Chinelo Okparanta on William Styron’s <em>Confessions of Nat Turner</em> and Writing Across Racial Identities

Chinelo Okparanta on William Styron’s Confessions of Nat Turner and Writing Across Racial Identities

“I did wonder about the implications of writing, albeit fictionally and satirically, from a white liberal-minded man’s perspective.”

By Chinelo Okparanta | September 14, 2022

Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | September 14, 2022

Two or Three Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard

Two or Three Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard

Towards an Obituary of a Cinematic Giant

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 14, 2022

Families Far Worse Than Yours: A Reading List

Families Far Worse Than Yours: A Reading List

Sally Koslow Recommends Joseph Han, Charmaine Wilkerson, Miranda Cowley Heller, and More

By Sally Koslow | September 14, 2022

Author-Illustrator Dan Santat on the Magic of Fractured Fairy Tales

Author-Illustrator Dan Santat on the Magic of Fractured Fairy Tales

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | September 14, 2022

Read William Faulkner’s 1952 Adulation of Hemingway’s <em>The Old Man and the Sea</em>

Read William Faulkner’s 1952 Adulation of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea

“Time may show it to be the best single piece of any of us.”

By Book Marks | September 13, 2022

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Jhumpa Lahiri on Michael F. Moore’s Translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed

By Jhumpa Lahiri | September 13, 2022

Was It Ever Possible For One Person To Read Every Book Ever Written (in English)?

By Randall Munroe | September 13, 2022

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Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

“The greatest poems demand change. Maybe we need to change to meet them.”

By Matthew Zapruder | September 13, 2022

Ling Ma on Patterns of Return and the Ways Speculative Fiction Helps Illuminate Real Life

Ling Ma on Patterns of Return and the Ways Speculative Fiction Helps Illuminate Real Life

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Bliss Montage

By Jane Ciabattari | September 13, 2022

Chantal V. Johnson on Letting the Reader Be Smarter Than Her Character

Chantal V. Johnson on Letting the Reader Be Smarter Than Her Character

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

By I'm a Writer But | September 13, 2022

Deforming Medium: A Reading List of Experimental Points of View

Deforming Medium: A Reading List of Experimental Points of View

Jonathan Dee Recommends Gustave Flaubert, Imbolo Mbue, William Maxwell, and More

By Jonathan Dee | September 13, 2022

24 glorious new books to welcome into the world today.

24 glorious new books to welcome into the world today.

By Katie Yee | September 13, 2022

“I hunt and fish because it helps my writing.” Some Very Specific Writing Advice from Jim Harrison

“I hunt and fish because it helps my writing.” Some Very Specific Writing Advice from Jim Harrison

From the The Search for the Genuine: Selected Nonfiction, 1970-2015

By Jim Harrison | September 12, 2022

Five Writers on How Writing with Creative Constraints Unlocked Their Projects

Five Writers on How Writing with Creative Constraints Unlocked Their Projects

From Dashiel Carrera, Matthew Vollmer, Matthew Tomkinson, Julie Carr, and Jean Marc Ah-Sen

By Dashiel Carrera | September 12, 2022

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