Agony and Ecstasy on the Soccer FieldIn her new memoir, author and former pro player Georgia Cloepfil chronicles a career spent playing overseas, for better and for worse.
ByEmma Alpern
books
Akwaeke Emezi Won’t Let You Hide From the TruthIn their eighth book, ‘Little Rot,’ the author spins a dark, thrilling tale that allows the reader to reckon with their own moral fallibility.
She Makes Emily Henry Sound HotJulia Whelan has recorded hundreds of audiobooks and has “zero problem narrating all levels of spice.”
ByClaire Trageser
culture
How to Write a Good Sex SceneAuthor Yulin Kuang explains how she gives readers of her novel How to End a Love Story “that pulse-pounding, dry-mouth, flushed feeling.”
ByOlivia Craighead
relationships
Sometimes Smut Is Too GoodReading a “spicy” book can be a fun escape — that is, if your relationship is strong enough to survive it.
ByMichelle Santiago Cortés
summer of smut
Come Match Our FreakHere’s your chance to celebrate smut with your favorite horny publication at the Cut’s Freak Week pop-up.
Jezz Chung Wants You to ChangeIn their new book, This Way to Change, Chung offers poems, prose, and practices intended to help you embrace changes small and large.
Emily Oster Softens UpIn her new book, The Unexpected, the economist turned parenting expert examines life-threatening pregnancy complications that defy optimization.
The Untold Stories of Birth MothersGretchen Sisson interviewed more than 100 women who placed their children for adoption. Almost all of them felt misled about the process.
How Kelly Link Wrote a Very Good First NovelTalking with the veteran short-story writer about the romance genre, checking Twitter while she writes, and her fantastical new work The Book of Love.
