Marisa Crane on the Finer Points of Experimental Fiction

Marisa Crane on the Finer Points of Experimental Fiction

“The experimental form should relate to and enhance the themes and narrative—not distract from it.”

By Mac Crane | January 19, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“For all its porno doominess, it often elicits little more than a mild wow.”

By Book Marks | January 19, 2023

How Janet Malcolm Created Her Own Personal Archive

How Janet Malcolm Created Her Own Personal Archive

Eve Sneider on Malcolm’s Posthumous Still Pictures

By Eve Sneider | January 18, 2023

Satyrs and Poets and Jazzmen and Muses: Anne Waldman on Life at Bennington in the Early 1960s

Satyrs and Poets and Jazzmen and Muses: Anne Waldman on Life at Bennington in the Early 1960s

“I was competitive with men. I wanted their freedom.”

By Anne Waldman | January 18, 2023

Bruce Wagner on Oral Histories and Our Culture’s Obsession with Fame

Bruce Wagner on Oral Histories and Our Culture’s Obsession with Fame

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 18, 2023

18 new books to pick up at your local indie.

18 new books to pick up at your local indie.

By Katie Yee | January 17, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • Departure(s)
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood

Here’s Your 2023 Literary Film and TV Preview

By Emily Temple | January 17, 2023

Dan Kois on Youthful Nostalgia and Rediscovering the Craft of Fiction

By Erica Eisdorfer | January 17, 2023

Kathryn Ma on Writing (Un)Reliable Optimistic Narrators

By Jane Ciabattari | January 17, 2023

Does Edith Wharton Hate Us?

Does Edith Wharton Hate Us?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | January 17, 2023

Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

"A cliché is a cliché because it’s worthwhile. Otherwise, it would have been discarded."

By Toni Morrison | January 13, 2023

An Extraordinary Partnership: <em>Turn Every Page</em> Illustrates the Rare Ideal of Artistic Collaboration

An Extraordinary Partnership: Turn Every Page Illustrates the Rare Ideal of Artistic Collaboration

Michelle Nijhuis Considers the New Documentary About Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

By Michelle Nijhuis | January 13, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Laura Zigman, Janet Malcolm, Leigh Bardugo, Paul Auster, and More

By Book Marks | January 13, 2023

Author Brad Meltzer in Conversation with Golden Voice Narrator Scott Brick

Author Brad Meltzer in Conversation with Golden Voice Narrator Scott Brick

On Their Longtime Collaboration and The Nazi Conspiracy

By Behind the Mic | January 13, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Of New Titles by George Saunders, Prince Harry, Pico Iyer, and More

By Book Marks | January 12, 2023

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Feeling Stuck and Facing the Sacrifices We Make for Family

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Feeling Stuck and Facing the Sacrifices We Make for Family

Book Recommendations for the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | January 12, 2023

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