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In Defense of Writing Books That May Never Be Read

In Defense of Writing Books That May Never Be Read

Mark de Silva: “That language fails to capture experience is no cause for disappointment.”

By Mark de Silva | January 27, 2021

Embracing Imperfection: On Writing in a Second Language

Embracing Imperfection: On Writing in a Second Language

Kaori Fujimoto Recounts the Challenges of Finding Her Voice
in a Different Tongue

By Kaori Fujimoto | January 27, 2021

Margo Jefferson: ‘If I Can’t Find a Way to Do That... Why Am I Writing a Memoir?’

Margo Jefferson: ‘If I Can’t Find a Way to Do That... Why Am I Writing a Memoir?’

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | January 27, 2021

Te-Ping Chen on Finding Moments of Magical Realism in China

Te-Ping Chen on Finding Moments of Magical Realism in China

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 27, 2021

Joan Didion: Why I Write

Joan Didion: Why I Write

"I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means."

By Joan Didion | January 26, 2021

How Do We Write About Political Crisis and Personal Conflict?

How Do We Write About Political Crisis and Personal Conflict?

Carys Davies Outlines the Process of Writing Her Latest Novel

By Carys Davies | January 26, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Permanence
  • No Way Home
  • Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
  • Small Town Girls: A Writer's Memoir
  • Last Night in Brooklyn
  • If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation

Mateo Askaripour on Sorry to Bother You and Giving Up the Scarcity Mindset

By So Many Damn Books | January 26, 2021

What James Baldwin Taught Nikky Finney About the Poet’s Responsibility to the Living

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 25, 2021

Writing a Saudi American Novel When No One Has Done It Before

By Eman Quotah | January 25, 2021

Peter Ho Davies on Writing a Book That Hovers Between Fiction and Fact

Peter Ho Davies on Writing a Book That Hovers Between Fiction and Fact

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 25, 2021

Why Should We Read Unfinished Novels?

Why Should We Read Unfinished Novels?

Matthew Redmond on Fragments of Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and More

By Matthew Redmond | January 22, 2021

Martín Espada on Framing the Present Through the Lens of the Past

Martín Espada on Framing the Present Through the Lens of the Past

The Author of Floaters in Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | January 22, 2021

Mateo Askaripour on the Manifest Destiny of Startups

Mateo Askaripour on the Manifest Destiny of Startups

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 21, 2021

Resisting the Badge of ‘Resilience’ in the Wake of a Devastating Loss

Resisting the Badge of ‘Resilience’ in the Wake of a Devastating Loss

Emily Rapp Black Considers a Ubiquitous—and Inexact—Description

By Emily Rapp Black | January 20, 2021

Rob Doyle: What Happened to Expecting Candor from Writers?

Rob Doyle: What Happened to Expecting Candor from Writers?

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 20, 2021

R. F. Kuang: How a Hidden History Became a Fantasy Trilogy

R. F. Kuang: How a Hidden History Became a Fantasy Trilogy

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | January 20, 2021

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