How Language Limits Our Ability to Describe Smells

How Language Limits Our Ability to Describe Smells

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | June 22, 2021

Yan Lianke on Intoxicated Revolutionaries and the Importance of<br> “Literary Distance”

Yan Lianke on Intoxicated Revolutionaries and the Importance of
“Literary Distance”

The Hard Like Water Author Discusses His Newly Translated Novel
and the Art of Storytelling

By An Yu | June 21, 2021

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on the Rich Etymologies of Place-Names

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on the Rich Etymologies of Place-Names

Jazmine Hughes and Will Butler Speak with the Author of Names of New York

By Literary Hub | June 21, 2021

The Top 10 Things to Love About <em>Hamlet</em>

The Top 10 Things to Love About Hamlet

Laurie Frankel Guests on the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 21, 2021

Jeff VanderMeer and Lili Taylor Talk Books, Birds, and Beauty

Jeff VanderMeer and Lili Taylor Talk Books, Birds, and Beauty

In Conversation with Megan Mayhew-Bergman

By Megan Mayhew Bergman | June 21, 2021

Unpacking the Enigma of George Orwell

Unpacking the Enigma of George Orwell

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | June 21, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Ghost-Eye
  • Trash!: A Garbageman's Story
  • As If
  • Good Company
  • Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-And the American Revolution-Transformed Britain
  • Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America

On Juneteenth and the Struggle to Commemorate and Make Sense of Protest and Rebellion

By Jelani Cobb | June 18, 2021

Silvia Spring on Living Abroad and Writing in Community

By The Common | June 18, 2021

Ashley C. Ford on Keeping in Touch with Her Child Self

By The Maris Review | June 17, 2021

WATCH: Kaitlyn Greenidge, Brandon Hobson, Elissa Washuta, and Dani Putney at the Franklin Park Reading Series

WATCH: Kaitlyn Greenidge, Brandon Hobson, Elissa Washuta, and Dani Putney at the Franklin Park Reading Series

Hosted by Marae Hart

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 17, 2021

Your Memoir Will Tick Someone Off, But Not for the Reasons You Think

Your Memoir Will Tick Someone Off, But Not for the Reasons You Think

Menachem Kaiser Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | June 17, 2021

<em>White Fungus</em> Editor Ron Hanson on Trusting the Reader

White Fungus Editor Ron Hanson on Trusting the Reader

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | June 17, 2021

“19-Year-Old Me Could Not Have Written This Book.” Sherry Turkle on Why Some Stories Take Time

“19-Year-Old Me Could Not Have Written This Book.” Sherry Turkle on Why Some Stories Take Time

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | June 17, 2021

“It's Not Something I Would Recommend.” Lana Bastašić on Translating Her Own Book

“It's Not Something I Would Recommend.” Lana Bastašić on Translating Her Own Book

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 16, 2021

In Praise of Aging Protagonists in Literature

In Praise of Aging Protagonists in Literature

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | June 16, 2021

Joshua Henkin on Eschewing Big Reveals and Knowing Your Characters’ Birthdays

Joshua Henkin on Eschewing Big Reveals and Knowing Your Characters’ Birthdays

The Author of Morningside Heights in conversation with Ellen Adams

By Ellen Adams | June 16, 2021

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