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“Do I Want to Spend the Next Seven Years Thinking About One White Dude?” Jac Jemc on Writing About Iconic Royal Cousins

“Do I Want to Spend the Next Seven Years Thinking About One White Dude?” Jac Jemc on Writing About Iconic Royal Cousins

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | February 14, 2023

Mai Nardone’s Unvarnished Fictional Truths About Life in Contemporary Thailand

Mai Nardone’s Unvarnished Fictional Truths About Life in Contemporary Thailand

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 14, 2023

BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

Leigh Stein Wonders Why More Book People Don’t Embrace the Publishing Juggernaut

By Leigh Stein | February 13, 2023

Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

In Which Barthelme’s Story, “The Balloon,” Gets a Very Close Reading

By Ann Beattie | February 13, 2023

Five Surreal Works of Fiction You Probably Haven’t Read... and <em>Slaughterhouse-Five</em>

Five Surreal Works of Fiction You Probably Haven’t Read... and Slaughterhouse-Five

Isabel Waidner Recommends Megan Milks, Jess Arndt, Kurt Vonnegut, and More

By Isabel Waidner | February 13, 2023

Why Harlem? Considering the Site of “Civil Rights by Copyright,” 100 Years Later

Why Harlem? Considering the Site of “Civil Rights by Copyright,” 100 Years Later

Bo McMillan on the Confluence of Black Modernity, Self-Determinism, and Belongingness of Harlem's Housing

By Bo McMillan | February 13, 2023

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Kathryn Ma on Portraying Asian-Americans Positively and the “Messiness That is Life in Any Community”

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 13, 2023

In Knock at the Cabin, M. Night Shyamalan’s Twist is the Lack of a Twist

By Jonathan Russell Clark | February 10, 2023

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Helen Sword on the Physicality of Language

Helen Sword on the Physicality of Language

“Because I can no longer ignore my body while I’m writing, I have learned to trust its wisdom.”

By Helen Sword | February 10, 2023

The Strangest Things Are the Truest: Laline Paull on Channeling a Dolphin’s Narrative Voice

The Strangest Things Are the Truest: Laline Paull on Channeling a Dolphin’s Narrative Voice

“We hope and we fear that animals are more like us than we imagine.”

By Laline Paull | February 10, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What José Olivarez is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What José Olivarez is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Paul Beatty, N.K. Jemisin, Yanyi and more.

By Diana Arterian | February 10, 2023

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on Capturing What it Means to Live in Contemporary Nigeria

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on Capturing What it Means to Live in Contemporary Nigeria

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | February 9, 2023

The Coming-of-Age Tale As Societal Critique: Sylvia Plath’s <em>The Bell Jar</em> at 60

The Coming-of-Age Tale As Societal Critique: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar at 60

Heather Clark on One of the Defining Novels of the 20th Century

By Heather Clark | February 9, 2023

On the Uncertain Border Between Writing and Therapy

On the Uncertain Border Between Writing and Therapy

Veronica Esposito Explores the Intersection of Creativity and Trauma

By Veronica Esposito | February 9, 2023

<em>The Lives of the Wives</em>: Carmela Ciuraru on Marriage, Writing, and Equity

The Lives of the Wives: Carmela Ciuraru on Marriage, Writing, and Equity

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By Fiction Non Fiction | February 9, 2023

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