“I can hold on now only to Pom. The rest of them have already taken what they need from me.” Read from Cynthia Zarin’s new novel, Estate.

Atash Yaghmaian meditates on finding freedom by writing in English.

How Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham’s relationship inspired Daisy Jones & the Six.

C. D. Rose has won this year’s Goldsmiths Prize for his novel, We Live Here Now.

“I seemed to be reading a 1970s-Laurel Canyon version of My Brilliant Friend.” 5 book reviews you need to read this week.

Who should Richard Linklater make a movie about next? @britt-kathryn.bsky.social considers some candidates.

Director Abel Ferrara remembers the mob-backed porno he shot (and starred in!) in the earliest stage of his career.

Kristen R. Ghodsee considers the question of sex, money, and women’s independence.

What’s on Dorothea Lasky’s TBR? Emma Cline, Bernadette Mayer, Han Kang, and more!

@eleshepp.bsky.social on connecting with her Cuban grandfather through archival research: “I saw quickly and clearly that in many ways our minds were stuck in the same loops.”

NEW EPISODE: Translator @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her award-winning translations of Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s work. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/ottilie-mulz...

Thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social’s BookMarks for picking my review of Susan Straight’s SACRAMENT as one of five must-reads for the week! bookmarks.reviews/5-reviews-yo...

@maris.bsky.social on AI, the future, and the ongoing devaluation of the arts: “For years we’ve been grappling with the collapse of the creative middle class due to corporate greed.”

“My son finds me at the edge of the pool with a second drink, working through the Sunday crossword on my phone.” Read from Kevin Moffett’s National Book Award-longlisted novel, Only Son. lithub.com/only-son/

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social on how Trump’s isolationist policies challenge the liberal international order.

Georgi Gospodinov and his translator, Angela Rodel, discuss loss and writing about death.

Why carbon offsetting (and big business) will not save the planet.

“You’re not a satirist. It’s just not your mode of processing the world, and it’s not serving the story.” How Brian Schaefer learned to embrace idealism.

@maxkasy.bsky.social considers the future of AI and explains why “technology is not fate.”

@ambsmcbride.bsky.social recommends 10 novels in verse by Anne Carson, Ibi Zoboi, Jason Reynolds, and more!

Very grateful to @literaryhub.bsky.social for giving me the chance to shout out Four Loko circa 2011 and speculate a bit about the swirl of things that gave rise to Great Disasters 🤩 Full interview here, replete w recitations of questionably sourced Jewish proverbs: lithub.com/lit-hub-asks...

In Myth America, edited by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social and Julian E. Zelizer, Michael Kazin examines the far-reaching influence of socialism on American political thought.

“I could only make good art if I made bad art, too, and so I began making bad art an integral part of my creative practice.” In praise of making bad art.

“Feranmi Falodun (the one who was cursed) was rumoured to be an especially beautiful woman.” Read from Oyinkan Braithwaite’s novel, Cursed Daughters.

Worlds of Wonder: Celebrating the Great Classics of Children's Literature ed. by Daniel Hahn is a beautifully illustrated journey through the most beloved classics of children’s literature, spanning more than twenty countries and one hundred and fifty years. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q03QfsFw0 [Sponsored]

@thomasbeller.bsky.social on why he saw The Bad News Bears ten times in theaters as a 9-year-old: “Perhaps it was this feeling of paternal resurrection, or at least redemption, that had me coming back to the theater again and again.”

Radiant and intimate, Bread of Angels is the first full memoir from legendary artist and writer Patti Smith, author of the National Book Award winner Just Kids. [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/brea...

The 25 new books out today include titles by Margaret Atwood, Bryan Washington, Salman Rushdie, and more.

@ryangoldberg.bsky.social makes the case for birdwatching in the winter and fall.

@tracyborman.bsky.social explores the royal drama of the altered manuscript depicting the naming of Queen Elizabeth I’s heir. |

“Taking back language is about a power struggle.” @clairedederer.bsky.social talks to Jodi-Ann Burey about speechwriting, authenticity, and adapting a TED Talk into a book.

What’s the most scientifically accurate way to write about time travel? “I found I could expound on quantum consciousness all I wanted, but it all meant nothing to my greater project if I couldn’t find a way for these concepts to include real people.”

Sarah Montague considers the poetics of listening and recommends three audio narratives to reshape your imagination.

Many thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social & @poetmorgan.bsky.social for including Bruce Snider's Blood Harmony in this month's recommended poetry collections! lithub.com/ancient-algo...

RAVISHING is in @literaryhub.bsky.social today!!

In case you missed it, here's TERMS OF SERVITUDE author Omar Zahzah in @literaryhub.bsky.social on the digital surveillance and blacklisting of pro-Palestinian activists. Read here: lithub.com/the-new-mcca...

Read an excerpt from "Degas at the Gas Station" by @thomasbeller.bsky.social in @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/why-i-saw-th...

“María Luisa was eager to meet Sor Juana, and meet they did.” How two nuns and a Jesuit might persuade you to finally download that dating app.

“Helm doesn’t know when Helm was born.” Read from Sarah Hall’s new novel, Helm.

“It is more vital than ever to consider this history in order to understand what could happen next.” Anne Irfan explains how the 1956 Israeli occupation of Gaza informs the present and future.

Read “Sixty Days,” a poem by Layla Faraj: “today The Nation weeded / and counted us among / the invasive species.”

@poetmorgan.bsky.social recommends new November poetry collections featuring ancient algorithms, hauntings, sweet repetitions, and more!

@sarahweinman.com on the importance of librarians in dangerous times as seekers and keepers of truth.

“Care for the dead has long been a way of defining what it means to be human,” @theprofrog.bsky.social writes in Graveyards. Read an excerpt in @literaryhub.bsky.social:

Back in June, I gave the keynote address at the American Library Association's Carnegie Awards, and I'm very pleased that @literaryhub.bsky.social has republished the full text of my speech:

The Villa, Once Beloved is one of @literaryhub.bsky.social’s best spec fic for the month! Thanks, @zutsuit.bsky.social! lithub.com/antimemes-an...

@carolinecarlson.bsky.social shares 10 new children’s books that take readers from the cosmos all the way back to Earth.

@zutsuit.bsky.social picks new autumnal sci-fi and fantasy reads from authors including Travis Baldree, Claire North, Victor Manibo and more.

Jennifer Acker talks to Teju Cole about genre-bending and how artists bear witness to tragedy: “I really believe in the novel as an innovative form. Yet I didn’t want novelty for its own sake.”

Sing the 50 United States!, a long lost Seussian title, was discovered earlier this year in a shady corner of UC San Diego’s Geisel Library.