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Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Or: Trapped in a Movie Theater with Salman Rushdie, c. 1996

By Martin Amis | May 22, 2023

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 22, 2023

How Has the Turbulent History of Northern Ireland Changed the Literary Landscape?

How Has the Turbulent History of Northern Ireland Changed the Literary Landscape?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 22, 2023

The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

From Akhtar’s Introduction of Rushdie at Last Night’s PEN Gala

By Ayad Akhtar | May 19, 2023

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

Also, She Would Still Be Scheduling Dog Surgeries If She Wasn't a Writer

By Literary Hub | May 19, 2023

It’s Very, Very Complicated: A Reading List of Friendships That Are All Over the Place

It’s Very, Very Complicated: A Reading List of Friendships That Are All Over the Place

Ore Agbaje-Williams Recommends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Elena Ferrante and More

By Ore Agbaje-Williams | May 19, 2023

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | May 19, 2023

How Screenwriting Can Help You Write Stronger Fiction

By Crystal Smith Paul | May 19, 2023

Why a Small-Town Record Store in Rural Pennsylvania Was My First Library

By Jolene McIlwain | May 18, 2023

Murakami Bingo: Is Animation the Ideal Form for Adapting the “Undadaptable” Author?

Murakami Bingo: Is Animation the Ideal Form for Adapting the “Undadaptable” Author?

A Survey of Murakami Reimaginings, from Burning to Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

By Ryan Bedsaul | May 18, 2023

Announcing the Winners of the 92 Street Y Discovery Contest

Announcing the Winners of the 92 Street Y Discovery Contest

Read the Winning Poems Selected by Judges Kaveh Akbar, Tracie Morris and Simone White

By Literary Hub | May 18, 2023

Legally Literary: A Reading List of Lawyers (or Law Students) Turned Writers

Legally Literary: A Reading List of Lawyers (or Law Students) Turned Writers

Deepa Varadajan Recommends Elizabeth Strout, Mohsin Hamid, Daniyal Mueenuddin, and Many More

By Deepa Varadarajan | May 18, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The result is both addictive and slightly sickening.”

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Anne Berest’s Best Story Came From Deep in Her Family’s Past

Anne Berest’s Best Story Came From Deep in Her Family’s Past

“Every life is a novel for those who are curious enough.”

By Literary Hub | May 17, 2023

Just on the Horizon: Nine Utopian Books to Deprogram Our Brains

Just on the Horizon: Nine Utopian Books to Deprogram Our Brains

Kristen R. Ghodsee Recommends Thomas More, Aldus Huxley, and More

By Kristen R. Ghodsee | May 17, 2023

“I Kiss My Ghosts’ Sticky Foreheads.” Jane Wong on Poetic Ambivalence and Feeding on the Past

“I Kiss My Ghosts’ Sticky Foreheads.” Jane Wong on Poetic Ambivalence and Feeding on the Past

“Each day, I rub my eyes with poetry, bleary in foggy morning light.”

By Jane Wong | May 17, 2023

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