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

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

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

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | May 12, 2021

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

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

In Conversation with Sara Elkamel and NYU Undergraduates

By Sara Elkamel | May 12, 2021

Reimagining the Ancient World: A Reading List

Reimagining the Ancient World: A Reading List

Ian Dreiblatt Fulfills a "Desire to Haunt Ancient Alleys" in These Seven Books

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

Best Reviewed
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  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

What Are the Most Discussed Books on the Internet?

By Emily Temple | May 11, 2021

The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

By Egill Bjarnason | May 11, 2021

Joan Silber on Writing Double Maneuvers and Deception

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

Substance If Not Style: On the Radical Similarities of Alice Munro and Pedro Almodóvar

Substance If Not Style: On the Radical Similarities of Alice Munro and Pedro Almodóvar

Veronica Esposito Finds Unlikely Parallels in Two of Our Greatest Storytellers

By Veronica Esposito | May 10, 2021

Alison Bechdel on Transcendentalism, Bliss, and <em>The Secret to Superhuman Strength</em>

Alison Bechdel on Transcendentalism, Bliss, and The Secret to Superhuman Strength

The Author of Fun Home Discusses Writing Beyond Language

By Corinne Segal | May 10, 2021

Kate Durbin on Finding Beauty in the Possessions That Possess Us

Kate Durbin on Finding Beauty in the Possessions That Possess Us

Chelsea Hodson Talks with the Author of Hoarders

By Chelsea Hodson | May 10, 2021

What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

Rónán Hession on Writing a Reflective, Digressive, and Quiet Novel

By Rónán Hession | May 10, 2021

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