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Past articles by Thu-Huong:

Bolivia’s most Instagrammable houses showcase indigenous peoples’ reclaimed power

These buildings add color and whimsy to the high-altitude town of El Alto. → Read More

Amazon has everything it needs to make massively popular algorithm-driven fiction

Amazon has the ability to track vast amounts of reader data and use it to change the landscape of American fiction. → Read More

HBO’s “My Brilliant Friend” captures the brutal magnificence of being a woman

It's a show about the power of being your own woman—and the ominous curse that power carries with it. → Read More

Hasan Minhaj’s Netflix show, “Patriot Act,” is a witty, high-energy celebration of nerdery

The comedian's roots are in Jon Stewart's news-driven outrage humor, but Minhaj offers a refreshing new perspective. → Read More

Well damn, paper books as small as your phone are actually great

Especially if you can pay for them. → Read More

The rocky Trump transition is headed to Netflix, thanks to Barack Obama and Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis's "The Fifth Risk" is about the botched transition from Obama‘s federal government to Trump‘s. → Read More

Lauren Groff is the latest literary star to write “cli-fi”

Amazon's new collection, "Warmer," features six authors' stories set amidst climate change. → Read More

Amazon’s own published books are quietly taking over the site

But Amazon is not just a fast and efficient bookseller; it's also a book maker. → Read More

From a list of 100 novels, America chooses “To Kill a Mockingbird” as its favorite

The 1960 Pulitzer-winning coming-of-age novel about 1930s American race relations lives on. → Read More

The strange, true-life story of the literary scammer Lee Israel

The real-life stranger-than-fiction story of the literary scammer Lee Israel. → Read More

The founder of the Little Free Library has died

When he started the project in 2009, Todd Bol hoped the number of boxes offering free books would grow to 2,000. Today it's at over 75,000. → Read More

Bill O’Reilly is still the undisputed king of US nonfiction

Despite losing his show in April 2017, his newest history book debuts at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list—like 10 of his other books. → Read More

An experimental novel about 1970s Northern Ireland has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize

Anna Burns’s novel "Milkman" takes place during a violent decades-long conflict over the country's constitutional status. → Read More

Stephen Hawking’s last book gives just two options for a positive future for humanity

"Brief Answers to the Big Questions" is out Oct. 16. → Read More

Maryse Condé, whose novels explore slavery and exploitation, has won an “alternative Nobel”

There's no Nobel prize for literature in 2018, so literary experts have named their own. → Read More

A scrappy group of Swedish book lovers catapulted their “alternative” Nobel literary prize into worldwide fame

A scrappy group of volunteers gathered 32,000 votes from readers around the world. → Read More

The 25 acclaimed novels, poetry, and nonfiction on the US National Book Award shortlist

The winners will be announced Nov. 14. → Read More

A viral video of a grandma reading “Wonky Donkey” has made the book a bestseller

The picture book has been the top selling fiction book on Amazon the last three weeks. → Read More

In a new podcast, the US poet laureate will read you poetry for five minutes a day

Tracy K. Smith's "The Slowdown" will be available for download starting Nov. 26. → Read More

Barnes & Noble is entertaining the possibility of selling itself

The beleaguered US book chain has announced "a formal review process to evaluate strategic alternatives." → Read More