How Thylane Blondeau’s 2005 “Most Beautiful Girl In The World” Fame Still Shapes Her Today
Two decades after Vogue Enfants crowned her the most beautiful girl in the world, Thylane Blondeau builds a career beyond the title.
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New Museum Triennial Opens in Expanded Building With 36 Artists From 34 Nations
The New Museum's 2027 triennial, named after a 1979 Brazilian protest act, showcases 36 artists from 34 nations.
Edwidge Danticat Nominated for Third National Book Award — and ‘the Third Time’s the Charm’ Applies
The National Book Awards reveal their finalists, including a three-time nominee's return to fiction. Winners named Nov. 18.
National Book Awards Announce 2026 Finalists Across Five Categories
A grand reckoning of the written word: the 2026 National Book Awards finalists are named, each a worthy contender for the bronze medal.
MIT Press Rounds Out Its Art Lineup With Skateboarding, Lowriders, and Flusser
A look at the MIT Press's latest books on art, activism, skateboarding, and philosophy, each refusing easy answers.
Susannah Place: Sydney’s Oldest Row of Houses Shows Life Exactly as It Was Lived
A row of Sydney houses, built by Irish settlers in 1844, survives plague, slums, and gentrification as a museum of lived-in history.
Kristen Millares Young on Motherhood, Marriage, and Why Women Shouldn’t Be Worshiped Like Goddesses
A writer's fierce essay ties ancient worship of Cybele to modern pressure on women's wombs, demanding autonomy over reproduction.
Lydia Millet Explains the Double Structure Behind ‘Fair Ones’
Lydia Millet discusses her dual-narrative novel Fair Ones, grief, friendship, and the Jon Hamm cameo.
Daily Roundup: Lit Hub’s October 6, 2026 Edition Covers the Week’s Biggest Stories
A digest of a day's reading: Mr. Darcy's fortune, Kingsolver standing while she writes, and a ProPublica warning about private schools.
Adam Wilson on Plot vs. “Concept” (and Why He’ll Never Write a Yankees Fan)
Author Adam Wilson discusses why plot is difficult but satisfying, and why his new novel Fail Sons avoids a Yankees fan premise.
‘Sensual Songs for Eight-Year-Olds’: Patricia Lockwood’s Poem of Music, Memory, and the Distance Between Youth and Age
A poem about music, memory, and the strange distance between youth and age, told through a hotel room, a screaming fan, and a river beneath a song.
20 New Books Out Today From Kingsolver, Millet, Lockwood, Lewis and More
A vast array of books appear today, each a distinct vessel of the human spirit, from Kingsolver's love affair to O'Gieblyn's memoir of attention.