Something is shifting in literary culture. " In a reading landscape reshaped by shorter attention spans and the relentless ...

You don’t read short stories. Well, you probably don’t – statistically speaking. Whenever I speak to friends, too, they’re always reading novels or nonfiction. They look at me with curiosity and ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. When the news is one report of human suffering — or environmental degradation or ...

A Don DeLillo novel; a Joy Williams short story. By Molly Young Dear readers, This week’s theme is “short and sweet”: Short sentences, short stories, a sweet spot of a prose pair, and that’s all she ...

Reading shouldn’t be stressful, but sometimes it’s fun to turn up the heat with a challenge to see how many books you can read in a year. Just don’t talk to us the last two weeks of December – some of ...

These are the best books to read in March 2026 according to Kwame Alexander.

Writers over the age of 18 living in Ireland, and Irish writers around the world have until Friday 15th May 2026 to submit their short story, in English or Irish at www.rte.ie/writing. Story ...