any hope in sight?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-nightmare-year-for-nonfiction-sales-dropped-by-more-than-8-percent-and-only-one-of-the-10-best-sellers-was-a-new-book-any-hope-in-sight/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:37:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-nightmare-year-for-nonfiction-sales-dropped-by-more-than-8-percent-and-only-one-of-the-10-best-sellers-was-a-new-book-any-hope-in-sight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Always read the magazine you’re submitting to.” “Don’t resubmit the same day.” And other advice from literary magazine editors]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Always read the magazine you&rsquo;re submitting to.&rdquo; &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t resubmit the same day.&rdquo; And other advice from literary magazine editors]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/always-read-the-magazine-youre-submitting-to-dont-resubmit-the-same-day-and-other-advice-from-literary-magazine-editors-2/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:37:31 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/always-read-the-magazine-youre-submitting-to-dont-resubmit-the-same-day-and-other-advice-from-literary-magazine-editors-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Son of Nobody,’ by Yann Martel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yann Martel&rsquo;s &ldquo;Son of Nobody&rdquo; joins many recent books that reimagine the classics, but offers a Nabokovian twist.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-son-of-nobody-by-yann-martel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-son-of-nobody-by-yann-martel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘A Good Person,’ by Kirsten King]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sloppy, solipsistic narrator of Kirsten King&rsquo;s novel, &ldquo;A Good Person,&rdquo; casts a witchy spell on a guy who dumped her. Hours later, he&rsquo;s been stabbed to death.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-good-person-by-kirsten-king/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-good-person-by-kirsten-king/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Weir habla sobre la ciencia detrás de ‘Proyecto Hail Mary’]]></title><description><![CDATA[El autor de ciencia ficci&oacute;n habla de &lsquo;Proyecto Hail Mary&rdquo;, su novela cient&iacute;fica que fue adaptada en una pel&iacute;cula protagonizada por Ryan Gosling.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andy-weir-habla-sobre-la-ciencia-detrs-de-proyecto-hail-mary/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andy-weir-habla-sobre-la-ciencia-detrs-de-proyecto-hail-mary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She Was a Famous Millennial Feminist. Her Polyamory Memoir Is Heartbreaking.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Almost every ideology can be wielded to make women feel that they&rsquo;re failing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/she-was-a-famous-millennial-feminist-her-polyamory-memoir-is-heartbreaking/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/she-was-a-famous-millennial-feminist-her-polyamory-memoir-is-heartbreaking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedants are irritating. They're also essential. The know-it-all is civilization's last line of defense]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pedants are irritating. They're also essential. The know-it-all is civilization's last line of defense]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pedants-are-irritating-theyre-also-essential-the-know-it-all-is-civilizations-last-line-of-defense/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:20:27 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pedants-are-irritating-theyre-also-essential-the-know-it-all-is-civilizations-last-line-of-defense/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a nightmare year for nonfiction, sales dropped over 8 percent and only one of the 10 bestsellers was a new book. Is there any hope? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a nightmare year for nonfiction, sales dropped over 8 percent and only one of the 10 bestsellers was a new book. Is there any hope?&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-nightmare-year-for-nonfiction-sales-dropped-over-8-percent-and-only-one-of-the-10-bestsellers-was-a-new-book-is-there-any-hope/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:20:27 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-nightmare-year-for-nonfiction-sales-dropped-over-8-percent-and-only-one-of-the-10-bestsellers-was-a-new-book-is-there-any-hope/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Always read the magazine you’re submitting to,” “don’t resubmit the same day,” and other advice from literary magazine editors]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Always read the magazine you&rsquo;re submitting to,&rdquo; &ldquo;don&rsquo;t resubmit the same day,&rdquo; and other advice from literary magazine editors]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/always-read-the-magazine-youre-submitting-to-dont-resubmit-the-same-day-and-other-advice-from-literary-magazine-editors/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:20:27 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/always-read-the-magazine-youre-submitting-to-dont-resubmit-the-same-day-and-other-advice-from-literary-magazine-editors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Witch,’ by Marie NDiaye]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part horror, part fable, the latest novel by Marie NDiaye to be translated into English is an exacting portrait of domestic entrapment and psychological turmoil.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-witch-by-marie-ndiaye/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-witch-by-marie-ndiaye/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Are So Many People Obsessed With Lindy West’s Polyamory?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is she a feminist? Is she happy? Everyone has an opinion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-are-so-many-people-obsessed-with-lindy-wests-polyamory/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-are-so-many-people-obsessed-with-lindy-wests-polyamory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Know Where These Famous Authors Are Buried?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz on the last stop for five popular writers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-where-these-famous-authors-are-buried/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-where-these-famous-authors-are-buried/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Confessions of Samuel Pepys,’ by Guy de la Bédoyère]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samuel Pepys&rsquo;s journals are an invaluable record of British history. A new book reconsiders his infamous sexual exploits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-confessions-of-samuel-pepys-by-guy-de-la-bdoyre/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-confessions-of-samuel-pepys-by-guy-de-la-bdoyre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[29 New Books to Read in April: Emma Straub, Patrick Radden Keefe, TJ Klune and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[Novels by Emma Straub, Ben Lerner and TJ Klune; nonfiction by Patrick Radden Keefe and Lena Dunham; a road trip history of the United States; and more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/29-new-books-to-read-in-april-emma-straub-patrick-radden-keefe-tj-klune-and-more/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/29-new-books-to-read-in-april-emma-straub-patrick-radden-keefe-tj-klune-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors Believed Woody Brown Would Never Understand Language. He’s Publishing a Novel.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doctors believed that Woody Brown would never be able to speak or process language. He went to graduate school and is publishing his debut novel.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/doctors-believed-woody-brown-would-never-understand-language-hes-publishing-a-novel/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/doctors-believed-woody-brown-would-never-understand-language-hes-publishing-a-novel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is It 1914 in America?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The planners of the Iran war had plenty of on-the-ground intelligence but operated with little insight into the minds of their enemies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-it-1914-in-america/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-it-1914-in-america/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Iran War Is a Failure of Imagination]]></title><description><![CDATA[The planners of the Iran war had plenty of on-the-ground intelligence but operated with little insight into the minds of their enemies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-iran-war-is-a-failure-of-imagination/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-iran-war-is-a-failure-of-imagination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Transcription,’ by Ben Lerner]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Transcription,&rdquo; Ben Lerner considers a famous father, a loyal prot&eacute;g&eacute; and a distant son, bound by devotion and separated by miscommunication.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-transcription-by-ben-lerner/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-transcription-by-ben-lerner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Saw Something New in San Francisco]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marshall McLuhan was right about Claude, too.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-saw-something-new-in-san-francisco/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-saw-something-new-in-san-francisco/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marshall McLuhan Was Right About Claude, Too]]></title><description><![CDATA[A.I. will reshape us. It is already reshaping us.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marshall-mcluhan-was-right-about-claude-too/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marshall-mcluhan-was-right-about-claude-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The philosopher and the tsar. Leibniz courted Peter the Great for decades, seeking influence and ducats. The effort resulted in frustration]]></title><description><![CDATA[The philosopher and the tsar. Leibniz courted Peter the Great for decades, seeking influence and ducats. The effort resulted in frustration]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-philosopher-and-the-tsar-leibniz-courted-peter-the-great-for-decades-seeking-influence-and-ducats-the-effort-resulted-in-frustration/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:20:38 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-philosopher-and-the-tsar-leibniz-courted-peter-the-great-for-decades-seeking-influence-and-ducats-the-effort-resulted-in-frustration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrilling Crime Books for Fans of Tana French]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;ve blazed through all of the beloved crime novelist&rsquo;s works, here are more thrillers that may be up your dark alley.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thrilling-crime-books-for-fans-of-tana-french/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thrilling-crime-books-for-fans-of-tana-french/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have We Been Mispronouncing Thoreau’s Name for Centuries?]]></title><description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Meryl Streep and other voice actors had to be persuaded, but a new PBS documentary (mostly) leads by example in stressing the first syllable.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/have-we-been-mispronouncing-thoreaus-name-for-centuries/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/have-we-been-mispronouncing-thoreaus-name-for-centuries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Keeper,’ by Tana French]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Keeper,&rdquo; the final book in her Cal Hooper trilogy, returns readers to an insular village in rural western Ireland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-keeper-by-tana-french/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-keeper-by-tana-french/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexander Kluge, 94, Revolutionary Filmmaker in Postwar Germany, Dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a director, theorist and prolific author, he was one of his country&rsquo;s towering artists and intellectuals.