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Has the US always been a "Christian nation?" Maybe not. Brook Wilensky-Lanford, author of A GOD-SHAPED NATION, argues against the widely accepted statement.
We are Not and Never Have Been a “Christian Nation”
The religion writer Brook Wilensky-Lanford recommends six books that explore religious pluralism and challenge Christian nationalists' myths.
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It is officially time to get those hardcover books you've been eyeing from the @barnesandnoble.com #BNBookHaul! Get your copies of WINTER STORIES, THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE, and WINTER today 📖 https://bit.ly/4g6KUov
Your daily commute just got more interesting! @tracyborman.bsky.social, author of THE HOUSE OF BOLEYN, spills the tea on the rise and fall of the Boleyn family while on @shakeuphistory.bsky.social's British History podcast.
Tracy Borman and the Stories Inside the House of Boleyn (ep 255)
We think we know the story of Anne Boleyn and her family. But what went on behind closed doors? In her new novel, Tracy Borman explores the personal side of the Boleyns, their rivals, their supporters, and their giddy rise and terrifying fall. Tracy Bo...
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In honor of JOHN OF JOHN making the 2026 Booker Prize longlist, here's a look back at our May review. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/j... @groveatlantic.bsky.social @thebookerprizes.com #johnofjohn #bookerprize #douglasstuart #booksky
John of John: A Novel | Washington Independent Review of Books
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BLACK SOLDIERS, WHITE LAWS is longlisted for the 2026 Museum of African American History Stone Book Award!
MAAH Stone Book Award
The Museum of African American History (MAAH) Stone Book Award is an annual prize that encourages scholarship and writing within the field of African American history and culture by awarding a $25,000 winning prize and two $5,000 finalist prizes for exc...
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JOHN OF JOHN is on the @nytimes.com Best Books of the Year (So Far) list!
The Best Books of the Year (So Far)
The nonfiction and novels we can't stop thinking about.
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Tracy Lynne Oliver talks all things MAGICIAN, writing, and her friendship with Roxane Gay in this interview in @therumpus.net.
Read Everything You Can and Keep Writing: A Conversation with Tracy Lynne Oliver - The Rumpus
“You just don't know how long something's going to take to get published in terms of a book. But start small: Start publishing little things; get feedback; get rejected; get accepted. That's all part of it. Just do all of that; that's just all part of t...
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Learn more about the journalist behind the landmark Che Guevara biography in the most recent Full Expression podcast.
Jon Lee Anderson: Che Guevara, Cuba and the Craft of Conflict Journalism | Full Expression
Listen to Jon Lee Anderson: Che Guevara, Cuba and the Craft of Conflict Journalism from Full Expression. In this episode of Full Expression, journalist and biographer Jon Lee Anderson reflects on the experiences that shaped one of the most extraordinar...
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MAGICIAN is the July @therumpus.net Book Club selection! RSVP now to see Tracy Lynne Oliver in conversation with Debbie Millman on July 28th.
The July Rumpus Book Club Selection: Magician by Tracy Lynne Oliver - The Rumpus
Our second installment of the relaunch The Rumpus Book Club* will be on July 28th at 7pm ET. Host Debbie Millman will be speaking with Tracy Lynne Oliver
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UP ALL NIGHT is a "bright and compelling read" that will have readers "in pursuit of [collective effervescence] once again." A fantastic review in @theguardian.com!
Up All Night by Imogen Willetts review – a seductive history of going out
From 18th-century pleasure gardens to Studio 54, the story of nightlife in all its hedonistic – and political – glory
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Absolutely thrilled to see 53 DAYS, SOLACE HOUSE, SAVIOR AND SEDUCER, WEST OF LOVELAND, and FABRICATIONS on @literaryhub.bsky.social's list of Most Anticipated Books of 2026 pt. 2!
Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2026, Part Two
The year is half over, if you can believe it. Time marches ever forward, into the abyss. Books, though, can smooth the passage. If you choose wisely, that is. To that end, here are the novels, coll...
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"To this day, Terry's writing always reorients me towards what is good, what is beautiful, and what is true." What a fantastic interview between Terry Tempest Williams and Rachel Martin on NPR Wild Card!
