January library events will help readers of all ages start the new year with fun activities aimed at encouraging literacy and ...

We dedicate this issue to those who venture into the elsewhere, to people made of paper and to those who imagine and ...

New Ben Lerner, George Saunders gets metaphysical, and Tayari Jones makes her big post–American Marriage return.

Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025.

Children’s author Kelley Donner and her brother, Mark Janzen, started Storybook Co. to use permanent book displays to connect ...

Dr Vil Mirzayanov feels guilty about developing the nerve agent used in Salisbury – but is proud he blew the whistle on ...

Chronic job insecurity undermines any chance of solidarity. It reduces the horizon of struggle to one of personal survival.

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Today, we take a journey through the life and work of Yip Harburg, the Broadway lyricist who wrote such ...

Across the Western Slope, locals and visitors flock to local bookstores in search of that perfect book. Whether it’s a ...

To prevent students from relying on artificial intelligence to write and do homework for them, many professors are returning to pre-technology assessments and having students finish essays in class.