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How the Growing Role of Memoir in the Academy Offers a New Way to Teach Race and Gender

How the Growing Role of Memoir in the Academy Offers a New Way to Teach Race and Gender

A Conversation with Tiffany Gayle Chenault and Georgiann Davis

By Tiffany Gayle Chenault and Georgiann Davis | October 19, 2026

<em>The Wild Robot</em> Author Peter Brown on What Makes a Great Read-Aloud Book

The Wild Robot Author Peter Brown on What Makes a Great Read-Aloud Book

Plus, Children’s Literature as an Act of Hope

By Literary Hub | October 16, 2026

Will Maclean on F*cking Up a Notebook to Write a Novel

Will Maclean on F*cking Up a Notebook to Write a Novel

“The notebook is a refuge from the digital world.”

By Will Maclean | October 16, 2026

How E.L. Shen Came to Understand Her Assassinated Ancestor Through Writing About Him

How E.L. Shen Came to Understand Her Assassinated Ancestor Through Writing About Him

“My ancestor is no longer just a myth... he is simply a man.”

By E. L. Shen | October 16, 2026

My Body Is a Poem: Emily Hyland In Praise of a Poetics of Physicality

My Body Is a Poem: Emily Hyland In Praise of a Poetics of Physicality

“The embodied realm is eager for inquiry, if one is willing and interested.”

By Emily Hyland | October 15, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What David Naimon Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What David Naimon Is Reading Now, and Next

The Author of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing with David Naimon Recommends Sabrina Orah Mark, Evelyn Araluen, and Mykaela Saunders

By Diana Arterian | October 15, 2026

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Writer, Professor and Pen Pal: Josefine Kals Remembers Stephen Dixon

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From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction

By Deesha Philyaw | October 9, 2026

Jérôme Lindon, Jérôme Lindon: On the Relationship Between Jean Echenoz and His Publisher

By Mark Polizzotti | October 9, 2026

How Navigating the Demands of Academia Helped Me Cope With Terrible Loss

How Navigating the Demands of Academia Helped Me Cope With Terrible Loss

“The research and writing became a path back to life, not without Frances, but through and with her.”

By Barbara Young Welke | October 9, 2026

Alice Elliott Dark’s Afterword to “In the Gloaming”

Alice Elliott Dark’s Afterword to “In the Gloaming”

“The words were inside of me, and I was being called to compose a story.”

By Alice Elliott Dark | October 9, 2026

It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made

It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made

Luiz Schwarcz on the Editor’s Role in Shaping and Curating the Reading Experience

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Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just... Not Picking It Up?

Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just... Not Picking It Up?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 8, 2026

Storytelling Across Genre: On Being an Anishinaabe Poet in a Fiction Writer’s World

Storytelling Across Genre: On Being an Anishinaabe Poet in a Fiction Writer’s World

“I write fiction with a poetic inflection because I have honed my poetry muscles over decades.”

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Trans Becoming and the Failure of Language

Trans Becoming and the Failure of Language

“As trans people, each articulation of who we are is also an articulation of who we will no longer be.”

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Why Barbara Kingsolver Writes Standing Up

Why Barbara Kingsolver Writes Standing Up

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By Barbara Kingsolver | October 6, 2026

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