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“We’re the Fools in Charge of Forgiveness.” Steve Almond on the Task of the Social Novelist

“We’re the Fools in Charge of Forgiveness.” Steve Almond on the Task of the Social Novelist

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 4, 2022

Why We Turn to Myths to Untangle Old Problems

Why We Turn to Myths to Untangle Old Problems

Jennifer Saint on Feminist Retellings of Ancient Stories

By Jennifer Saint | May 4, 2022

The Story That Saved Me: On Writing My Way Out of a Life That No Longer Felt Like Mine

The Story That Saved Me: On Writing My Way Out of a Life That No Longer Felt Like Mine

Lauren McBrayer’s Novel Showed up Exactly When She Needed It

By Lauren McBrayer | May 4, 2022

15 great paperback books coming out this May.

15 great paperback books coming out this May.

By Katie Yee | May 3, 2022

A Shakespearean Study Guide for <em>The Northman</em>

A Shakespearean Study Guide for The Northman

Saxo and Shakespeare, Masculine Fantasies, and Racist Fictions in Robert Eggers’s New Blockbuster

By The Why Shakespeare? Course | May 3, 2022

Following the Workings of My Mind: Gerald Murnane Rereads His First Novel

Following the Workings of My Mind: Gerald Murnane Rereads His First Novel

The Writer Revisits Tamarisk Row, Nearly 50 Years Later

By Gerald Murnane | May 3, 2022

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On the Groundbreaking Art of Bascove’s Book Covers

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Struggling with Disaster—and Language—in the Hebrew Bible

By The Cosmic Library | May 3, 2022

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By Katie Yee | May 3, 2022

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in May

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From True Crime to Giant Snakes, Something for Everyone

By Eliza Smith | May 2, 2022

Searching for a Lost History in Modern-Day Russia

Searching for a Lost History in Modern-Day Russia

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Alejandro Zambra on Juan Emar, Whose Avant-Garde Writings Deserve Our Attention

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“He wanted to write, to give himself over to pure leisure, to the search.”

By Alejandro Zambra | May 2, 2022

Interview with an Indie Press: Grid Books

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On Focusing on Poets with “Decades of Lived Experience”

By Literary Hub | May 2, 2022

May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

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