Alexander McCall Smith: In Praise of W.H. Auden

Alexander McCall Smith: In Praise of W.H. Auden

And from Moby Dick to Patrick O'Brian...

By Literary Hub | April 5, 2017

Don't Be a Dick: Colum McCann's Advice to Young Writers

Don't Be a Dick: Colum McCann's Advice to Young Writers

On the Importance of Kindness and Reading Widely

By Colum McCann | April 3, 2017

On the Philosophical Implications of Shelving Books

On the Philosophical Implications of Shelving Books

Or, the Time I Reorganized the Cook Books at BookCourt

By John Sherman | March 31, 2017

What Does it Mean to Set Your Novel at Harvard?

What Does it Mean to Set Your Novel at Harvard?

On The Idiot and the Evolution of the Campus Novel

By Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino | March 31, 2017

We Are All Detectives Now: When Literary Plots Get Mysterious

We Are All Detectives Now: When Literary Plots Get Mysterious

On Recent Novels by Katie Kitamura, Patty Yumi Cottrell, and More

By Tobias Carroll | March 30, 2017

The Unglamorous Ordeal of Recording Your Own Audiobook

The Unglamorous Ordeal of Recording Your Own Audiobook

"The cell-like booth was about the size of a European train commode"

By John Freeman Gill | March 29, 2017

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How to Write About a Massacre

By Harriet Scott Chessman | March 28, 2017

Life Advice From Adrienne Rich

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Instead of Writing, I Watched Trains

By Owen Laukkanen | March 24, 2017

Reading Across America: How to Host a Literary Event

Reading Across America: How to Host a Literary Event

Jen Michalski on Learning What It Takes Pull Off a Reading

By Jen Michalski | March 23, 2017

How Many Books Will You Read Before You Die?

How Many Books Will You Read Before You Die?

Spoiler: It depends on how old you are right now

By Emily Temple | March 22, 2017

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Putting the "I" in Biography

John Kaag on Biography-Memoir Hybrids and the Myth of Objectivity

By John Kaag | March 22, 2017

Literary Voices on the Legendary Brilliance of Robert Silvers

Literary Voices on the Legendary Brilliance of Robert Silvers

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By Emily Temple | March 21, 2017

The Writing Wisdom of Derek Walcott

The Writing Wisdom of Derek Walcott

"prejudice is an inferior form of thinking"

By Emily Temple | March 20, 2017

Derek Walcott: Poet of Twilight, Poet of the Caribbean

Derek Walcott: Poet of Twilight, Poet of the Caribbean

Gabrielle Bellot on the Late Nobel Laureate

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 20, 2017

Clarice Lispector's Children's Story Taught Me to Read Her Like An Adult

Clarice Lispector's Children's Story Taught Me to Read Her Like An Adult

Andréa Stella on the Key to The Mystery of the Thinking Rabbit

By Andréa Stella | March 17, 2017

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