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alexander-kluge-94-revolutionary-filmmaker-in-postwar-germany-dies/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alexander-kluge-94-revolutionary-filmmaker-in-postwar-germany-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexander Kluge, Revolutionary Filmmaker in Postwar Germany, Dies at 94]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a director, theorist and prolific author, he was one of his country&rsquo;s towering artists and intellectuals.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alexander-kluge-revolutionary-filmmaker-in-postwar-germany-dies-at-94/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alexander-kluge-revolutionary-filmmaker-in-postwar-germany-dies-at-94/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Updike and the Jews: the men grotesque, hairy, hunched; the women dumpy and frizzy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Updike and the Jews: the men grotesque, hairy, hunched; the women dumpy and frizzy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/updike-and-the-jews-the-men-grotesque-hairy-hunched-the-women-dumpy-and-frizzy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:12:33 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/updike-and-the-jews-the-men-grotesque-hairy-hunched-the-women-dumpy-and-frizzy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The philosopher and the tsar. Leibniz courted Peter the Great for decades, seeking influence and ducats. It mostly resulted in frustration]]></title><description><![CDATA[The philosopher and the tsar. Leibniz courted Peter the Great for decades, seeking influence and ducats. It mostly resulted in frustration]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-philosopher-and-the-tsar-leibniz-courted-peter-the-great-for-decades-seeking-influence-and-ducats-it-mostly-resulted-in-frustration/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:12:33 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-philosopher-and-the-tsar-leibniz-courted-peter-the-great-for-decades-seeking-influence-and-ducats-it-mostly-resulted-in-frustration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to define a color. A seemingly simple task came to require scientific and industrial — as well as aesthetic — expertise]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to define a color. A seemingly simple task came to require scientific and industrial &mdash; as well as aesthetic &mdash; expertise]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-to-define-a-color-a-seemingly-simple-task-came-to-require-scientific-and-industrial-as-well-as-aesthetic-expertise/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:12:33 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-to-define-a-color-a-seemingly-simple-task-came-to-require-scientific-and-industrial-as-well-as-aesthetic-expertise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idolatrous, consumerist faith in AI has distorted our thinking about human life and human meaning]]></title><description><![CDATA[An idolatrous, consumerist faith in AI&nbsp;has distorted our thinking about human life and human meaning]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-idolatrous-consumerist-faith-in-aihas-distorted-our-thinking-about-human-life-and-human-meaning/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:12:33 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-idolatrous-consumerist-faith-in-aihas-distorted-our-thinking-about-human-life-and-human-meaning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overlooked No More: Gertrude Chandler Warner, Author of ‘The Boxcar Children’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her best-selling series, about four children who live in a train car and solve mysteries, inspired sequels, spinoffs and animated films.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/overlooked-no-more-gertrude-chandler-warner-author-of-the-boxcar-children/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/overlooked-no-more-gertrude-chandler-warner-author-of-the-boxcar-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Kin,’ by Tayari Jones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jones&rsquo;s new novel follows two motherless girls and their lifelong search for family.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-lets-talk-about-kin-by-tayari-jones/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-lets-talk-about-kin-by-tayari-jones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexander Kluge, a Lodestar in New German Cinema Movement, Dies at 94]]></title><description><![CDATA[A film director, movie theorist and author, he was widely regarded as one of his country&rsquo;s towering artists and intellectuals.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alexander-kluge-a-lodestar-in-new-german-cinema-movement-dies-at-94/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alexander-kluge-a-lodestar-in-new-german-cinema-movement-dies-at-94/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coleman Barks, Who Popularized the Islamic Poet Rumi in the West, Dies at 88]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although he did not speak a word of Persian, his translations of the 13th-century mystic&rsquo;s work made Rumi a New Age icon for millions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/coleman-barks-who-popularized-the-islamic-poet-rumi-in-the-west-dies-at-88/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/coleman-barks-who-popularized-the-islamic-poet-rumi-in-the-west-dies-at-88/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dazzling, Immersive New Historical Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on the month&rsquo;s best books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dazzling-immersive-new-historical-fiction/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dazzling-immersive-new-historical-fiction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want More ‘Love Story’? Read These Books Inspired by the Kennedys and ’90s New York.]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the TV show has you craving 1990s glam, upper-crust romance and doomed dynasties, these books have got you covered.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-more-love-story-read-these-books-inspired-by-the-kennedys-and-90s-new-york/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-more-love-story-read-these-books-inspired-by-the-kennedys-and-90s-new-york/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t Let the Name Harry Hole Fool You. The Important One Is Jo Nesbo.]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a disappointing movie adaptation, the Norwegian author took the reins as showrunner in a new Netflix series based on his Detective Hole books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dont-let-the-name-harry-hole-fool-you-the-important-one-is-jo-nesbo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dont-let-the-name-harry-hole-fool-you-the-important-one-is-jo-nesbo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Club: Read ‘The Renovation,’ by Kenan Orhan, With the Book Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[In April, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Kenan Orhan&rsquo;s novel about a woman whose bathroom is transformed into a Turkish prison cell.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-the-renovation-by-kenan-orhan-with-the-book-review/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-the-renovation-by-kenan-orhan-with-the-book-review/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Month”s Best New Historical Fiction Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on the month&rsquo;s best books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-months-best-new-historical-fiction-books/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-months-best-new-historical-fiction-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm,’ by Philip Stead]]></title><description><![CDATA[Philip Stead&rsquo;s &ldquo;A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic&rdquo; gleefully ignores all the storytelling rules.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-potion-a-powder-a-little-bit-of-magic-or-like-lightning-in-an-umbrella-storm-by-philip-stead/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-potion-a-powder-a-little-bit-of-magic-or-like-lightning-in-an-umbrella-storm-by-philip-stead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Macfarlane is one of the great nature writers of his generation, making him an unusual critic of the genre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Macfarlane is one of the great nature writers of his generation, making him an unusual critic of the genre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-macfarlane-is-one-of-the-great-nature-writers-of-his-generation-making-him-an-unusual-critic-of-the-genre/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:13:36 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-macfarlane-is-one-of-the-great-nature-writers-of-his-generation-making-him-an-unusual-critic-of-the-genre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oliver Sacks and the art of annotation. His marginalia spanned 10,000 books, the chronicle of a life well read]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oliver Sacks and the art of annotation. His marginalia spanned 10,000 books, the chronicle of a life well read]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oliver-sacks-and-the-art-of-annotation-his-marginalia-spanned-10000-books-the-chronicle-of-a-life-well-read/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:13:36 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oliver-sacks-and-the-art-of-annotation-his-marginalia-spanned-10000-books-the-chronicle-of-a-life-well-read/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idolatrous, consumerist faith in AI that has distorted our thinking about human life and human meaning]]></title><description><![CDATA[An idolatrous, consumerist faith in AI that has distorted our thinking about human life and human meaning]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-idolatrous-consumerist-faith-in-ai-that-has-distorted-our-thinking-about-human-life-and-human-meaning/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:13:36 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-idolatrous-consumerist-faith-in-ai-that-has-distorted-our-thinking-about-human-life-and-human-meaning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Han Kang Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year&rsquo;s winners include the latest novel by the South Korean Nobel laureate in literature and a memoir by one of India&rsquo;s best known novelists.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/han-kang-among-national-book-critics-circle-award-winners/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/han-kang-among-national-book-critics-circle-award-winners/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Public Charge’ Review: The World Is Messy. Being a Force for Good Is, Too.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new play at the Public Theater written by Michael J. Chepiga and the former ambassador Julissa Reynoso is a diplomatic memoir of sorts, and a meditation on loving one&rsquo;s country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/public-charge-review-the-world-is-messy-being-a-force-for-good-is-too/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/public-charge-review-the-world-is-messy-being-a-force-for-good-is-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the ’60s, Richard Hofstadter identified a “paranoid style.” Today’s version of that impulse, a “woke style,” is similarly inescapable — even on the Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the &rsquo;60s, Richard Hofstadter identified a &ldquo;paranoid style.&rdquo; Today&rsquo;s version of that impulse, a &ldquo;woke style,&rdquo; is similarly inescapable &mdash; even on the Right]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-60s-richard-hofstadter-identified-a-paranoid-style-todays-version-of-that-impulse-a-woke-style-is-similarly-inescapable-even-on-the-right-2/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:23:35 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-60s-richard-hofstadter-identified-a-paranoid-style-todays-version-of-that-impulse-a-woke-style-is-similarly-inescapable-even-on-the-right-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare Books Stolen From a Jesuit Archive in Rome Are Returned to Italy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The books, about astronomy and other topics, were written in Chinese by Jesuit missionaries who shared information on science as part of their effort to spread Christianity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rare-books-stolen-from-a-jesuit-archive-in-rome-are-returned-to-italy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rare-books-stolen-from-a-jesuit-archive-in-rome-are-returned-to-italy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution,’ by Mark Peterson]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, the historian Mark Peterson argues that our founding document is rooted in ideals of expansion and conquest ill suited to the nation we&rsquo;ve become.