The Fires of Digression: Gregory Brown on the Slow Burn of Writing Fiction

The Fires of Digression: Gregory Brown on the Slow Burn of Writing Fiction

"It’s okay to wander. It’s okay to be lost. It’s okay to go slow."

By Gregory Brown | March 11, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>The Shore</em> by Chris Nealon

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Shore by Chris Nealon

Jacob M. Appel on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Jacob M. Appel | March 11, 2021

Nineteen Ways of Looking at <br>Marilynne Robinson

Nineteen Ways of Looking at
Marilynne Robinson

Kevin Brockmeier on the Literary Prowess (and Workshop Advice) of an American Icon

By Kevin Brockmeier | March 10, 2021

When Philip Roth Switched Publishers, Drama Ensued

When Philip Roth Switched Publishers, Drama Ensued

Ira Nadel Dishes on Life in the Literary 70s

By Ira Nadel | March 10, 2021

Lauren Groff on the Subtle, Poetic Voice of Shirley Hazzard

Lauren Groff on the Subtle, Poetic Voice of Shirley Hazzard

The Transit of Venus “Returns Quietly to the Mind”

By Lauren Groff | March 10, 2021

Merve Emre on the Mind-Body Experience of Transcribing <em>Mrs Dalloway</em>

Merve Emre on the Mind-Body Experience of Transcribing Mrs Dalloway

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | March 10, 2021

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This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

By David Varno | March 10, 2021

Reading Trans Women with Rosemary Ketchum

By Reading Women | March 10, 2021

How Virginia Woolf’s Time-Traveling Androgynous Hero Became Shorthand for Fashion’s Genderless Future 

By Sophie Wilson | March 9, 2021

Was Kazuo Ishiguro’s <em>The Unconsoled</em> the Greatest Literary Practical Joke of All Time?

Was Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled the Greatest Literary Practical Joke of All Time?

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | March 9, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Island on Fire</em> by Tom Zoellner

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Island on Fire by Tom Zoellner

Carlin Romano on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Carlin Romano | March 9, 2021

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | March 9, 2021

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Leora Fridman on Takis Würger’s Controversial Novel, Stella

By Leora Fridman | March 8, 2021

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into<br> Sublime Horror

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into
Sublime Horror

Eugene Thacker on the 1907 Novella The Willows

By Eugene Thacker | March 8, 2021

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Megan Nolan Recommends Jeffrey Eugenides, John Irving, 
Oyinkan Braithwaite, and More

By Megan Nolan | March 8, 2021

Writing Through the Microscope: Intimate Versus Epic Narration

Writing Through the Microscope: Intimate Versus Epic Narration

Gabriela Houston on Finding the Right Scale in Fiction

By Gabriela Houston | March 8, 2021

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