“I Kiss My Ghosts’ Sticky Foreheads.” Jane Wong on Poetic Ambivalence and Feeding on the Past

“I Kiss My Ghosts’ Sticky Foreheads.” Jane Wong on Poetic Ambivalence and Feeding on the Past

“Each day, I rub my eyes with poetry, bleary in foggy morning light.”

By Jane Wong | May 17, 2023

Caribbean Fiction Doesn’t Need to Be Altered for American Audiences

Caribbean Fiction Doesn’t Need to Be Altered for American Audiences

Breanne Mc Ivor Challenges Narrow Visions of Trinidad and Finds Liberation in Saying No to Simplifying Her Books for US Readers

By Breanne Mc Ivor | May 17, 2023

Expand your international reading with all 37 entries of the Eurovision Book Contest.

Expand your international reading with all 37 entries of the Eurovision Book Contest.

By Eliza Smith | May 16, 2023

24 new books to check out today.

24 new books to check out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 16, 2023

Abraham Verghese on Marrying Medicine With Literature

Abraham Verghese on Marrying Medicine With Literature

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Covenant of Water

By Jane Ciabattari | May 16, 2023

Alexis Pauline Gumbs on Audre Lorde’s <em>The Black Unicorn</em>

Alexis Pauline Gumbs on Audre Lorde’s The Black Unicorn

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | May 16, 2023

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Emma Cline: No One Captures Memory Like Mary Gaitskill

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The Character-Revealing Power of Having a Play Within a Novel

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“I Didn’t Want to Hear the Word Poetry.” Rupi Kaur on Life After <em>milk & honey</em>

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This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

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Matthew Binder on Making Sense of an Absurd World

Matthew Binder on Making Sense of an Absurd World

D. Foy Talks to the Author of Pure Cosmos Club

By D. Foy | May 16, 2023

Charif Shanahan: The Mystery Is the Clarity

Charif Shanahan: The Mystery Is the Clarity

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

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Abraham Verghese on Medicine’s Innate Connection to Storytelling

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory

Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory

Elizabeth Winkler Argues the Mystery Behind the God of Iambic Thunder Is Part of the Thrill

By Elizabeth Winkler | May 15, 2023

Alison Strayer on the Oeuvre of Annie Ernaux and Translating Her Legacy

Alison Strayer on the Oeuvre of Annie Ernaux and Translating Her Legacy

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Don’t Boss It Around: Abigail Thomas on Writer's Block, Confronting Fear, and the Joys of Aging

Don’t Boss It Around: Abigail Thomas on Writer's Block, Confronting Fear, and the Joys of Aging

The Author of Still Life at Eighty in Conversation with Mira Ptacin

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