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-making-and-breaking-of-the-american-constitution-by-mark-peterson/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-making-and-breaking-of-the-american-constitution-by-mark-peterson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 Thriller Books About Housewives Getting Revenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author Elizabeth Arnott recommends thrilling tales of domestic vengeance and feminine power.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/8-thriller-books-about-housewives-getting-revenge/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/8-thriller-books-about-housewives-getting-revenge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Trivers reveled in explaining the contradictions of the human condition, and he himself was a mess of them. Steven Pinker explains]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Trivers reveled in explaining the contradictions of the human condition, and he himself was a mess of them. Steven Pinker explains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-trivers-reveled-in-explaining-the-contradictions-of-the-human-condition-and-he-himself-was-a-mess-of-them-steven-pinker-explains/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:56:47 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-trivers-reveled-in-explaining-the-contradictions-of-the-human-condition-and-he-himself-was-a-mess-of-them-steven-pinker-explains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the ’60s Richard Hofstadter identified a “paranoid style.” Today’s version of that impulse, a “woke style,” is similarly inescapable — even on the Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the &rsquo;60s Richard Hofstadter identified a &ldquo;paranoid style.&rdquo; Today&rsquo;s version of that impulse, a &ldquo;woke style,&rdquo; is similarly inescapable &mdash; even on the Right]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-60s-richard-hofstadter-identified-a-paranoid-style-todays-version-of-that-impulse-a-woke-style-is-similarly-inescapable-even-on-the-right/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:56:47 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-60s-richard-hofstadter-identified-a-paranoid-style-todays-version-of-that-impulse-a-woke-style-is-similarly-inescapable-even-on-the-right/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Francis Bacon put it in 1597: “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested”]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Francis Bacon put it in 1597: &ldquo;Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/as-francis-bacon-put-it-in-1597-some-books-are-to-be-tasted-others-to-be-swallowed-and-some-few-to-be-chewed-and-digested/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:56:47 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/as-francis-bacon-put-it-in-1597-some-books-are-to-be-tasted-others-to-be-swallowed-and-some-few-to-be-chewed-and-digested/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiny Love Stories: ‘Six Years Younger and 30 Pounds Lighter’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tiny-love-stories-six-years-younger-and-30-pounds-lighter/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tiny-love-stories-six-years-younger-and-30-pounds-lighter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stephen Colbert Is Writing a New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an announcement video with the director Peter Jackson, the late-night host said he was developing a new film based on early chapters of the trilogy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/stephen-colbert-is-writing-a-new-lord-of-the-rings-movie/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/stephen-colbert-is-writing-a-new-lord-of-the-rings-movie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Free Home for San Francisco Artists, From Dave Eggers and Friends]]></title><description><![CDATA[The writer, and the artist JD Beltran, have come up with Art + Water, to host exhibitions, give 30 artists studio space, and offer community events.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-free-home-for-san-francisco-artists-from-dave-eggers-and-friends/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-free-home-for-san-francisco-artists-from-dave-eggers-and-friends/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist, he wrote deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tracy-kidder-author-of-the-soul-of-a-new-machine-dies-at-80/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tracy-kidder-author-of-the-soul-of-a-new-machine-dies-at-80/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the ‘Shy Girl’ Mess Says About the Future of Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[As more A.I. generated writing is unleashed on the world, more readers will question who &mdash;&nbsp;or what &mdash;&nbsp;has penned their favorite works.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-the-shy-girl-mess-says-about-the-future-of-fiction/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-the-shy-girl-mess-says-about-the-future-of-fiction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Universal Baseball Association,’ by Robert Coover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just in time for Opening Day, Robert Coover&rsquo;s prescient 1968 baseball novel is back in print.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-universal-baseball-association-by-robert-coover/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-universal-baseball-association-by-robert-coover/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Insatiable Machine,’ by Trevor Jackson]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new history by Trevor Jackson argues that the economic system that transformed global living standards depends on endless growth impossible to sustain.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-insatiable-machine-by-trevor-jackson/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-insatiable-machine-by-trevor-jackson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘How Flowers Made Our World,’ by David George Haskell]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;How Flowers Made Our World,&rdquo; David George Haskell makes a case for their soft power.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-flowers-made-our-world-by-david-george-haskell/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-flowers-made-our-world-by-david-george-haskell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long fact, literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction: The genre is hard to define, essential, and imperiled. Paul Elie explains]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long fact, literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction: The genre is hard to define, essential, and imperiled. Paul Elie explains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/long-fact-literary-nonfiction-narrative-nonfiction-the-genre-is-hard-to-define-essential-and-imperiled-paul-elie-explains/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:35:42 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/long-fact-literary-nonfiction-narrative-nonfiction-the-genre-is-hard-to-define-essential-and-imperiled-paul-elie-explains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In response to AI, artists and critics are increasingly retreating to a Romantic conception of art, but there are problems with that defense]]></title><description><![CDATA[In response to AI, artists and critics are increasingly retreating to a Romantic conception of art, but there are problems with that defense]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-response-to-ai-artists-and-critics-are-increasingly-retreating-to-a-romantic-conception-of-art-but-there-are-problems-with-that-defense/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:35:42 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-response-to-ai-artists-and-critics-are-increasingly-retreating-to-a-romantic-conception-of-art-but-there-are-problems-with-that-defense/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constantine Cavafy preferred mystery, candlelight, and shadow. His biographers are still squinting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Constantine Cavafy preferred mystery, candlelight, and shadow. His biographers are still squinting]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/constantine-cavafy-preferred-mystery-candlelight-and-shadow-his-biographers-are-still-squinting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:35:42 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/constantine-cavafy-preferred-mystery-candlelight-and-shadow-his-biographers-are-still-squinting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Open Space,’ by David Ariosto]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Open Space,&rdquo; by David Ariosto, suggests there are few limits on human ingenuity that could prevent us from colonizing the cosmos.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-open-space-by-david-ariosto/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-open-space-by-david-ariosto/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘American Men,’ by Jordan Ritter Conn; ‘Who Needs Friends,’ by Andrew McCarthy]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;American Men,&rdquo; by Jordan Ritter Conn, and &ldquo;Who Needs Friends,&rdquo; by Andrew McCarthy, report from the front lines of the epidemic of male loneliness.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-men-by-jordan-ritter-conn-who-needs-friends-by-andrew-mccarthy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-men-by-jordan-ritter-conn-who-needs-friends-by-andrew-mccarthy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘A Treacherous Secret Agent,’ by Marjorie Garber]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, the Harvard scholar Marjorie Garber suggests how Americans targeted during the Red Scare used literature to confound their interrogators.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-treacherous-secret-agent-by-marjorie-garber/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-treacherous-secret-agent-by-marjorie-garber/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[T.S. Eliot on the pressure to be an intelligent correspondent: “If I ever had any small gift for letter writing, it has been ruined years ago”]]></title><description><![CDATA[T.S. Eliot on the pressure to be an intelligent correspondent: &ldquo;If I ever had any small gift for letter writing, it has been ruined years ago&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ts-eliot-on-the-pressure-to-be-an-intelligent-correspondent-if-i-ever-had-any-small-gift-for-letter-writing-it-has-been-ruined-years-ago/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:01:22 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ts-eliot-on-the-pressure-to-be-an-intelligent-correspondent-if-i-ever-had-any-small-gift-for-letter-writing-it-has-been-ruined-years-ago/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Thomas De Quincey was famous first for his opium eating, second for his prose style, and in both he pressed to the extremes”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Thomas De Quincey was famous first for his opium eating, second for his prose style, and in both he pressed to the extremes&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thomas-de-quincey-was-famous-first-for-his-opium-eating-second-for-his-prose-style-and-in-both-he-pressed-to-the-extremes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:01:22 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thomas-de-quincey-was-famous-first-for-his-opium-eating-second-for-his-prose-style-and-in-both-he-pressed-to-the-extremes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marc Andreessen says introspection is a Viennese import from the 1920s. Montaigne, Bacon, and Descartes beg to differ ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marc Andreessen says introspection is a Viennese import from the 1920s. Montaigne, Bacon, and Descartes beg to differ&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marc-andreessen-says-introspection-is-a-viennese-import-from-the-1920s-montaigne-bacon-and-descartes-beg-to-differ/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:01:22 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marc-andreessen-says-introspection-is-a-viennese-import-from-the-1920s-montaigne-bacon-and-descartes-beg-to-differ/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brian Doherty, 57, Dies; Chronicled Libertarians and Other Outsiders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fascinated by the fringes, he wrote a definitive history of libertarianism and books about underground comics and the Burning Man festival.