Terry Tempest Williams on why women with big ideas get labeled 'crazy' : Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Terry Tempest Williams often writes about what is easy to overlook – the “holy ordinary” as she calls it. Whether it's the beauty and plight of the natural world, or the silence and struggle of a loved one. She talks to Rachel about why women with big i...
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Happy Tom Stoppard Day! Our Publisher, Morgan Entrekin, remembers Tom Stoppard and his support of Grove Atlantic in this piece on @literaryhub.bsky.social.
Remembering Tom Stoppard: A Night at the Theater
In London today there will be a memorial celebration for Tom Stoppard. When Tom passed away last November, he was acclaimed and eulogized brilliantly all over the world. To read some of those encom…
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Happy Tom Stoppard Day! Today the British literary world is celebrating the great Tom Stoppard.
Today is Tom Stoppard Day in the UK
Today in London a who's who of the literary world will be observing what may be the inaugural memorial day for the late playwright Tom Stoppard. Celebrations center around the renaming of the Duke ...
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"Randall Sullivan has . . . woven baseball and the world into an enjoyable and provocative historical account." Great praise for THE FIRST ALL-STAR GAME in the Illinois Times!
More than a book about a baseball game - Illinois Times, the capital city's weekly source of news, politics, arts, entertainment, culture
The First All-Star Game: Babe Ruth, FDR and America at the Crossroadsby Randall Sullivan (Grove Atlantic Books, 2026). Major League Baseball's All-Star Game will be held July 14at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia as part of a nearly weeklong schedule ...
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Look what’s just landed from across the Atlantic! Out in the US on 4 August 🇺🇸🎉 @groveatlantic.bsky.social
Is your view of the afterlife is rooted in Spiritualism? Find out in this fascinating article by A GOD-SHAPED NATION author @brookwl.bsky.social.
The Gates Ajar | Under Gods
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"All my work has been about the cost of belonging, because I find that the price of belonging is conformity." The Place That Keeps Calling You Back: @gregmania.bsky.social interviews Douglas Stuart about John of John (@groveatlantic.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/2z5pWHC
Start your week with some light reading about religion with this fascinating article in @newyorker.com on the history of Christianity in the US that references A GOD-SHAPED NATION!
How Did American Christianity End Up Like This?
History helps explain the particular faith that now rules our religious marketplace.
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"[DRAYTON AND MACKENZIE] has all the pleasures of a traditional, decades-spanning tale about individuals both caught up in and influencing history."––@nytimes.com 🤩
Book Review: ‘Drayton and Mackenzie,' by Alexander Starritt
In “Drayton and Mackenzie,” two young grads navigating the 2008 financial crisis enact a plan they hope will change their fate.
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Do you love animal videos? Of course you do! Lauren Acampora, author of THE ANIMAL ROOM (out today!), ponders our obsession with animal videos in her essay Beast in the Machine. Read it here:
Beast in the Machine by Lauren Acampora | Grove Atlantic
We Rate Dogs. Cooking with Beagles. Dogs Hall of Fame. It may not be what Steve Jobs built the iPhone to do, but it's...
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Happy 100th Birthday to Beat Generation icon Allen Ginsberg 🥳 Celebrate this major milestone with The Poetry Project today (6/3) at The Sanctuary at St Mark's Church, 8 PM! Details here:
Allen Ginsberg Centennial
Allen Ginsberg was a world-renowned Beat Generation poet, a photographer and songwriter, a spiritual seeker who helped expand Buddhist meditation in the West, and an effective advocate for civil, gay, and human rights. From his outspokenness against 195...
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Lauren Acampora, author of the upcoming story collection THE ANIMAL ROOM, is going on tour! Click here for details: https://bit.ly/4vflJGn
Come see Douglas Stuart in conversation with Margot Livesey at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA tomorrow night! https://harvard.com/event/douglas-stuart
Thank you, readers!! JOHN OF JOHN is an instant New York Times bestseller 🤩
Douglas Stuart is heading to Anderson's Bookshop tonight at 7pm to talk about his new book JOHN OF JOHN! RSVP here: https://andersonsbookshop.com/event/2026-05-12/douglas-stuart
