After announcing that it would cease publication in December 2022,[2][3][4][5] it reported its relaunch under the direction of The Nation magazine six months later.

I think there is an audience of intellectual readers between 25 and 40 out there – the kind of person who buys The New Republic, The Nation, and The New York Review of Books, but doesn't have an allegiance to a particular publication.

"[7] In addition to publishing book reviews, essays and current-events columns, the magazine regularly features interviews with authors, including: In 2009, the magazine's website was redesigned to include a nationwide literary-events calendar, internet exclusive book reviews, two blogs — Paper Trail and Omnivore — and a section called Syllabi, which features reading lists written by authors and critics.

[8] On December 12, 2022, Bookforum announced that it would cease publication following the purchase of its companion magazine Artforum by Penske Media Corporation (PMC) earlier that month.

[2][3][4][5] In June 2023, it announced it would return in August 2023 through a partnership with The Nation.