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/brian-doherty-57-dies-chronicled-libertarians-and-other-outsiders/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/brian-doherty-57-dies-chronicled-libertarians-and-other-outsiders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Almost Life,’ by Kiran Millwood Hargrave]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Kiran Millwood Hargrave&rsquo;s novel &ldquo;Almost Life,&rdquo; a passionate love affair between two college women gives way to a lifetime of what-ifs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-almost-life-by-kiran-millwood-hargrave/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-almost-life-by-kiran-millwood-hargrave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s It Like to Be Back in Print After 20 Years? A Bit Odd.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nancy Lemann published her first novel at 28. Then came &ldquo;the doom.&rdquo; Now she&rsquo;s back in the spotlight, and not exactly comfortable with it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/whats-it-like-to-be-back-in-print-after-20-years-a-bit-odd/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/whats-it-like-to-be-back-in-print-after-20-years-a-bit-odd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nancy Lemann Is Back in Print After Two Decades. It’s a Bit Odd.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nancy Lemann published her first novel at 28. Then came &ldquo;the doom.&rdquo; Now she&rsquo;s back in the spotlight, and not exactly comfortable with it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nancy-lemann-is-back-in-print-after-two-decades-its-a-bit-odd/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nancy-lemann-is-back-in-print-after-two-decades-its-a-bit-odd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Know the Comics That Inspired These TV Adventures?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz on comic-book characters who made the leap to television.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-the-comics-that-inspired-these-tv-adventures/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-the-comics-that-inspired-these-tv-adventures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The em dash—sleek, suave, far superior to the measly comma—must not be ceded to the large-language models]]></title><description><![CDATA[The em dash&mdash;sleek, suave, far superior to the measly comma&mdash;must not be ceded to the large-language models]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-em-dashsleek-suave-far-superior-to-the-measly-commamust-not-be-ceded-to-the-large-language-models/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:05:44 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-em-dashsleek-suave-far-superior-to-the-measly-commamust-not-be-ceded-to-the-large-language-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those books lying all over your house unfinished? They’re not signs not of readerly fickleness, but of a robust indifference to societal norms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those books lying all over your house unfinished? They&rsquo;re not signs not of readerly fickleness, but of a robust indifference to societal norms]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/those-books-lying-all-over-your-house-unfinished-theyre-not-signs-not-of-readerly-fickleness-but-of-a-robust-indifference-to-societal-norms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:39:40 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/those-books-lying-all-over-your-house-unfinished-theyre-not-signs-not-of-readerly-fickleness-but-of-a-robust-indifference-to-societal-norms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emdash is sleek, suave, and vastly superior to the measly comma. They must not be ceded to the large language models]]></title><description><![CDATA[The emdash is sleek, suave, and vastly superior to the measly comma. They must not be ceded to the large language models]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-emdash-is-sleek-suave-and-vastly-superior-to-the-measly-comma-they-must-not-be-ceded-to-the-large-language-models/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:39:40 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-emdash-is-sleek-suave-and-vastly-superior-to-the-measly-comma-they-must-not-be-ceded-to-the-large-language-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the guy who got evolution wrong, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, managed to be right about so much else]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the guy who got evolution wrong, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, managed to be right about so much else]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-guy-who-got-evolution-wrong-jean-baptiste-lamarck-managed-to-be-right-about-so-much-else/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:39:40 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-guy-who-got-evolution-wrong-jean-baptiste-lamarck-managed-to-be-right-about-so-much-else/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Darkology,’ by Rhae Lynn Barnes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by Rhae Lynn Barnes examines how minstrelsy once occupied the center of the nation&rsquo;s cultural life.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-darkology-by-rhae-lynn-barnes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-darkology-by-rhae-lynn-barnes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sparkling, Stunning New Romance Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our columnist on three sparkling new romances.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sparkling-stunning-new-romance-books/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sparkling-stunning-new-romance-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America,’ by Michael Kimmel]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Playmakers,&rdquo; Michael Kimmel traces, and celebrates, the immigrant roots of the American toy industry. (Batteries not included.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-playmakers-the-jewish-entrepreneurs-who-created-the-toy-industry-in-america-by-michael-kimmel/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-playmakers-the-jewish-entrepreneurs-who-created-the-toy-industry-in-america-by-michael-kimmel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿El mejor consejo para escribir? Consíguete un perro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Autores superventas y galardonados nos explicaron por qu&eacute; tener un perro es importante para su escritura.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/el-mejor-consejo-para-escribir-consguete-un-perro/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/el-mejor-consejo-para-escribir-consguete-un-perro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ordena tus pertenencias antes de morir. Tus seres queridos te lo agradecerán]]></title><description><![CDATA[En su exitoso libro &lsquo;El arte sueco de ordenar antes de morir&rsquo;, Margareta Magnusson animaba a los lectores a realizar una limpieza profunda ante una posible partida. La autora ha muerto a los 91 a&ntilde;os.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ordena-tus-pertenencias-antes-de-morir-tus-seres-queridos-te-lo-agradecern/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ordena-tus-pertenencias-antes-de-morir-tus-seres-queridos-te-lo-agradecern/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Are We Obsessed With Antigone?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Antigone, an ancient Greek play, is being adapted in several theaters across New York City. Our critic Helen Shaw explains why Sophocles&rsquo;s anti-heroine is such a relevant figure today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-are-we-obsessed-with-antigone/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-are-we-obsessed-with-antigone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Is Antigone? The 2500-Year-Old Rebel With a Cause.]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Antigone&rdquo; gave us the original &ldquo;bad girl,&rdquo; but its themes go beyond that. How do adaptations keep making Sophocles&rsquo; ideas about democracy and theater new?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/who-is-antigone-the-2500-year-old-rebel-with-a-cause/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/who-is-antigone-the-2500-year-old-rebel-with-a-cause/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon MGM Gets a Much-Needed Hit With ‘Project Hail Mary’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The movie, which stars Ryan Gosling, is on pace to be the company&rsquo;s highest-grossing domestic film.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amazon-mgm-gets-a-much-needed-hit-with-project-hail-mary/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amazon-mgm-gets-a-much-needed-hit-with-project-hail-mary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Everybody’s Fly,’ by Fab 5 Freddy]]></title><description><![CDATA[As his new memoir demonstrates, he himself would achieve fame as a visual artist, filmmaker, TV host and formative tastemaker.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-everybodys-fly-by-fab-5-freddy/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-everybodys-fly-by-fab-5-freddy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Feather Wars,’ by James H. McCommons]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;The Feather Wars,&rdquo; James H. McCommons pays tribute to the nation&rsquo;s first conservationists.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-feather-wars-by-james-h-mccommons/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-feather-wars-by-james-h-mccommons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Month’s Best New Mystery Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our critic on three terrific new mysteries and a gem-filled story collection.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-months-best-new-mystery-books/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-months-best-new-mystery-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don DeLillo’s Hockey Novel, ‘Amazons,’ Will Return to Stores]]></title><description><![CDATA[You&rsquo;re welcome.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/don-delillos-hockey-novel-amazons-will-return-to-stores/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/don-delillos-hockey-novel-amazons-will-return-to-stores/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chuck Norris Punched This Article Into the Sun: How an Action Hero Became a Meme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norris, best known as the butt-kicking star of action films, became an unwitting if good-natured pioneer of the internet meme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/chuck-norris-punched-this-article-into-the-sun-how-an-action-hero-became-a-meme/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/chuck-norris-punched-this-article-into-the-sun-how-an-action-hero-became-a-meme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chuck Norris Punched This Article Into the Sun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norris, best known as the butt-kicking star of action films, became an unwitting if good-natured pioneer of the internet meme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/chuck-norris-punched-this-article-into-the-sun/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/chuck-norris-punched-this-article-into-the-sun/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calvin Tomkins, Who Profiled Giants of Modern Art, Dies at 100]]></title><description><![CDATA[Working for The New Yorker, he wrote about Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg and many others. His books include &ldquo;Living Well is the Best Revenge.