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Wang Xiaobo on the Limitless Mind of Italo Calvino

Wang Xiaobo on the Limitless Mind of Italo Calvino

“Literature has infinite potential. What could be wrong with that?”

By Wang Xiaobo | July 25, 2023

Jasmine Lee-Jones on Lorraine Hansberry's <em>A Raisin in the Sun</em>

Jasmine Lee-Jones on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 25, 2023

On Patricia Highsmith and the Horror—and Revelation—of Obsession

On Patricia Highsmith and the Horror—and Revelation—of Obsession

Hannah Meyer Considers the Power of Destructive Desire
in Fiction and Life

By Hannah Meyer | July 24, 2023

Haunted by the Question: What It Means To “Become” a Writer

Haunted by the Question: What It Means To “Become” a Writer

Efrén Ordóñez Garza on Writing as Practice, Lifestyle, and Identity

By Efrén Ordóñez Garza | July 24, 2023

Jack Zipes on the Political Potential of Fairy Tales

Jack Zipes on the Political Potential of Fairy Tales

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 24, 2023

What Completism Can Teach Us About the Creative Process

What Completism Can Teach Us About the Creative Process

Rhian Sasseen Considers the Lost Art of Prolonged Artistic Growth

By Rhian Sasseen | July 24, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
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  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

The Unique Challenges of Translating The Brothers Karamazov Into English

By Michael R. Katz | July 21, 2023

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

By Book Marks | July 21, 2023

Time Travel Stories That Explore What It Means To Be Human

By Holly Smale | July 21, 2023

Five Books That Show What Life Is Really Like In the Middle East

Five Books That Show What Life Is Really Like In the Middle East

Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor Recommend Hisham Matar, Naguib Mahfouz, and More

By Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor | July 21, 2023

Time Out of Mind: On the Ahistorical Cinematic Adaptation

Time Out of Mind: On the Ahistorical Cinematic Adaptation

A 1973 Bruno Schulz Adaptation Goes (Temporally) Beyond Its Source Material—and It’s Not Alone

By Tobias Carroll | July 21, 2023

Mikki Kendall Remembers the Indelible Work and Full Complexity of bell hooks

Mikki Kendall Remembers the Indelible Work and Full Complexity of bell hooks

“Creating for more than the white gaze or the male gaze was the goal.”

By Mikki Kendall | July 20, 2023

Sarah Rose Etter on Tech Companies, NDAs, and the Precarity of a Job

Sarah Rose Etter on Tech Companies, NDAs, and the Precarity of a Job

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 20, 2023

Jaswinder Bolina on How the End of Affirmative Action Will Affect Writing Program Admissions

Jaswinder Bolina on How the End of Affirmative Action Will Affect Writing Program Admissions

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 20, 2023

You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

From Poet Jennifer Grotz’s Bennington MFA Commencement Speech

By Jennifer Grotz | July 20, 2023

What We’re Reading at <em>Just the Right Book</em> This Week

What We’re Reading at Just the Right Book This Week

Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein Weigh in With Recommendations

By Just the Right Book | July 20, 2023

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