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2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (593+ words) A reading of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Afton Cyrus for kids 2-5 and their caregivers will take place on Oct. 24. Ben Shattuck, author of “The History of Sound,” will take part in a Word literary festival keynote discussion on short…...

5+ hour, 30+ min ago   (433+ words) We by Layli Long Soldier. Graywolf Press, 2026. 208 pages.Buy on Bookshop.org Distant Water by Beth Piatote. Milkweed Editions, 2026. 96 pages.Buy on Bookshop.org BOTH LAYLI LONG SOLDIER, in her second poetry collection We, and Beth Piatote, in her poetry…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (186+ words) “I was excited to see my son again,” Delores said with a smile. “Worried that stupid politics would mean that I’d never see you again. That would probably kill me.” Niti leaned over the front seat to hold Delores’s shoulder....

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (334+ words) Author(s): G. Willow Wilson With Gotham City firmly in Poison Ivy's grasp, the verdant villainess's powers are at an all-time high. Now that Batman's forces and Ivy's traitorous former allies are all ground down to a pulp beneath her, is there…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (101+ words) Tommy Pico’s book-length poem is the California Book Club’s October 2026 pick. The only answer is to turn it inside out, which is what Nature Poem does so well. This article appears in Issue 37 of Alta Journal.SUBSCRIBE Why I Write:…...

5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (519+ words) Caine Prize-Winning Story The Blue Fighter Under Scrutiny Over Suspected AI Use A short story that recently earned one of Africa's most prestigious literary honours is now at the centre of a controversy over artificial intelligence. Days after Zimbabwean writer…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (176+ words) Lauren Fernandez’s There’s a Monster in the Lake: The World as a Fantastical Place, beautifully translated from Spanish by Alexis Almeida, is a book-length essay that philosophically examines the ongoing investigation of the Loch Ness Monster while also providing a…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago   (179+ words) Published: Oct 12, 2026 18:17 IST - 5 MINS READ I have never been to India. To me, this country is one of the main, if not the main, laboratories of the contemporary world, from its decades as “the greatest democracy in the world” to…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (707+ words) Bioengineer.org...

8+ hour, 30+ min ago   (667+ words) Initiatives to label books as written by humans, and not artificial intelligence, are gaining ground following a string of scandals where authors were suspected of using the technology without admitting it. Several labelling schemes, including from Britain, France and Germany,…...