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/calvin-tomkins-who-profiled-giants-of-modern-art-dies-at-100/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/calvin-tomkins-who-profiled-giants-of-modern-art-dies-at-100/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley’s Big Bets on War Pay Off, and the Trump Family Business Looks to Transylvania]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plus, a buzzy new book was just canceled over A.I. allegations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/silicon-valleys-big-bets-on-war-pay-off-and-the-trump-family-business-looks-to-transylvania/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/silicon-valleys-big-bets-on-war-pay-off-and-the-trump-family-business-looks-to-transylvania/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Learned From a Firing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, best known for animations like the &ldquo;Spider-Verse&rdquo; films, took lessons from &ldquo;Solo: A Star Wars Story,&rdquo; a project from which they were dismissed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-the-project-hail-mary-directors-learned-from-a-firing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-the-project-hail-mary-directors-learned-from-a-firing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids’ Novels for Fans of The Baby-Sitters Club]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten recommendations for fans of Ann M. Martin&rsquo;s iconic paperback series.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kids-novels-for-fans-of-the-baby-sitters-club/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kids-novels-for-fans-of-the-baby-sitters-club/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Kids’ Books for Fans of The Baby-Sitters Club]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten recommendations for fans of Ann M. Martin&rsquo;s iconic paperback series.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/10-kids-books-for-fans-of-the-baby-sitters-club/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/10-kids-books-for-fans-of-the-baby-sitters-club/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unmasking Banksy. The investigation hinged on graffiti in Ukraine and a breakthrough discovery around a New York arrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unmasking Banksy. The investigation hinged on graffiti in Ukraine and a breakthrough discovery around a New York arrest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/unmasking-banksy-the-investigation-hinged-on-graffiti-in-ukraine-and-a-breakthrough-discovery-around-a-new-york-arrest/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:22:31 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/unmasking-banksy-the-investigation-hinged-on-graffiti-in-ukraine-and-a-breakthrough-discovery-around-a-new-york-arrest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["There should be a simple rule for being a thinker," says Cal Newport. "Don&rsquo;t let AI write anything for you. Writing is to cognitive health what steps are to physical health"]]></title><description><![CDATA["There should be a simple rule for being a thinker," says Cal Newport. "Don&rsquo;t let AI write anything for you. Writing is to cognitive health what steps are to physical health"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-should-be-a-simple-rule-for-being-a-thinker-says-cal-newport-donrsquot-let-ai-write-anything-for-you-writing-is-to-cognitive-health-what-steps-are-to-physical-health/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:22:31 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-should-be-a-simple-rule-for-being-a-thinker-says-cal-newport-donrsquot-let-ai-write-anything-for-you-writing-is-to-cognitive-health-what-steps-are-to-physical-health/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ibram X. Kendi treats racist ideas as an all-powerful means of control, and the realities underlying right-wing grievance as exaggerated — if not illusory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ibram X. Kendi treats racist ideas as an all-powerful means of control, and the realities underlying right-wing grievance as exaggerated &mdash; if not illusory]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ibram-x-kendi-treats-racist-ideas-as-an-all-powerful-means-of-control-and-the-realities-underlying-right-wing-grievance-as-exaggerated-if-not-illusory/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:22:31 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ibram-x-kendi-treats-racist-ideas-as-an-all-powerful-means-of-control-and-the-realities-underlying-right-wing-grievance-as-exaggerated-if-not-illusory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horror Novel ‘Shy Girl’ Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use]]></title><description><![CDATA[Its publisher, Hachette, will not release the novel in the United States and will discontinue its U.K. edition, citing its commitment to &ldquo;original creative expression and storytelling.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/horror-novel-shy-girl-canceled-over-suspected-ai-use/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/horror-novel-shy-girl-canceled-over-suspected-ai-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Chainz, One of Hip-hop’s Cheekiest Lyricists, Gets Serious]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rapper known for his quirky turns of phrase and malapropisms is trying his hand at a memoir.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/2-chainz-one-of-hip-hops-cheekiest-lyricists-gets-serious/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/2-chainz-one-of-hip-hops-cheekiest-lyricists-gets-serious/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Spring Book Recommendations]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few editors from the New York Times&rsquo;s Book Review give their recommendations for what new releases you should be reading this spring.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-spring-book-recommendations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-spring-book-recommendations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[T. Kingfisher on Her Favorite Books and Her Disgusting New Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I have written six books and counting just because I was very annoyed at how a character was written in a video game,&rdquo; she says. Her &ldquo;disgusting&rdquo; new novel is &ldquo;Wolf Worm.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/t-kingfisher-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-disgusting-new-novel/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/t-kingfisher-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-disgusting-new-novel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Vampire Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Kiersten White recommends novels about everyone&rsquo;s favorite undead bloodsuckers, by Anne Rice, Silvia Moreno Garcia and more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-vampire-books/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-vampire-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virginia Woolf envisioned female intellectuals with the time and space to write. Hers was an enduring vision — but also a lonely one]]></title><description><![CDATA[Virginia Woolf envisioned female intellectuals with the time and space to write. Hers was an enduring vision &mdash; but also a lonely one]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/virginia-woolf-envisioned-female-intellectuals-with-the-time-and-space-to-write-hers-was-an-enduring-vision-but-also-a-lonely-one/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:43:50 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/virginia-woolf-envisioned-female-intellectuals-with-the-time-and-space-to-write-hers-was-an-enduring-vision-but-also-a-lonely-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Trivers, who died this week, “could be hilarious, infuriating, inappropriate, jocund, tactless, volatile, sometimes aggressive”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Trivers, who died this week, &ldquo;could be hilarious, infuriating, inappropriate, jocund, tactless, volatile, sometimes aggressive&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-trivers-who-died-this-week-could-be-hilarious-infuriating-inappropriate-jocund-tactless-volatile-sometimes-aggressive/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:43:50 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-trivers-who-died-this-week-could-be-hilarious-infuriating-inappropriate-jocund-tactless-volatile-sometimes-aggressive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A question for astrobiologists: If space dolphins or celestial jellyfishes live somewhere beyond Alpha Centauri, great — but then what?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A question for astrobiologists: If space dolphins or celestial jellyfishes live somewhere beyond Alpha Centauri, great&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;but then what?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-question-for-astrobiologists-if-space-dolphins-or-celestial-jellyfishes-live-somewhere-beyond-alpha-centauri-greatbut-then-what/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:43:50 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-question-for-astrobiologists-if-space-dolphins-or-celestial-jellyfishes-live-somewhere-beyond-alpha-centauri-greatbut-then-what/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Paradiso 17,’ by Hannah Lillith Assadi]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Paradiso 17,&rdquo; by Hannah Lillith Assadi, considers the toll of displacement through the tale of a Palestinian &eacute;migr&eacute;.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-paradiso-17-by-hannah-lillith-assadi/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-paradiso-17-by-hannah-lillith-assadi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Kingsnorth argues that&nbsp;technocratic civilization is not merely misguided but malevolent. Blame "the Machine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Kingsnorth argues that&nbsp;technocratic civilization is not merely misguided but malevolent. Blame "the Machine"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-kingsnorth-argues-thatnbsptechnocratic-civilization-is-not-merely-misguided-but-malevolent-blame-the-machine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:03:40 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-kingsnorth-argues-thatnbsptechnocratic-civilization-is-not-merely-misguided-but-malevolent-blame-the-machine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Weir on the Science That Inspired His Novel ‘Project Hail Mary’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel &ldquo;Project Hail Mary,&rdquo; which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters on Friday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andy-weir-on-the-science-that-inspired-his-novel-project-hail-mary/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/andy-weir-on-the-science-that-inspired-his-novel-project-hail-mary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ‘Hail Mary’ for Earth, Built on Solid Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel &ldquo;Project Hail Mary,&rdquo; which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters on Friday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-hail-mary-for-earth-built-on-solid-science/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-hail-mary-for-earth-built-on-solid-science/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘We’ and ‘The People Can Fly,’ by Joshua Bennett]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joshua Bennett&rsquo;s two new collections, &ldquo;We&rdquo; and &ldquo;The People Can Fly,&rdquo; take different paths to the same destination.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-we-and-the-people-can-fly-by-joshua-bennett/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-we-and-the-people-can-fly-by-joshua-bennett/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘A Scandal in Königsberg,’ by Christopher Clark]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book by the historian Christopher Clark chronicles a nearly 200-year-old scandal with echoes of the present day.