An ode to the brilliant, hilarious opening scene of Zadie Smith's <em>White Teeth</em>.

An ode to the brilliant, hilarious opening scene of Zadie Smith's White Teeth.

By Snigdha Koirala | October 25, 2021

Lauren Groff on Maintaining the “Electric Jolt” of an Idea While Writing

Lauren Groff on Maintaining the “Electric Jolt” of an Idea While Writing

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 25, 2021

Notes on Queerness and Camp in Crime Fiction

Notes on Queerness and Camp in Crime Fiction

Tice Cin Examines the Coexistence of Adventure and the Domestic

By Tice Cin | October 25, 2021

Battle Royale: 6 Books That Take on the Rich World of Wrestling

Battle Royale: 6 Books That Take on the Rich World of Wrestling

Gene Kwak Recommends Chapbooks, Novels, and Nonfiction

By Gene Kwak | October 25, 2021

Elaine Feeney Recommends John McGahern, Ralph Ellison, and <em>Black Beauty</em>

Elaine Feeney Recommends John McGahern, Ralph Ellison, and Black Beauty

Rapid-Fire Book Recs From the Author of As You Were

By Book Marks | October 25, 2021

Samantha Silva on Writing a Novel About Mary Wollstonecraft

Samantha Silva on Writing a Novel About Mary Wollstonecraft

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 25, 2021

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Watching a Magazine, Reading a Movie: On Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 22, 2021

5 Audiobooks to Catch Up on the 2021 Pulitzer Winners and Finalists

By James Tate Hill | October 22, 2021

Strout, Solnit, Porter: Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | October 22, 2021

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

How the Author of Veronica Tries to Honor the World

By Mary Gaitskill | October 22, 2021

David Shariatmadari on What Etymology Can Teach Us About Culture (and Happiness)

David Shariatmadari on What Etymology Can Teach Us About Culture (and Happiness)

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | October 22, 2021

On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

Oscar Oswald Considers Theocritus, Layli Long Soldier, and the Search for a Wild Poetry

By Oscar Oswald | October 22, 2021

On the Very Human Importance of Walking: A Reading List

On the Very Human Importance of Walking: A Reading List

Katherine May Recommends Solnit, Strayed, Bunyan, and More

By Katherine May | October 22, 2021

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

Sara B. Franklin on a True Poet of Our Times

By Sara B. Franklin | October 21, 2021

The Perpetual Timeliness of <em>Tess of the D'Urbervilles</em>

The Perpetual Timeliness of Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Janet Beard on Reading and Rereading the Thomas Hardy Classic

By Janet Beard | October 21, 2021

Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 21, 2021

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