When in Need of the Right Word, Great Writers Simply Make Them Up

When in Need of the Right Word, Great Writers Simply Make Them Up

Ralph Keyes on the Rich Literary History of the Neologism

By Ralph Keyes | March 15, 2021

Out of the Attic: A Caregiver’s Rage and <em>Jane Eyre</em>

Out of the Attic: A Caregiver’s Rage and Jane Eyre

Kate Washington on Burnout, Marital Roles, and the Feminine Ideals of Victorian Literature

By Kate Washington | March 15, 2021

On Gabriel García Márquez’s Search for Truth in Nostalgia

On Gabriel García Márquez’s Search for Truth in Nostalgia

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | March 15, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Inside Story: A Novel</em> by Martin Amis

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Inside Story: A Novel by Martin Amis

Carlin Romano on One of the Finalists for Fiction

By Carlin Romano | March 15, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Crap</em> by Wendy A. Woloson

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Crap by Wendy A. Woloson

J. Howard Rosier on One of the Finalists for Criticism

By J. Howard Rosier | March 12, 2021

Why we need more depictions of Twenty-Something Black Girls Just Figuring Shit Out.

Why we need more depictions of Twenty-Something Black Girls Just Figuring Shit Out.

By Vanessa Willoughby | March 11, 2021

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After Images: Encountering the Work of Beverley Farmer

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A Dinner in France, 1973: Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, and a Very Young Henry Louis Gates, Jr

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Metaliterary Worlds: On Fictional Books Within Books

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The Fires of Digression: Gregory Brown on the Slow Burn of Writing Fiction

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"It’s okay to wander. It’s okay to be lost. It’s okay to go slow."

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This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>The Shore</em> by Chris Nealon

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Jacob M. Appel on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Jacob M. Appel | March 11, 2021

Nineteen Ways of Looking at <br>Marilynne Robinson

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Kevin Brockmeier on the Literary Prowess (and Workshop Advice) of an American Icon

By Kevin Brockmeier | March 10, 2021

When Philip Roth Switched Publishers, Drama Ensued

When Philip Roth Switched Publishers, Drama Ensued

Ira Nadel Dishes on Life in the Literary 70s

By Ira Nadel | March 10, 2021

Lauren Groff on the Subtle, Poetic Voice of Shirley Hazzard

Lauren Groff on the Subtle, Poetic Voice of Shirley Hazzard

The Transit of Venus “Returns Quietly to the Mind”

By Lauren Groff | March 10, 2021

Merve Emre on the Mind-Body Experience of Transcribing <em>Mrs Dalloway</em>

Merve Emre on the Mind-Body Experience of Transcribing Mrs Dalloway

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
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