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Three paragraphs, from three different hotel reviews. Can you tell which, if any, were AI‑generated?“The hotel is in a great location for everything. Lots of places to eat and drink. The hotel itself is always abuzz. The tavern located...

This spring, when Vice President JD Vance announced his new memoir, “Communion,” a backlash erupted on social media. The critiques weren’t about the contents of the book, which chronicles Vance’s conversion to Catholicism and how his faith has informed...

Museums are damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Ignore the problems of the past and they’re criticised for being problematic. Rewrite their labels according to changing politics and they’re called preachy and woke. The fact is, history is...

When Faye Heron flies from L.A. to her alma mater in New York’s Finger Lakes region, it’s a homecoming of the saddest kind: the funeral for her beloved film professor and mentor, Patrick Toner (PT for short). It’s been...

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Barnes & Noble’s 2026 Discover Prize, which celebrates debut authors, has gone Vincent Yu for Seek Immediate Shelter.“What if the apocalypse, but j/k?” isn’t a bad way to think about this novel, in which the folks in a small...

June 25, 2026View Online | Join All Access | Listen 📽️ It is a truth universally acknowledged that a classic book with a beloved adaptation must be in want of a remix. Jane Austen fans are in for a big...

Two Reading Rainbow icons show up for storytime at The Obama Presidential Center, authors choose the best queer books in America, this year’s Common Reads, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at...

In the world of mystery and thriller news, we continue to have a constant stream of adaptation news, which I love to see. I’ve also got some book lists for you, a release date for Lupin Part 4 (finally!),...

The prominent literary magazine Granta will no longer publish the winning entries of the annual Commonwealth short story prize after one of this year’s winners drew widespread accusations of AI use.The magazine said it would no longer be involved...