A Place of Hope and Humanity: A Guest Post from James McBride
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is the story of how the people of Chicken Hill — the neighborhood in…
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Love Makes Everything Possible: Reading James McBride
We’ve been fans of James McBride’s work since we first read his memoir, The Color of Water, ages and ages…
Our 2023 Book of the Year: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
“I would have never dreamed a book about a simple grocery store would make this kind of difference in the…
Poured Over: James McBride on The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
“People who love books, we’re the last line of reason and discourse…” National Book Award winner James McBride’s newest novel, The…
"Conflicts Are Magnets": James McBride
The author of The Good Lord Bird talks about John Brown, Coltrane, and writing from the uncomfortable chair.
The Golden Bowl Cracks: Laura McBride and Eleanor Brown
What’s the line between a writer’s life and a writer’s truth? Two novelists pursue the “$64,000 question.”
Our Monthly Picks January 2025
Dear reader, you made it. The holidays are over and whether that makes you let out a sigh of relief…
A Wild Vertiginous Year: A Guest Post by Kaveh Akbar
Our Discover prize finalist is finally out in paperback, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to get this exquisite book…
New in Paperback January 2025
Let us take a guess at what one of your New Year’s resolutions might be: reading a whole lot more?…
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2024 Book of the Year Finalists
Dear reader, we’ve piled up our TBRs with the latest and greatest books for a whole year, and now it’s…
Poured Over: Jay Ellis on Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?
Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)? by Jay Ellis is a collection of essays that chronicle his…
Poured Over: Carvell Wallace on Another Word for Love
Carvell Wallace’s memoir Another Word for Love recounts life growing up Black and queer with beautifully crafted, emotional storytelling. Wallace…
Poured Over: Salman Rushdie on Knife
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and…
What to Read Next: Black History Month Edition
This is the perfect time to take a beat and celebrate authors, old, new, and rediscovered, who exemplify the greatest…
Poured Over: Dan Kois on Vintage Contemporaries
Vintage Contemporaries by Dan Kois is a fiction debut that blends a coming-of-age story with the themes of lasting friendship…
Poured Over: This Was a Very Good Year for Books (featuring Gilbert Cruz, The New York Times Book Review)
“I think it’s actually good for discussion, because you want to see a range of variety of books on these…
15 Books to Read After You Finish Class by Stephanie Land
When Stephanie Land started working on the pages that would become her debut memoir, Maid, she didn’t know those drafts…
Meet the Writers on Poured Over: 2023 Book of the Year Finalists
The only thing a bookseller loves more than talking about books with another reader is talking about books with an…
Our 2023 Book of the Year Finalists
Wow, wow and more wow: Here are the 12 finalists for our 2023 Book of the Year. The program, now…
National Book Award Finalists 2023
Drumroll please… This is a big day for books and writers and readers — this year’s crop of National Book…