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How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

Caroline Tracey on Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Salt Lakes

By Caroline Tracey | March 23, 2026

Pepper Basham on How <em>The Secret Garden</em> Inspired Her Love for British Literature

Pepper Basham on How The Secret Garden Inspired Her Love for British Literature

"I can still find my way there through these pages. Some gardens, it turns out, are always in season."

By Pepper Basham | March 23, 2026

Mieko Kawakami on Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Hope in the Darkness

Mieko Kawakami on Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Hope in the Darkness

In Conversation With Her Translators, Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio

By Leanne Ogasawara | March 23, 2026

Andrea Mara on Building Suspense

Andrea Mara on Building Suspense

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 23, 2026

Rachel Eliza Griffiths on Finding the Poetry in Grief

Rachel Eliza Griffiths on Finding the Poetry in Grief

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | March 23, 2026

If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of <em>Wuthering Heights</em>, Read This Book

If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of Wuthering Heights, Read This Book

Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Karen Powell’s Fifteen Wild Decembers

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | March 20, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Why the Poet Ed Sanders
Matters More Than Ever

By Lucy Kogler | March 20, 2026

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

By Book Marks | March 20, 2026

Marlene Zuk on Tackling Writer’s Block (as a Scientist)

By Marlene Zuk | March 20, 2026

Valeria Luiselli on Sounding the Borderlands

Valeria Luiselli on Sounding the Borderlands

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the final episode of Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 20, 2026

DIY Creativity: What Conserving Art and Writing Fiction Have in Common

DIY Creativity: What Conserving Art and Writing Fiction Have in Common

Karma Brown In Praise of Hands-On Experience When Drafting and Researching a Novel

By Karma Brown | March 19, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A family is always a bit of a fantasy, requiring some realist puncturing. Every good biographer, then, is a problem child.”

By Book Marks | March 19, 2026

A Singular Pursuit: Why All Writing (and All Writers) Matter More Than Ever Today

A Singular Pursuit: Why All Writing (and All Writers) Matter More Than Ever Today

“To write is to think and to think is to be human and to be human, in all its marvelous complexity.”

By Timothy J. Hillegonds | March 19, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending March 15, 2026

By Literary Hub | March 19, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending March 15, 2026

By Literary Hub | March 19, 2026

Jeff Boyd on Cops, Teachers, and Chicago

Jeff Boyd on Cops, Teachers, and Chicago

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 19, 2026

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