One of the most awkward parts of writing a book is that, eventually, authors have to ask people for “blurbs” – the endorsements that you see on the cover of a book, encouraging you to buy it. I am now ...

The year ahead promises new books from George Saunders, Colson Whitehead, Ann Patchett, Ruth Ozeki, Jesmyn Ward and more ...

Though my feet have remained on Earth the entirety of 2025, my mind spent a surprising amount of time in space. When I was a kid, I'd do deep dives of space and planets. I had a composition notebook ...