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-scandal-in-knigsberg-by-christopher-clark/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-scandal-in-knigsberg-by-christopher-clark/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What began as a magazine in search of answers became an activist organ certain it possessed them all. Marco Roth on how n+1 lost its way]]></title><description><![CDATA[What began as a magazine in search of answers became an activist organ certain it possessed them all. Marco Roth on how n+1 lost its way]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-began-as-a-magazine-in-search-of-answers-became-an-activist-organ-certain-it-possessed-them-all-marco-roth-on-how-n1-lost-its-way/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:38:34 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-began-as-a-magazine-in-search-of-answers-became-an-activist-organ-certain-it-possessed-them-all-marco-roth-on-how-n1-lost-its-way/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Kingsnorth argues technocratic civilization is not merely misguided but malevolent. Blame "the Machine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Kingsnorth argues technocratic civilization is not merely misguided but malevolent. Blame "the Machine"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-kingsnorth-argues-technocratic-civilization-is-not-merely-misguided-but-malevolent-blame-the-machine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:38:34 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-kingsnorth-argues-technocratic-civilization-is-not-merely-misguided-but-malevolent-blame-the-machine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Joyce on typos: “These are not misprints but beauties of my style hitherto undreamt of”]]></title><description><![CDATA[James Joyce on typos: &ldquo;These are not misprints but beauties of my style hitherto undreamt of&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-joyce-on-typos-these-are-not-misprints-but-beauties-of-my-style-hitherto-undreamt-of/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:38:34 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-joyce-on-typos-these-are-not-misprints-but-beauties-of-my-style-hitherto-undreamt-of/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muere Alfredo Bryce Echenique, novelista peruano, a los 87 años]]></title><description><![CDATA[En sus galardonados libros, aport&oacute; una visi&oacute;n desde dentro a las historias sobre la indiferencia de la &eacute;lite de su pa&iacute;s y el sufrimiento silencioso de las clases m&aacute;s desfavorecidas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/muere-alfredo-bryce-echenique-novelista-peruano-a-los-87-aos/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/muere-alfredo-bryce-echenique-novelista-peruano-a-los-87-aos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alfredo Bryce Echenique, 87, Dies; Novelist Bared Peru’s Privileged Class]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The other Peruvian&rdquo; (alongside Mario Vargas Llosa), he exposed the heedlessness of the upper crust, which he knew well, and the quiet suffering of the classes underneath.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alfredo-bryce-echenique-87-dies-novelist-bared-perus-privileged-class/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alfredo-bryce-echenique-87-dies-novelist-bared-perus-privileged-class/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albert Zuckerman, Literary Agent and ‘Hero of the Blockbuster,’ Dies at 94]]></title><description><![CDATA[During his 50-year career, he represented dozens of best-selling authors, including Ken Follett, Stephen Hawking and Michael Lewis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/albert-zuckerman-literary-agent-and-hero-of-the-blockbuster-dies-at-94/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/albert-zuckerman-literary-agent-and-hero-of-the-blockbuster-dies-at-94/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albert Zuckerman, Literary Agent Called the ‘Hero of the Blockbuster,’ Dies at 94]]></title><description><![CDATA[During his 50-year career, he represented dozens of best-selling authors, including Ken Follett, Stephen Hawking and Michael Lewis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/albert-zuckerman-literary-agent-called-the-hero-of-the-blockbuster-dies-at-94/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/albert-zuckerman-literary-agent-called-the-hero-of-the-blockbuster-dies-at-94/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Len Deighton, Author of Espionage Best-Sellers, Dies at 97]]></title><description><![CDATA[His Cold War thrillers &ldquo;The Ipcress File&rdquo; and &ldquo;Funeral in Berlin&rdquo; brought a documentary-style realism to the spy genre.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/len-deighton-author-of-espionage-best-sellers-dies-at-97/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/len-deighton-author-of-espionage-best-sellers-dies-at-97/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Salt Lakes,’ by Caroline Tracey]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, Caroline Tracey explores the mysteries and beauty of salt lakes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-salt-lakes-by-caroline-tracey/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-salt-lakes-by-caroline-tracey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Chain of Ideas,’ by Ibram X. Kendi]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Chain of Ideas,&rdquo; Ibram X. Kendi argues that a modern form of xenophobia has come to dominate conservative movements across the world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-chain-of-ideas-by-ibram-x-kendi/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-chain-of-ideas-by-ibram-x-kendi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sylvia Plath meditated in hers. Frida Kahlo painted her whole life floating in one. Is the bathtub a political object?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sylvia Plath meditated in hers. Frida Kahlo painted her whole life floating in one. Is the bathtub a political object?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sylvia-plath-meditated-in-hers-frida-kahlo-painted-her-whole-life-floating-in-one-is-the-bathtub-a-political-object/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:53:42 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sylvia-plath-meditated-in-hers-frida-kahlo-painted-her-whole-life-floating-in-one-is-the-bathtub-a-political-object/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Aubrey, born 400 years ago, lived a prodigiously productive literary life, starting innumerable projects and finishing just a few]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Aubrey, born 400 years ago, lived a prodigiously productive literary life, starting innumerable projects and finishing just a few]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-aubrey-born-400-years-ago-lived-a-prodigiously-productive-literary-life-starting-innumerable-projects-and-finishing-just-a-few/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:53:42 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-aubrey-born-400-years-ago-lived-a-prodigiously-productive-literary-life-starting-innumerable-projects-and-finishing-just-a-few/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Janet Flanner profiled Hitler the way she'd profiled Coco Chanel: as a human being. Hitler was pleased. American readers were not]]></title><description><![CDATA[Janet Flanner profiled Hitler the way she'd profiled Coco Chanel: as a human being. Hitler was pleased. American readers were not]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/janet-flanner-profiled-hitler-the-way-shed-profiled-coco-chanel-as-a-human-being-hitler-was-pleased-american-readers-were-not/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:53:42 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/janet-flanner-profiled-hitler-the-way-shed-profiled-coco-chanel-as-a-human-being-hitler-was-pleased-american-readers-were-not/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Mother’s Dying Wish Took Me on a Trip I’ll Never Forget]]></title><description><![CDATA[What I thought was a burden was a tether across death&rsquo;s divide.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/my-mothers-dying-wish-took-me-on-a-trip-ill-never-forget/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/my-mothers-dying-wish-took-me-on-a-trip-ill-never-forget/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test Your Memory of Great Lines From Classic Irish Poems]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try this short quiz on some of Ireland&rsquo;s most memorable verses from its celebrated poets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-memory-of-great-lines-from-classic-irish-poems/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-memory-of-great-lines-from-classic-irish-poems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Margareta Magnusson, 91, Dies; Wrote of Cleaning Up Before Dying]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her best-selling book encouraged people to tidy up homes and lives as death approached &mdash; as a gift for loved ones and to revisit memories.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/margareta-magnusson-91-dies-wrote-of-cleaning-up-before-dying/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/margareta-magnusson-91-dies-wrote-of-cleaning-up-before-dying/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can Schr&ouml;dinger's cat, Bayesian inference, and the neuroscience of time reveal about how we experience the present?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What can Schr&ouml;dinger's cat, Bayesian inference, and the neuroscience of time reveal about how we experience the present?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-can-schroumldingers-cat-bayesian-inference-and-the-neuroscience-of-time-reveal-about-how-we-experience-the-present/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:00:52 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-can-schroumldingers-cat-bayesian-inference-and-the-neuroscience-of-time-reveal-about-how-we-experience-the-present/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The erasure of Black Studies. Facing political pressure, universities are turning their backs on Black intellectual life ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The erasure of Black Studies. Facing political pressure, universities are turning their backs on Black intellectual life&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-erasure-of-black-studies-facing-political-pressure-universities-are-turning-their-backs-on-black-intellectual-life/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:00:52 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-erasure-of-black-studies-facing-political-pressure-universities-are-turning-their-backs-on-black-intellectual-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite his gloomy, austere prose, Colm Tóibín is jolly, garrulous, and likes to gossip]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite his gloomy, austere prose, Colm T&oacute;ib&iacute;n is jolly, garrulous, and likes to gossip]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-gloomy-austere-prose-colm-tibn-is-jolly-garrulous-and-likes-to-gossip/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:00:52 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-gloomy-austere-prose-colm-tibn-is-jolly-garrulous-and-likes-to-gossip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How My Mother’s Dying Wish Took My Family to Antarctica]]></title><description><![CDATA[What I thought was a burden was a tether across death&rsquo;s divide.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-my-mothers-dying-wish-took-my-family-to-antarctica/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-my-mothers-dying-wish-took-my-family-to-antarctica/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Sisters in Yellow,’ by Mieko Kawakami]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mieko Kawakami&rsquo;s novel &ldquo;Sisters in Yellow&rdquo; follows a group of dreaming and scheming young women through society&rsquo;s margins.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-sisters-in-yellow-by-mieko-kawakami/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-sisters-in-yellow-by-mieko-kawakami/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Stay Alive,’ by Ian Buruma]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;Stay Alive,&rdquo; Ian Buruma paints a picture of the city dwellers who survived in Germany under the Nazis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-stay-alive-by-ian-buruma/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-stay-alive-by-ian-buruma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paula Doress-Worters, an Author of ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves,’ Dies at 87]]></title><description><![CDATA[She wrote about postpartum depression when it was an unmentionable like abortion or birth control, and her research on her own suffering helped countless women.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paula-doress-worters-an-author-of-our-bodies-ourselves-dies-at-87/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paula-doress-worters-an-author-of-our-bodies-ourselves-dies-at-87/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Secret History of French Cooking,’ by Luke Barr]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new history by Luke Barr chronicles the innovations, excesses and chauvinism of the French chefs who spawned a revolution in cooking.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-secret-history-of-french-cooking-by-luke-barr/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-secret-history-of-french-cooking-by-luke-barr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jürgen Habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s Most Influential Thinkers]]></title><description><![CDATA[In dozens of books, he rejected postmodern cynicism about truth and reason, arguing that rational communication was the best way to redeem democratic society.