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More Craft Than Art: Approaching a Novel As a Carpenter Would

More Craft Than Art: Approaching a Novel As a Carpenter Would

Brian Hall on Balancing the “Two Cultures” in His Family and His Writing

By Brian Hall | June 9, 2021

“My Life is Quite Gay.” A Queer Memoir Reading List

“My Life is Quite Gay.” A Queer Memoir Reading List

John Paul Brammer on LGBTQ+ Stories That Guided
His Life and Writing

By John Paul Brammer | June 8, 2021

Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives

Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives

Samantha Rose Hill Considers the Importance of Marginalia in the Writing Life

By Samantha Rose Hill | June 8, 2021

The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg

The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg

Anne Sebba Reads the Rosenbergs of Plath, Doctorow, Kushner and More

By Anne Sebba | June 8, 2021

The Overwhelming Power of Beauty: Deconstructing Edith Hamilton’s <em>Mythology</em> for Modern Times

The Overwhelming Power of Beauty: Deconstructing Edith Hamilton’s Mythology for Modern Times

Kathryn Lofton on Greek and Roman Classics, Scholarship, and Religion

By Kathryn Lofton | June 8, 2021

20 hot new books coming out this week.

20 hot new books coming out this week.

By Katie Yee | June 8, 2021

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On the Cultural Figure—and Lived Reality—of the Blind Writer

By M. Leona Godin | June 7, 2021

Once and For All: Is Drunkenness Actually Good for Art?

By Edward Slingerland | June 7, 2021

On the Storied Life of Miguel de Cervantes and His Greatest Creation, Don Quixote

By History of Literature | June 7, 2021

WATCH: Raven Leilani in Conversation with Pandora Sykes at the Hay Festival

WATCH: Raven Leilani in Conversation with Pandora Sykes at the Hay Festival

The Debut Novelist Discusses Her New Book, Luster

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 7, 2021

Matthew Clark Davison on Care, Abuse, and the Narrative Possibilities of Brotherhood

Matthew Clark Davison on Care, Abuse, and the Narrative Possibilities of Brotherhood

The Author of Doubting Thomas in Conversation with Paul Lisicky

By Paul Lisicky | June 7, 2021

What Novels Can Borrow from the Sweeping Mythology of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

What Novels Can Borrow from the Sweeping Mythology of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Benjamin Percy on Creating a New World Within the Old

By Benjamin Percy | June 4, 2021

Lili Anolik on Eve Babitz, LA, and the Myth of Objectivity in Biography

Lili Anolik on Eve Babitz, LA, and the Myth of Objectivity in Biography

This Week from the Big Table Podcast

By Big Table | June 4, 2021

Exploring the... Weirder Side of Reproduction: A Reading List

Exploring the... Weirder Side of Reproduction: A Reading List

Sara Flannery Recommends Some Sci-Fi Takes on Procreation

By Sara Flannery Murphy | June 4, 2021

Love Letters to Italy: A Reading List

Love Letters to Italy: A Reading List

Deb Caletti Recommends Marlena de Blasi, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Andrea di Robilant

By Deb Caletti | June 4, 2021

A Moment of Reckoning: Thomas P. Campbell and András Szántó on Museums and Public Trust

A Moment of Reckoning: Thomas P. Campbell and András Szántó on Museums and Public Trust

The Director at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Considers How Institutions Can Be More Inclusive

By András Szántó | June 4, 2021

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