Don DeLillo on the Life of a Book

Books. This is why we’re here this evening. Lately I’ve been looking at books that stand on two long shelves in a room just down the hall from the room where I work. Early books, paperbacks every o…

Related

Other articles with overlapping topics.

L

Literary Hub

Andrew Sean Greer, Dave Eggers, Leila Slimani, and more: 23 new books out today!

More heavy-hitters descending on our bookstores this morning: Andrew Sean Greer’s Villa Coco, Dave Eggers’s Contrapposto, and Leila Slimani’s I’ll Take the Fire are only to name a few. A healthy balance of fiction and nonfiction make up today’s offerings:

Julia Hass·Jun 9, 2026

L

Literary Hub

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: Ben Fountain (Rasputin Swims the Potomac) Courtney Maum (Alan Opts Out) Nayantara Roy (Sisters of a Halved

Teddy Wayne·Jun 9, 2026

T

The Paris Review

The Vanishing Library: Timothy Ely’s Odd Little Book from Outer Space

“The few words it contains are indecipherable, of no language. (The letters look Hebrew—if you don’t know Hebrew and have never seen Hebrew letters before.)”

Max Ross·Jun 9, 2026

The Rumpus

Down in the Dumpster - The Rumpus

"What Joshua Mohr is doing has more in common with Kafka, Lewis Carroll, and Haruki Murakami, all great chroniclers of the fantastic. He’s interested in

Joshua Furst·Jun 6, 2009·5 min read

The Rumpus

Benjamin Nadler: The Last Book I Loved, The Street - The Rumpus

I return to The Street again and again. I first read the novel when I working as a bookseller out on West 4th St. in New York. A man I sold books with

Benjamin Nadler·Oct 24, 2011·6 min read

L

Longreads

The End of Books

"What happened when a dumpster arrived behind my university's library."

Krista Stevens·Jun 9, 2026