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jrgen-habermas-dies-at-96-one-of-postwar-germanys-most-influential-thinkers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jrgen-habermas-dies-at-96-one-of-postwar-germanys-most-influential-thinkers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahmood Mamdani, Father of NYC Mayor, Is Writing a Book on Gaza]]></title><description><![CDATA[At once, Mahmood Mamdani&rsquo;s fame was eclipsed by his son&rsquo;s. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new interest in his father&rsquo;s work.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mahmood-mamdani-father-of-nyc-mayor-is-writing-a-book-on-gaza/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mahmood-mamdani-father-of-nyc-mayor-is-writing-a-book-on-gaza/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Natural Way of Things,’ by Charlotte Wood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Charlotte Wood&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Natural Way of Things&rdquo; conjures a not-so-implausible world in which girls and young women are thrown into prison for their sexual shames.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-natural-way-of-things-by-charlotte-wood/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-natural-way-of-things-by-charlotte-wood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Margareta Magnusson,91, Dies; Wrote of Cleaning Up Before Dying]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her best-selling book encouraged people to tidy up homes and lives as death approached &mdash; as a gift for loved ones and to revisit memories.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/margareta-magnusson91-dies-wrote-of-cleaning-up-before-dying/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/margareta-magnusson91-dies-wrote-of-cleaning-up-before-dying/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Margareta Magnusson,91, Dies; Popularized Swedish Death Cleaning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her best-selling book on the subject encouraged the world to tidy up homes and lives as death approached &mdash; as a gift for loved ones and to revisit memories.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/margareta-magnusson91-dies-popularized-swedish-death-cleaning/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/margareta-magnusson91-dies-popularized-swedish-death-cleaning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The elite cultural esteem once lauded on Bellow and Updike is gone. Prestige fiction is dead — and that isn’t entirely a bad thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The elite cultural esteem once lauded on Bellow and Updike is gone. Prestige fiction is dead &mdash; and that isn&rsquo;t entirely a bad thing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-elite-cultural-esteem-once-lauded-on-bellow-and-updike-is-gone-prestige-fiction-is-dead-and-that-isnt-entirely-a-bad-thing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:11:27 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-elite-cultural-esteem-once-lauded-on-bellow-and-updike-is-gone-prestige-fiction-is-dead-and-that-isnt-entirely-a-bad-thing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Margareta Magnusson, Who Popularized Swedish Death Cleaning, Dies at 91]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her best-selling book on the subject encouraged the world to tidy up homes and lives as death approached &mdash; as a gift for loved ones and to revisit memories.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/margareta-magnusson-who-popularized-swedish-death-cleaning-dies-at-91/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/margareta-magnusson-who-popularized-swedish-death-cleaning-dies-at-91/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louise Erdrich on Her ‘Python’s Kiss’ Story Collection and the Mystery of Writing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pulitzer Prize-winning author talks process and &ldquo;Planet of the Apes.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/louise-erdrich-on-her-pythons-kiss-story-collection-and-the-mystery-of-writing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/louise-erdrich-on-her-pythons-kiss-story-collection-and-the-mystery-of-writing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Dogs Are a Writer’s Best Friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Best-selling and award-winning authors spoke to us about how canines can spark creativity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-dogs-are-a-writers-best-friend/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-dogs-are-a-writers-best-friend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From ‘It Ends With Us’ to ‘Reminders of Him,’ How Colleen Hoover Captured Hollywood]]></title><description><![CDATA[The work of the novelist Colleen Hoover has become hot property in Hollywood. Here&rsquo;s why studios clamor to adapt her books.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/from-it-ends-with-us-to-reminders-of-him-how-colleen-hoover-captured-hollywood/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/from-it-ends-with-us-to-reminders-of-him-how-colleen-hoover-captured-hollywood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Night Night Fawn,’ by Jordy Rosenberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jordy Rosenberg&rsquo;s second novel, &ldquo;Night Night Fawn,&rdquo; approaches a closed-minded matriarch with compassion, even at her child&rsquo;s expense.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-night-night-fawn-by-jordy-rosenberg/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-night-night-fawn-by-jordy-rosenberg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Books Good Enough for You: The Storied Life of Ursula Nordstrom, Editor of Extraordinary Children’s Books,’ by Nancy Hudgins]]></title><description><![CDATA[From 1940 to 1973, Ursula Nordstrom transformed kids&rsquo; books into real art and big business. A new middle grade biography attempts to capture her magic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-books-good-enough-for-you-the-storied-life-of-ursula-nordstrom-editor-of-extraordinary-childrens-books-by-nancy-hudgins/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-books-good-enough-for-you-the-storied-life-of-ursula-nordstrom-editor-of-extraordinary-childrens-books-by-nancy-hudgins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Book Explores the Lives and Jewels of 15 Famous Women]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book delves into the mysterious collections of royals and celebrities, including Elizabeth Taylor, Marie Antoinette and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-book-explores-the-lives-and-jewels-of-15-famous-women/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-book-explores-the-lives-and-jewels-of-15-famous-women/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The levels of elite cultural esteem once lauded on Bellow and Updike are gone forever. Prestige fiction is dead — and that isn’t entirely a bad thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The levels of elite cultural esteem once lauded on Bellow and Updike are gone forever. Prestige fiction is dead &mdash; and that isn&rsquo;t entirely a bad thing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-levels-of-elite-cultural-esteem-once-lauded-on-bellow-and-updike-are-gone-forever-prestige-fiction-is-dead-and-that-isnt-entirely-a-bad-thing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:25:33 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-levels-of-elite-cultural-esteem-once-lauded-on-bellow-and-updike-are-gone-forever-prestige-fiction-is-dead-and-that-isnt-entirely-a-bad-thing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the greatest repository of moral beauty in English literature the voice of the narrator in Middlemarch?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is the greatest repository of moral beauty in English literature the voice of the narrator in Middlemarch?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-the-greatest-repository-of-moral-beauty-in-english-literature-the-voice-of-the-narrator-in-middlemarch/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:25:33 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-the-greatest-repository-of-moral-beauty-in-english-literature-the-voice-of-the-narrator-in-middlemarch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is "great replacement" the grand unifying political theory of our time? Ibram X. Kendi is back]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is "great replacement" the grand unifying political theory of our time? Ibram X. Kendi is back]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-great-replacement-the-grand-unifying-political-theory-of-our-time-ibram-x-kendi-is-back/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:25:33 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-great-replacement-the-grand-unifying-political-theory-of-our-time-ibram-x-kendi-is-back/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At 50, Orwell said that “everyone has the face he deserves.” Can the same be said about our hands?]]></title><description><![CDATA[At 50, Orwell said that &ldquo;everyone has the face he deserves.&rdquo; Can the same be said about our hands?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-50-orwell-said-that-everyone-has-the-face-he-deserves-can-the-same-be-said-about-our-hands/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:14:39 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-50-orwell-said-that-everyone-has-the-face-he-deserves-can-the-same-be-said-about-our-hands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Histories of Native American Treaties and Anti-Chinese Violence Win Bancroft Prize]]></title><description><![CDATA[The award, one of the most prestigious in the field of American history, honors &ldquo;scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/histories-of-native-american-treaties-and-anti-chinese-violence-win-bancroft-prize/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/histories-of-native-american-treaties-and-anti-chinese-violence-win-bancroft-prize/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark and Stormy Thrillers by Stephen King, Ruth Ware and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best-selling author Lisa Unger recommends her favorite dark and stormy thrillers by Stephen King, Ruth Ware and more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dark-and-stormy-thrillers-by-stephen-king-ruth-ware-and-more/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dark-and-stormy-thrillers-by-stephen-king-ruth-ware-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Romance Novelist Finds Inspiration in Tension Around ‘Star Trek’]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 1967 correspondence led Cat Sebastian to imagine a contemporary scenario in which two sci-fi actors find more than screen chemistry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-romance-novelist-finds-inspiration-in-tension-around-star-trek/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-romance-novelist-finds-inspiration-in-tension-around-star-trek/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When does an individually-felt emotion become part of a collective emotion? The question fascinated both Freud and Franz Boas]]></title><description><![CDATA[When does an individually-felt emotion become part of a collective emotion? The question fascinated both Freud and Franz Boas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-does-an-individually-felt-emotion-become-part-of-a-collective-emotion-the-question-fascinated-both-freud-and-franz-boas/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:58:26 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-does-an-individually-felt-emotion-become-part-of-a-collective-emotion-the-question-fascinated-both-freud-and-franz-boas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Depending on who you ask, there are fewer than 10 full-time book review critics working today”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Depending on who you ask, there are fewer than 10 full-time book review critics working today&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/depending-on-who-you-ask-there-are-fewer-than-10-full-time-book-review-critics-working-today/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:58:26 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/depending-on-who-you-ask-there-are-fewer-than-10-full-time-book-review-critics-working-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At 50, Orwell said, “everyone has the face he deserves.” Can the same be said about our hands?]]