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Matthew Specktor on the “Cubist Razor Blade” of Extreme Success

Matthew Specktor on the “Cubist Razor Blade” of Extreme Success

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | July 28, 2021

Michelle Orange on the Particular Anger Between Mothers and Daughters

Michelle Orange on the Particular Anger Between Mothers and Daughters

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | July 28, 2021

On Morality and Fools in Paul Fleischman’s <em>Graven Images</em>

On Morality and Fools in Paul Fleischman’s Graven Images

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | July 28, 2021

Maggie Smith on How to Revise Poems Without Losing the Initial Spark

Maggie Smith on How to Revise Poems Without Losing the Initial Spark

“If a poem is a machine made of words, it only runs as well as the words we choose to build it.”

By Maggie Smith | July 27, 2021

Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

The Author of We Want What We Want Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | July 27, 2021

8 Books About the Messiness and Beauty of Queer Life

8 Books About the Messiness and Beauty of Queer Life

Amanda Kabak Recommends Sarah Waters, Michael Cunningham, and More

By Amanda Kabak | July 27, 2021

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Mary Jo Bang Wonders Why It Takes So Long to Meet Beatrice in Dante’s Inferno

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How an 18th-Century Cookbook Offers Glimpses of Jane Austen’s Domestic Life

By Julienne Gehrer  | July 26, 2021

Alix Ohlin on How to Map the Shape of Your Short Story

Alix Ohlin on How to Map the Shape of Your Short Story

The Author of We Want What We Want Tries to Find the Shape of Things in Alice Munro, Ocean Vuong, and More

By Alix Ohlin | July 26, 2021

WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

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Revisiting Raymond Chandler’s most iconic lines.

Revisiting Raymond Chandler’s most iconic lines.

By Dan Sheehan | July 23, 2021

What the Animal World Can Teach Us About Human Nature

What the Animal World Can Teach Us About Human Nature

A Conversation Between Carl Safina and Nick McDonell

By Nick McDonell | July 23, 2021

WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

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Toward a Syllabus for Modern Grieving

Toward a Syllabus for Modern Grieving

From Yaa Gyasi to Joan Silber Beth Kissileff Finds Consolation in Reading

By Beth Kissileff | July 23, 2021

Translating at the Blurred Edge of Memoir and Fiction

Translating at the Blurred Edge of Memoir and Fiction

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