Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

“His fallback, his signature, is always humor.”

By Charles McGrath | June 29, 2021

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s <em>The General of the Dead Army</em>

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s The General of the Dead Army

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | June 29, 2021

Tom Lin on the Importance of Conducting Literary Field Work

Tom Lin on the Importance of Conducting Literary Field Work

Jane Ciabattari Speaks with the Author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu

By Jane Ciabattari | June 29, 2021

Very Different Writers, Uncanny Commonalities: On Lee Child and<br> Heidi James

Very Different Writers, Uncanny Commonalities: On Lee Child and
Heidi James

Biographer Heather Martin Takes the Measure of Two Literary Lives

By Heather Martin | June 28, 2021

Romance Novels for Hot-Everybody Summer

Romance Novels for Hot-Everybody Summer

Erin Flanagan on the Diversity of an Often Disparaged Genre

By Erin Flanagan | June 28, 2021

Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård

Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård

Saskia Vogel Considers the Role of Writing as Memory in October Child

By Saskia Vogel | June 28, 2021

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On the Unbearable Whiteness of Mainstream, Canonical Southern Literature 

By Anjali Enjeti | June 28, 2021

On the Enchanting, Hopelessly Beautiful Splendor and History of Venice

By Orsola Casagrande | June 28, 2021

The Rise of the Crypto Writer? On What Literary NFTs Might Mean for the Book World

By Walker Caplan | June 25, 2021

Nathaniel Mackey on Evoking John Coltrane and the Visual Delights of Poetry

Nathaniel Mackey on Evoking John Coltrane and the Visual Delights of Poetry

Peter Mishler Talks with the Contemporary American Poet and National Book Award-Winner

By Peter Mishler | June 25, 2021

Kevin McIlvoy on the Periodic Reemergence of Ghost Stories

Kevin McIlvoy on the Periodic Reemergence of Ghost Stories

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | June 25, 2021

The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

Stephen Marche Considers AI, Machine Learning, and “the Labyrinth of Another’s Being”

By Stephen Marche | June 23, 2021

What If Procrastination Is an Essential Part of Our Writing Process?

What If Procrastination Is an Essential Part of Our Writing Process?

Amy Sackville on an Aesthetics of Deferral

By Amy Sackville | June 23, 2021

Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

Thomas Swick on the Importance of the “Ceremonial Gate”

By Thomas Swick | June 23, 2021

Forrest Gander on the Investment and Involvement Required of Reading Poetry

Forrest Gander on the Investment and Involvement Required of Reading Poetry

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 23, 2021

How Gaslighting in Fiction Can Reflect the Realities of Psychological Abuse

How Gaslighting in Fiction Can Reflect the Realities of Psychological Abuse

Jennifer Baker Considers The Illness Lesson and Real Life

By Jennifer Baker | June 23, 2021

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