3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (509+ words) Anna Heyward has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Paris Review, Vogue, and more, and studied animal behavior and welfare science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. In Living with Freddie: How a…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (361+ words) Abdelrahman ElGendy is an author and translator from Cairo whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Nation, Guernica, and more. A winner of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award, he spent six years as a political…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (245+ words) We asked Farhadi to answer our My Reading Life Q&A so readers could learn about the books that shaped his life and influenced his writing. What was the first book you were obsessed with as a child? What book…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (150+ words) Vatomsky is a writer whose work has appeared in Brave New Weird: The Best New Weird Horror, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Smithsonian Magazine. They were shortlisted for the PFD Queer Fiction Prize in 2024 and are also the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (387+ words) Larkin is a queer writer living in Big Sky Country, where he received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Montana. The Unheld is his debut novel. Larkin answered our My Reading Life Q&A about the books…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1564+ words) Here are the debut books that caught Debutiful’s eye this month. We think readers will find plenty to love. To see our curated list of standout titles, check out our “12 noteworthy debut books to read in August 2026.” From the publisher:…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (316+ words) Noveno teaches composition and literature at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, and is the founder and host emeritus of the New York City reading series Sunday Salon. Her work has appeared in Mãnoa, Identity…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (234+ words) Buxton is the author of the story collection So Much Heart, winner of the Texas Institute of Letters’ Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction. His work has appeared in Southwest Review, Joyland, Vice, and elsewhere. For My…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (285+ words) Elina Katrin is a poet and writer whose work explores migration, memory, womanhood, and the body. Her debut poetry collection, Overwintered, is forthcoming from Trio House Press. Debutiful is honored to reveal the cover of Overwintered, designed by Coral Sue…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1825+ words) First Summer by Ekin Oklap is a tender, atmospheric coming of age that starts with a simple premise: a new girl moves in across the street, completely upending the narrator’s life. Clara and the narrator melt towards each other during…...