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For a total psychopath, Tom Ripley is remarkably popular. As we near the 25th anniversary of the acclaimed Oscar-nominated big screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's most infamous creation, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Netflix has released a striking…

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Why Patricia Highsmith's most famous creature, Tom Ripley, continues to fascinate

How a YA Writer Tackles Tough Themes for Teens

All of Us Murderers

Clown Town

Witch You Would

Pariah

Until Alison

Welcome to Murder Week

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Notes on Infinity

The best summer 2025 books to read. Check out these 75 titles.

Great Big Beautiful Life

Steamy Lit, South Tampa’s bookish home for romance, will expand store footprint next month

A New National Museum of the American Latino Moves Forward as It Fights to Find Its Footing

The best radical books of 2024

How Black conservatism in ‘The Emperor of Ocean Park’ resonates, decades later

A Jane Austen retelling that actually has something new to say

‘If We Are Brave’ explores the political souls of Black folks in Trump’s America

'Colored Television' is an ungentle satire set in post-post-racial America

Danzy Senna tried writing for TV. Instead, she wrote ‘Colored Television’