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Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us <br>Reclaim Joy

Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us
Reclaim Joy

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | May 5, 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | May 5, 2021

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

Charlotte Whittle Considers Notes from a Childhood and the Role of Perspective

By Charlotte Whittle | May 5, 2021

Chloe Fergusson-Tibble Recommends Māori Literature

Chloe Fergusson-Tibble Recommends Māori Literature

This Week on the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | May 5, 2021

Death and the River: Close Reading a Classic Scots’ Border Ballad

Death and the River: Close Reading a Classic Scots’ Border Ballad

Why Ryan Bradley Can’t Stop Listening to “Annan Water”

By Ryan Bradley | May 5, 2021

The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

; vs. — vs. , vs. . vs. !

By Emily Temple | May 4, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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  • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
  • Evil Genius

23 new books to dig into this week.

By Katie Yee | May 4, 2021

On the Time-Traveling Allusions of T.S. Eliot

By Lit Century | May 4, 2021

A Spaniard, a Frenchman, and Several Dead Russians: What I Owe Roberto Bolaño

By Chris Power | May 4, 2021

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Kavita Bedford Recommends Work By Valeria Luiselli, Olivia Laing, and More

By Kavita Bedford | May 3, 2021

Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on First Draft

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 3, 2021

How To: On the Unlikely Political and Cultural Power of the DIY Manual

How To: On the Unlikely Political and Cultural Power of the DIY Manual

Bethany Kaylor Digs Into the History of Doing It Yourself

By Bethany Kaylor | May 3, 2021

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Clayton Wickham Rereads The Drinker

By Clayton Wickham | May 3, 2021

Elizabeth Ellen on Small Presses, Autofiction, and Reading the Uncomfortable

Elizabeth Ellen on Small Presses, Autofiction, and Reading the Uncomfortable

“I look for a gut punch. I look for unexpectedness.”

By Walker Caplan | May 3, 2021

On Salman Rushdie’s Devotion to the Art of Fiction

On Salman Rushdie’s Devotion to the Art of Fiction

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast
with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 3, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Because It’s Gonna Be May

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2021

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