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Marilynne Robinson's Small, Rich Body of Work Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Marilynne Robinson's Small, Rich Body of Work

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author has written just seven books over the course of her career, but her slow care is part of what makes her great.

Marilynne Robinson on Democracy, Reading, and Religion in America AP Images

Marilynne Robinson on Democracy, Reading, and Religion in America

An interview with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author about her recent collection of essays, "When I Was a Child I Read Books"

Two-Typewriter Homes: Famous Literary Roommates AP Images

Two-Typewriter Homes: Famous Literary Roommates

What happens when multiple manic writerly minds inhabit the same space

Mom-oirs: The 10 Best Memoirs About Mothers AP

Mom-oirs: The 10 Best Memoirs About Mothers

The books that will help you examine the delicate relationship between moms and their children

Maurice Sendak's Unreleased, Opera-Inspired Drawings and Prints National Gallery of Australia

Maurice Sendak's Unreleased, Opera-Inspired Drawings and Prints

A look at the beloved children's author's more serious collaborations

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design Lawrence King

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design

Psychedelia, found typography, and other ideas that shaped the way you absorb information

'The Year of the Gadfly': Young-Adult Fiction for Smart Adults Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

'The Year of the Gadfly': Young-Adult Fiction for Smart Adults

A conversation with Jennifer Miller about her new novel

Maurice Sendak Scared Children Because He Loved Them AP Images

Maurice Sendak Scared Children Because He Loved Them

The author, who died this week at 83, believed kids are able to handle dark, complicated stories.

Disturbing 1919 Drawings for an Edgar Allan Poe Story Collection Calla Editions

Disturbing 1919 Drawings for an Edgar Allan Poe Story Collection

A haunting take on one of literature's darkest minds

Could the Internet Save Book Reviews? AP Images

Could the Internet Save Book Reviews?

Even as print publications are getting rid of reviewers, websites and podcasts offer new ways of approaching literature.

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The Atlantic Monthly

David H. Freedman on smartphone apps and the perfected self, Mark Bowden on being in the dumb kids' class, James Parker on Glenn Beck, Isaac Chotiner on P. G. Wodehouse, and more

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