The Yahoo Boys author Carlos Barragán will join Kate Knibbs to answer your questions about Nigeria's romance scammers.

Get ready for part two! These are the 258 books we’re most anticipating in the second half of 2026. | Lit Hub Reading Lists Did you know that Ancient Roman romance novels went hard? | Lit Hub History Why readers

This week’s edition is dedicated to our readers in America. Happy 250, with love & courage from your friend in Paris. 1. One of America’s most recognisable corporate buildings is for sale Nearly three decades after it opened as the headquarters of the Longaberger Company, one of America’s most recognisable pieces of corporate architecture has…

Research shows restaurant critics reward technique, creativity, and authenticity differently, shaping which cuisines earn prestige and higher prices. The post The Hidden Rules of Fine Dining appeared first on JSTOR Daily.

House of the Dragon, Adventure Time: Side Quests, and The Man Will Burn are just a few of the TV shows you should be watching right now.

The satirical site is fighting to officially take over Infowars. In the meantime, CEO Ben Collins says the new show will mock “how fucking stupid” conspiratorial brain rot has become.

Have you heard? A24 is taking over Hollywood. Possibly the world. The indie company that initially marketed itself as the edgy underdog has become a pillar/last bastion of extra-Marvel movies. No longer so scrappy, the gang of cinephiles that’s likely

The federal agency says it will temporarily schedule the drug, which has been called “gas station heroin,” as a controlled substance—a boon for MAHA and the mainstream kratom industry.

Take a moment to contemplate the history and complexity of Independence Day, American Style. The post Celebrating the Fourth of July appeared first on JSTOR Daily.

Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed, and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus. * 1. The Calamity

Howdy, friends! Welcome back to another perfect installment of Am I The Literary Asshole?, a drunken advice column that’s just happy to be here. I’m your host, Kristen Arnett, and I’m proud to announce that it’s officially Miller Time. That’s

From the world’s wildest places to the origins of American fascism to memoirs of grief and recovery, July’s nonfiction has something for everyone. * The Savage Landscape, Cal Flyn Flyn’s 2021 book, Islands of Abandonment, was a wonderfully written, compelling

Why the Frederick Douglass speech we should revisit this July 4th isn’t the obvious one. | Lit Hub History These 10 great children’s books out in July include new work from Jaque Jours, Celeste Pewter, Sumayyah Beck and more. |

New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline amid the suffocating presence of Big Tech.

Frederick Douglass’ great lecture “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” delivered on July 5th, 1852, to a predominantly white audience at Rochester’s Corinthian Hall, captured the contradictions built into the nation’s July Fourth celebrations, then and to

There’s nothing like a summer reading challenge to get you into the proper mindset for the season. Many of us grew up on personal pizzas as the reward for reading a certain number of books; these days, my kids get

Our quintet of quality reviews this week includes Dwight Garner on Colin Asher’s The Midnight Special, Hamilton Cain on Teddy Wayne’s The Au Pair, Michael Donkor on Keith Ridgway’s Dooneen, Stephen Marche on Cory Doctorow’s The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI, and

I’ve got a quick challenge for you, children’s book fans: Close your eyes, clear your mind, and visualize an illustration from a picture book you loved as a child. (Then open your eyes again, please, so you can read the

Touted as a less-hookup-focused Grindr, Goose is an invite-only space for gay men. The problem is the people promoting it don’t seem real.

A rare archive reveals how Ireland’s Jewish community navigated identity, culture, and rising antisemitism in the 1930s. The post Rediscovering <em>The Jewish Gazette</em> appeared first on JSTOR Daily.