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Science Friction: An Argument for More Sex in Sci-Fi

Science Friction: An Argument for More Sex in Sci-Fi

Adam Peterson Makes the Case for Sexual Desire in Space

By Adam Peterson | November 6, 2026

Priyanka Kumar on Incorporating Art Into Her Nature Writing

Priyanka Kumar on Incorporating Art Into Her Nature Writing

"I couldn’t have imagined that the act of drawing animals...would be like drawing an arc from the working naturalist I am now."

By Priyanka Kumar | November 6, 2026

Hanif Abdurraqib on the Lessons of June Jordan

Hanif Abdurraqib on the Lessons of June Jordan

">"life is ACTION, inaction is DEATH! If you can’t see that, at this point in history, you’re gone."

By Hanif Abdurraqib | November 5, 2026

On Falling In and Out of Love With Dead Artists as an Art Historian

On Falling In and Out of Love With Dead Artists as an Art Historian

Allison Leigh Considers Her Relationship to Her Misogynistic Subjects

By Allison Leigh | November 5, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Quitting My Book Club Because They Read Too Many Genre Books?

Am I the Asshole For Quitting My Book Club Because They Read Too Many Genre Books?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | November 5, 2026

A Syllabus for Attention: Megan Mayhew on John Elder’s Reading Life

A Syllabus for Attention: Megan Mayhew on John Elder’s Reading Life

What will I read? What ideas will I live beside? What deserves rereading? What will I memorize? What will I allow to alter me?

By Megan Mayhew | November 4, 2026

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Ry Herman on Finding Inspiration in Queer Fairytales

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What Fly Fishing Taught Me About Writing Fiction

By Evan Brooke | November 3, 2026

How Derek Walcott’s Postcolonial Epic Helped Me Write My Novel

How Derek Walcott’s Postcolonial Epic Helped Me Write My Novel

Schneider K. Rancy on Writing a Haitian Reimagining of The Odyssey

By Schneider K. Rancy | November 3, 2026

The Ghostly and the Real: On Spirit Worlds in African Literature

The Ghostly and the Real: On Spirit Worlds in African Literature

A Conversation About African Literary Traditions with Dilman Dila, Faraaz Mahomed, and Sven Axelrad

By Karina M. Szczurek | November 2, 2026

How Is Writing Like Nursing?

How Is Writing Like Nursing?

Theresa Brown on the Strange Alchemy of Moving Between the Two Disciplines

By Theresa Brown | October 30, 2026

How Do You Write Through Grief?

How Do You Write Through Grief?

"How do you fit ghosts into paragraphs? How do you turn your weeping into a scene?"

By Traci Brimhall | October 29, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rebecca Perry is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rebecca Perry is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Anne Carson, Federico García Lorca, and Will Keohane

By Diana Arterian | October 29, 2026

Pretending to Be Tony Shalhoub: On Co-Writing a Book in My Father's Voice

Pretending to Be Tony Shalhoub: On Co-Writing a Book in My Father's Voice

Josie Adams on the Strange Intimacy of Writing We Thought They’d Never Leave

By Josie Adams | October 28, 2026

Embracing the Darkness: In Praise of Writing Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Embracing the Darkness: In Praise of Writing Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

"Tales of destruction and rebirth show us what truly matters."

By Kate Maupin | October 28, 2026

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