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Why Did I Wait So Long to Read Jane Austen?

Why Did I Wait So Long to Read Jane Austen?

Joshua Raff on His Pandemic Jane-Quest

By Joshua Raff | May 13, 2021

When an Apparition of Virginia Woolf Interrupts Your Writing Process

When an Apparition of Virginia Woolf Interrupts Your Writing Process

Rachel Eisendrath: “She had taken hold of my manuscript. And she was looking down at it.”

By Rachel Eisendrath | May 13, 2021

Tayari Jones on <em>The Women of Brewster Place</em>, Nearly Forty Years Later

Tayari Jones on The Women of Brewster Place, Nearly Forty Years Later

Reconsidering a Watershed Moment
of Black Storytelling

By Tayari Jones | May 13, 2021

Elissa Washuta on Composing the Three-Act Structure of Her Essay Collection

Elissa Washuta on Composing the Three-Act Structure of Her Essay Collection

This Week on the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | May 13, 2021

A Lifetime of Luminous Poetry: Nandana Dev Sen on Translating the Work of Her Mother, Nabaneeta

A Lifetime of Luminous Poetry: Nandana Dev Sen on Translating the Work of Her Mother, Nabaneeta

“She had a profound and primal need for poetry, not only as a way to cope, but as a way of forming herself.”

By Nandana Dev Sen | May 13, 2021

Live at the Red Ink Series: How Desire Propels the Writing Life

Live at the Red Ink Series: How Desire Propels the Writing Life

Featuring Jo Ann Beard, Katherine Angel, Dantiel W. Moniz, and Jeannine Ouellette

By Literary Hub | May 13, 2021

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Books of the Week

Rachel Kushner: Everything Behind You Is Part of Your Present Tense

By Thresholds | May 12, 2021

Half Lives and Long Drives:
An Interview with Anne Carson and Robert Currie

By Sara Elkamel | May 12, 2021

Reimagining the Ancient World: A Reading List

By Ian Dreiblatt | May 12, 2021

On the Missing Racial History in Jerry Spinelli’s <em>Maniac Magee</em>

On the Missing Racial History in Jerry Spinelli’s Maniac Magee

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | May 12, 2021

What Are the Most Discussed Books on the Internet?

What Are the Most Discussed Books on the Internet?

According to Robots, Who Love to Read

By Emily Temple | May 11, 2021

The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

How Arni Magnusson Saved a Country’s Stories

By Egill Bjarnason | May 11, 2021

Joan Silber on Writing Double Maneuvers and Deception

Joan Silber on Writing Double Maneuvers and Deception

The Author of Secrets of Happiness Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | May 11, 2021

Should Norman Mailer Have Any Legacy Beyond Being the Guy Who Stabbed His Wife?

Should Norman Mailer Have Any Legacy Beyond Being the Guy Who Stabbed His Wife?

Miranda Popkey Guests on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | May 11, 2021

22 new books to get you through the week.

22 new books to get you through the week.

By Katie Yee | May 11, 2021

In Praise of Atul Gawande’s Anti-Self Help Book, <br><em>Being Mortal</em>

In Praise of Atul Gawande’s Anti-Self Help Book,
Being Mortal

This Week on the Literary Disco Podcast

By Literary Disco | May 11, 2021

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