></title><description><![CDATA[At 50, Orwell said, &ldquo;everyone has the face he deserves.&rdquo; Can the same be said about our hands?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-50-orwell-said-everyone-has-the-face-he-deserves-can-the-same-be-said-about-our-hands/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:58:26 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-50-orwell-said-everyone-has-the-face-he-deserves-can-the-same-be-said-about-our-hands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stephen Koch, 84, Dies; Champion of a Belatedly Hailed Photographer]]></title><description><![CDATA[A writer and critic, Mr. Koch struggled for years to shepherd his friend Peter Hujar&rsquo;s underappreciated, Bohemian-world artwork to posthumous glory.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/stephen-koch-84-dies-champion-of-a-belatedly-hailed-photographer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/stephen-koch-84-dies-champion-of-a-belatedly-hailed-photographer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Schneider Dies at 85; His Novels Explored a Divided Germany]]></title><description><![CDATA[His best-known work, &ldquo;The Wall Jumper,&rdquo; proved prescient in its contention that the country would remain split even after reunification.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-schneider-dies-at-85-his-novels-explored-a-divided-germany/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-schneider-dies-at-85-his-novels-explored-a-divided-germany/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jill Biden Will Publish a Memoir in June]]></title><description><![CDATA[In &ldquo;View from the East Wing,&rdquo; the former first lady will recount her time in the White House and share her views on the 2024 presidential race.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jill-biden-will-publish-a-memoir-in-june/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jill-biden-will-publish-a-memoir-in-june/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan Simmons, Genre-Leaping Author of ‘The Terror,’ Dies at 77]]></title><description><![CDATA[He moved easily and prolifically through science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers, crime and historical fiction. His book &ldquo;The Terror&rdquo; was made into a cable TV series.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dan-simmons-genre-leaping-author-of-the-terror-dies-at-77/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dan-simmons-genre-leaping-author-of-the-terror-dies-at-77/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Golden Boy,’ by Patricia Finn]]></title><description><![CDATA[From his perch in Hawaii, the hero of Patricia Finn&rsquo;s first novel, &ldquo;The Golden Boy,&rdquo; revisits his dark past in rural Ontario.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-golden-boy-by-patricia-finn/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-golden-boy-by-patricia-finn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man,’ by Tom Junod]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an affecting new memoir, Tom Junod, a prizewinning magazine writer, grapples with unsettling discoveries about his larger-than-life dad.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-in-the-days-of-my-youth-i-was-told-what-it-means-to-be-a-man-by-tom-junod/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-in-the-days-of-my-youth-i-was-told-what-it-means-to-be-a-man-by-tom-junod/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monotheism has been called "the single most significant innovation in history." And yet no one can quite define it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monotheism has been called "the single most significant innovation in history." And yet no one can quite define it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/monotheism-has-been-called-the-single-most-significant-innovation-in-history-and-yet-no-one-can-quite-define-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:23:48 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/monotheism-has-been-called-the-single-most-significant-innovation-in-history-and-yet-no-one-can-quite-define-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elaine Scarry says pain unmakes language. Jan Steyn, begs to differ — or at least keeps translating and typing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elaine Scarry says pain unmakes language. Jan Steyn, begs to differ &mdash; or at least keeps translating and typing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/elaine-scarry-says-pain-unmakes-language-jan-steyn-begs-to-differ-or-at-least-keeps-translating-and-typing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:23:48 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/elaine-scarry-says-pain-unmakes-language-jan-steyn-begs-to-differ-or-at-least-keeps-translating-and-typing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood cancer has not abated the verbose, sardonic, and unpredictable Will Self’s rage with the literary world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blood cancer has not abated the verbose, sardonic, and unpredictable Will Self&rsquo;s rage with the literary world]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/blood-cancer-has-not-abated-the-verbose-sardonic-and-unpredictable-will-selfs-rage-with-the-literary-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:23:48 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/blood-cancer-has-not-abated-the-verbose-sardonic-and-unpredictable-will-selfs-rage-with-the-literary-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why You Should Read Adam Smith]]></title><description><![CDATA[The news is good. Really.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-you-should-read-adam-smith/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-you-should-read-adam-smith/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dictionary, initially a monument to language fixed in amber, is less a fortress than a weather vane]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dictionary, initially a monument to language fixed in amber, is less a fortress than a weather vane]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-dictionary-initially-a-monument-to-language-fixed-in-amber-is-less-a-fortress-than-a-weather-vane/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:11:42 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-dictionary-initially-a-monument-to-language-fixed-in-amber-is-less-a-fortress-than-a-weather-vane/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Estamos viviendo un ‘renacimiento de la obscenidad’?]]></title><description><![CDATA[En la televisi&oacute;n, el cine y las novelas populares, el contenido sexual es m&aacute;s abundante que nunca. &iquest;Qu&eacute; pasa cuando nuestras pantallas son m&aacute;s ardientes que nuestros dormitorios?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/estamos-viviendo-un-renacimiento-de-la-obscenidad/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/estamos-viviendo-un-renacimiento-de-la-obscenidad/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Complex,’ by Karan Mahajan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Karan Mahajan&rsquo;s new novel, &ldquo;The Complex,&rdquo; tracks the fortunes of a political family in a rapidly changing India.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-complex-by-karan-mahajan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-complex-by-karan-mahajan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Nonesuch,’ by Francis Spufford]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Nonesuch,&rdquo; the new novel by Francis Spufford, conjures a plot laced with magic to change the course of history.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-nonesuch-by-francis-spufford/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-nonesuch-by-francis-spufford/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! A Memoir,’ by Liza Minnelli]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!&rdquo; is a familiar reminder that growing up in showbiz can lead to awards and adulation, but also to heartache.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-kids-wait-till-you-hear-this-a-memoir-by-liza-minnelli/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-kids-wait-till-you-hear-this-a-memoir-by-liza-minnelli/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Down Time,’ by Andrew Martin]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Andrew Martin&rsquo;s keenly observed new novel, a group of friends navigate a society reshaped by the pandemic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-down-time-by-andrew-martin/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-down-time-by-andrew-martin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dictionary, initially a monument to language fixed in amber, is less of a fortress than a weather vane ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dictionary, initially a monument to language fixed in amber, is less of a fortress than a weather vane&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-dictionary-initially-a-monument-to-language-fixed-in-amber-is-less-of-a-fortress-than-a-weather-vane/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:13:22 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-dictionary-initially-a-monument-to-language-fixed-in-amber-is-less-of-a-fortress-than-a-weather-vane/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science and seeking. Participation in mainstream religions has plummeted. The study of consciousness has exploded. Coincidence?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Science and seeking. Participation in mainstream religions has plummeted. The study of consciousness has exploded. Coincidence?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/science-and-seeking-participation-in-mainstream-religions-has-plummeted-the-study-of-consciousness-has-exploded-coincidence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:13:22 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/science-and-seeking-participation-in-mainstream-religions-has-plummeted-the-study-of-consciousness-has-exploded-coincidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Anguish,” “agony,” “ache,” “affliction” — why are there so many words for pain? Darcey Steinke unpacks the meaning of suffering]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Anguish,&rdquo; &ldquo;agony,&rdquo; &ldquo;ache,&rdquo; &ldquo;affliction&rdquo; &mdash; why are there so many words for pain? Darcey Steinke unpacks the meaning of suffering]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/anguish-agony-ache-affliction-why-are-there-so-many-words-for-pain-darcey-steinke-unpacks-the-meaning-of-suffering/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:13:22 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/anguish-agony-ache-affliction-why-are-there-so-many-words-for-pain-darcey-steinke-unpacks-the-meaning-of-suffering/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shulamith Firestone’s fundamental battle is with the grip of normalcy and conformity on every human life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shulamith Firestone&rsquo;s fundamental battle is with the grip of normalcy and conformity on every human life]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shulamith-firestones-fundamental-battle-is-with-the-grip-of-normalcy-and-conformity-on-every-human-life/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:00:23 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shulamith-firestones-fundamental-battle-is-with-the-grip-of-normalcy-and-conformity-on-every-human-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the trenches of World War I, a German Jew named Franz Rosenzweig began to create an audacious philosophical system]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the trenches of World War I, a German Jew named Franz Rosenzweig began to create an audacious philosophical system]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-trenches-of-world-war-i-a-german-jew-named-franz-rosenzweig-began-to-create-an-audacious-philosophical-system/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:00:23 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-trenches-of-world-war-i-a-german-jew-named-franz-rosenzweig-began-to-create-an-audacious-philosophical-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[António Lobo Antunes, a Portuguese novelist who captured his generation’s disillusionment with the war, is dead. He was 83]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ant&oacute;nio Lobo Antunes, a Portuguese novelist who captured his generation&rsquo;s disillusionment with the war, is dead. 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