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On the Joys of Following Literary Instinct Wherever It Leads

On the Joys of Following Literary Instinct Wherever It Leads

Leah Hager Cohen Asks: “Can anything compare to the wonder of being lost?”

By Leah Hager Cohen | May 22, 2024

The Cosmic Library on Stories and Sleep

The Cosmic Library on Stories and Sleep

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | May 22, 2024

Oprah’s Book Club and... Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

Oprah’s Book Club and... Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

Cass R. Sunstein Considers the Factors and Trends That Lead to Literary Recognition

By Cass R. Sunstein | May 21, 2024

Kevin Kwan on His Love of Classics (Even if He’s Still Never Read <em>Middlemarch</em>)

Kevin Kwan on His Love of Classics (Even if He’s Still Never Read Middlemarch)

The Author of “Lies and Weddings” Recommends Evelyn Waugh and Alan Hollinghurst

By Kevin Kwan | May 21, 2024

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading <em>The Corrections</em> While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading The Corrections While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

“The book is the same every time, but I am different, so what it offers me is different.”

By Jessie Gaynor | May 21, 2024

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

From “The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American Literature”

By Yogita Goyal | May 21, 2024

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R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

By Jane Ciabattari | May 21, 2024

R. O. Kwon! Kent Wascom! Joyce Carol Oates! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 21, 2024

What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

By Emily C. Bloom | May 20, 2024

The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

J. Nicole Jones on the Writers Who Create Literary Puzzles and the Readers Who Solve Them

By J. Nicole Jones | May 20, 2024

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Claire Messud, Adam Higginbotham, Miranda July, Hari Kunzru, and More

By Book Marks | May 17, 2024

A Mouth Holds Many Things: On the Magic of Hybrid Writing

A Mouth Holds Many Things: On the Magic of Hybrid Writing

Dao Strom Enters a State of Slippage

By Dao Strom | May 17, 2024

Signs, Symbols, and Omens: A Reading List of Books Featuring Superstitions

Signs, Symbols, and Omens: A Reading List of Books Featuring Superstitions

Jessie Rosen Recommends Jennifer Weiner, Yangsze Choo, Morgan Jerkins, and More

By Jessie Rosen | May 17, 2024

I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 16, 2024

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

Jonny Diamond on the Timeless Genius of Canada’s Greatest Writer

By Jonny Diamond | May 16, 2024

Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory

Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 16, 2024

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