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A Poetics of Failure: On the Truths That Lie Between Words

A Poetics of Failure: On the Truths That Lie Between Words

D.S. Waldman Considers the Unbridgeable Gap Between Poetry and Any Single Poem

By D.S. Waldman | August 15, 2022

Megan Giddings on Delving into a Magical World in Order to Explore Censorship

Megan Giddings on Delving into a Magical World in Order to Explore Censorship

In Conversation with Brenda Noiseux and Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | August 12, 2022

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 Michael Mann’s Heat Sequel, Biographies of Jim Thorpe and Kiki de Montparnasse, and More

By Book Marks | August 12, 2022

Elaine Castillo on Why Everything is Political

Elaine Castillo on Why Everything is Political

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 11, 2022

Remembering Afghanistan’s Wars: Jamil Jan Kochai on Shifting Storytellers and Forms

Remembering Afghanistan’s Wars: Jamil Jan Kochai on Shifting Storytellers and Forms

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 11, 2022

WATCH: Lynne Tillman and Katie Kitamura Discuss <em>Mothercare</em>

WATCH: Lynne Tillman and Katie Kitamura Discuss Mothercare

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 11, 2022

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | August 11, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kendra Allen is Reading Now and Next

By Diana Arterian | August 11, 2022

I want to hate this new classic lit reading app but… I do not.

By Jonny Diamond | August 10, 2022

Endnotes on Family: Crystal Hana Kim, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and More Voices from <em>Thresholds</em>

Endnotes on Family: Crystal Hana Kim, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and More Voices from Thresholds

Hosted by Jordan Kisner and Drew Broussard

By Thresholds | August 10, 2022

18 new books to look out for this week.

18 new books to look out for this week.

By Katie Yee | August 9, 2022

A Party Where the Host Dislikes All the Guests: Revisiting <em>Mrs Dalloway</em>

A Party Where the Host Dislikes All the Guests: Revisiting Mrs Dalloway

This Week on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | August 9, 2022

Christina Lamb on the Remarkable Life and Boundless Determination of War Correspondent Virginia Cowles

Christina Lamb on the Remarkable Life and Boundless Determination of War Correspondent Virginia Cowles

“Cowles’s encounters with all the key players have led some to describe her as the Forrest Gump of journalism.”

By Christina Lamb | August 9, 2022

Young, Gifted, and Black: Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton on the Life and Short Stories of Diane Oliver

Young, Gifted, and Black: Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton on the Life and Short Stories of Diane Oliver

From the Ursa Short Fiction Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton

By Ursa | August 9, 2022

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

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

Featuring Nick Drnaso, Lynne Tillman, Meng Jin and more!

By Teddy Wayne | August 9, 2022

What True Sentences Did Hemingway Himself Write?

What True Sentences Did Hemingway Himself Write?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 8, 2022

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