On Finding a Little Spark When Your Writing’s Lost Its Heat

On Finding a Little Spark When Your Writing’s Lost Its Heat

What Ron Hogan Learned from Conan, Nanette, Mary Oliver, and More

By Ron Hogan | June 9, 2021

Chasing a Waking Life: On the Pains of Being an Insomniac

Chasing a Waking Life: On the Pains of Being an Insomniac

Aminatta Forna Moves Through a Cultural and Personal History of Sleeplessness

By Aminatta Forna | June 9, 2021

Kristen Arnett: “I Always Want to Write Something Messy. What’s the Fun of Being Clean All the Time?”

Kristen Arnett: “I Always Want to Write Something Messy. What’s the Fun of Being Clean All the Time?”

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | June 9, 2021

On Leaving and Returning: <br>A Reading List About Home

On Leaving and Returning:
A Reading List About Home

Andy Abramowitz Recommends Anne Tyler, Rebecca Makkai, Tove Ditlevsen, and More

By Andy Abramowitz | June 9, 2021

Reading Shades of Gray in Avi’s <em>Nothing But the Truth</em>

Reading Shades of Gray in Avi’s Nothing But the Truth

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | June 9, 2021

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

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

By John Paul Brammer | June 8, 2021

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

By Samantha Rose Hill | June 8, 2021

The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg

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

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

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

M. Leona Godin Considers Homer, Borges, and the Large Gap Between Metaphorical and Practical

By M. Leona Godin | June 7, 2021

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

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

Edward Slingerland Considers the History of—and Science Behind—Alcohol as Muse

By Edward Slingerland | June 7, 2021

On the Storied Life of Miguel de Cervantes and His Greatest Creation, <em>Don Quixote</em>

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

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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

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