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Sanjena Sathian on the Downfalls of Ambition

Sanjena Sathian on the Downfalls of Ambition

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | September 16, 2021

Lauren Groff Knows You’re Getting Her Book Title Wrong

Lauren Groff Knows You’re Getting Her Book Title Wrong

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 16, 2021

WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti Launches His Debut Novel

WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti Launches His Debut Novel

In Conversation with Brigid Hughes at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | September 16, 2021

T. C. Boyle Craves Structure, in Life and on the Page

T. C. Boyle Craves Structure, in Life and on the Page

The Author of Talk to Me Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | September 15, 2021

Sarah Gilmartin Reads from <em>Dinner Party: A Tragedy</em>

Sarah Gilmartin Reads from Dinner Party: A Tragedy

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | September 15, 2021

Colson Whitehead: Why a Heist Novel Was the Best Way to Tell the Story of New York

Colson Whitehead: Why a Heist Novel Was the Best Way to Tell the Story of New York

“I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks.”

By Dwyer Murphy | September 14, 2021

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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | September 14, 2021

Julie Shapiro and Claire Boyle on Reversing Roles for the 64th Issue of McSweeney’s

By So Many Damn Books | September 14, 2021

Anna Qu Talks Betrayal, Immigration, and Assimilation

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 13, 2021

“Profoundly, Deeply, Centrally Sensual.” Robert Olen Butler on the Kinesthetic Experience of Writing

“Profoundly, Deeply, Centrally Sensual.” Robert Olen Butler on the Kinesthetic Experience of Writing

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 13, 2021

Tolstoy Forever: Brigid Hughes and Yiyun Li on Retweeting a Russian Classic

Tolstoy Forever: Brigid Hughes and Yiyun Li on Retweeting a Russian Classic

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 9, 2021

Maggie Nelson on Criticism, Intentionality, and Pain

Maggie Nelson on Criticism, Intentionality, and Pain

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 9, 2021

Leigh Stein on Archiving the Cultural Moments We Shared During the (Ongoing) Pandemic

Leigh Stein on Archiving the Cultural Moments We Shared During the (Ongoing) Pandemic

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 9, 2021

Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

“Writing is spooky. You’re colonizing another’s brain for as long as it takes for them to read your work.”

By Rebecca Makkai | September 8, 2021

Alexandra Kleeman on the Artificial Boundary Between the Natural and Man-Made

Alexandra Kleeman on the Artificial Boundary Between the Natural and Man-Made

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 8, 2021

Hilma Wolitzer on the Catharsis of Writing Through Grief

Hilma Wolitzer on the Catharsis of Writing Through Grief

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Today a Women Went Mad in the Supermarket

By Jane Ciabattari | September 7, 2021

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