How Living in Naples Changed Shirley Hazzard’s Life

How Living in Naples Changed Shirley Hazzard’s Life

“If you come to live there, come to know it, you will live in other times.”

By Brigitta Olubas | November 15, 2022

Nick Hornby Understands the Pitfalls of Giving Novels as Gifts

Nick Hornby Understands the Pitfalls of Giving Novels as Gifts

The Author of Dickens and Prince Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | November 15, 2022

12 new books to look forward to this week.

12 new books to look forward to this week.

By Katie Yee | November 15, 2022

On the Glorious Queerness of Metrical Narrative

On the Glorious Queerness of Metrical Narrative

Cat Fitzpatrick’s Celebration of “Absurd Embellishments”

By Cat Fitzpatrick | November 15, 2022

Sofia Coppola in Praise of Edith Wharton’s Beloved Antiheroine, Undine Spragg

Sofia Coppola in Praise of Edith Wharton’s Beloved Antiheroine, Undine Spragg

“We watch her like a car crash while at the same time we root for her.”

By Sofia Coppola | November 15, 2022

Elisa Gabbert on the Performance of Self in Poetry (Versus Prose)

Elisa Gabbert on the Performance of Self in Poetry (Versus Prose)

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | November 15, 2022

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Rich Ferguson, Mary Kerr, and S.A. Griffin on the Heart of Beat Literature

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 15, 2022

Kevin Wilson on the Ease of Writing in the 90s and His New Novel, Now is Not the Time to Panic

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Remembering Kenward Elmslie and Lucia Berlin through Their Postcards to Each Other

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Oh, the Ironies: How Irony Got Its (Second) Meaning

Oh, the Ironies: How Irony Got Its (Second) Meaning

Ben Yagoda Considers Connop Thirlwell's Invention of Practical Irony

By Ben Yagoda | November 14, 2022

David Yoon on Writing Racial Dynamics in YA Fiction

David Yoon on Writing Racial Dynamics in YA Fiction

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | November 14, 2022

This Year’s University Press Week Highlights Work on Race, Religion, War, and More

This Year’s University Press Week Highlights Work on Race, Religion, War, and More

Books, Series, Imprints, and More!

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Ross Gay: “It’s Never Been the Institutions, It’s Always Been Our Neighbor.”

Ross Gay: “It’s Never Been the Institutions, It’s Always Been Our Neighbor.”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 14, 2022

A Brief History of Shipwrecks in Literature

A Brief History of Shipwrecks in Literature

Alan G. Jamieson on Why Lost Ships Are So Compelling to Writers

By Alan G. Jamieson | November 11, 2022

Alexander Chee on the Perpetual Importance of the Essay

Alexander Chee on the Perpetual Importance of the Essay

The Editor of Best American Essays Talks to Steve Wieberg Ahead of the Writers for Readers Festival

By Steve Wieberg | November 11, 2022

How to Celebrate 100 Years of Kurt Vonnegut

How to Celebrate 100 Years of Kurt Vonnegut

Happy Birthday to a Literary Legend

By Literary Hub | November 11, 2022

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