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Mai Nardone’s Unvarnished Fictional Truths About Life in Contemporary Thailand

Mai Nardone’s Unvarnished Fictional Truths About Life in Contemporary Thailand

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 14, 2023

BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

Leigh Stein Wonders Why More Book People Don’t Embrace the Publishing Juggernaut

By Leigh Stein | February 13, 2023

Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

In Which Barthelme’s Story, “The Balloon,” Gets a Very Close Reading

By Ann Beattie | February 13, 2023

Five Surreal Works of Fiction You Probably Haven’t Read... and <em>Slaughterhouse-Five</em>

Five Surreal Works of Fiction You Probably Haven’t Read... and Slaughterhouse-Five

Isabel Waidner Recommends Megan Milks, Jess Arndt, Kurt Vonnegut, and More

By Isabel Waidner | February 13, 2023

Why Harlem? Considering the Site of “Civil Rights by Copyright,” 100 Years Later

Why Harlem? Considering the Site of “Civil Rights by Copyright,” 100 Years Later

Bo McMillan on the Confluence of Black Modernity, Self-Determinism, and Belongingness of Harlem's Housing

By Bo McMillan | February 13, 2023

Kathryn Ma on Portraying Asian-Americans Positively and the “Messiness That is Life in Any Community”

Kathryn Ma on Portraying Asian-Americans Positively and the “Messiness That is Life in Any Community”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 13, 2023

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In Knock at the Cabin, M. Night Shyamalan’s Twist is the Lack of a Twist

By Jonathan Russell Clark | February 10, 2023

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

By Book Marks | February 10, 2023

Helen Sword on the Physicality of Language

By Helen Sword | February 10, 2023

The Strangest Things Are the Truest: Laline Paull on Channeling a Dolphin’s Narrative Voice

The Strangest Things Are the Truest: Laline Paull on Channeling a Dolphin’s Narrative Voice

“We hope and we fear that animals are more like us than we imagine.”

By Laline Paull | February 10, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What José Olivarez is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What José Olivarez is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Paul Beatty, N.K. Jemisin, Yanyi and more.

By Diana Arterian | February 10, 2023

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on Capturing What it Means to Live in Contemporary Nigeria

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on Capturing What it Means to Live in Contemporary Nigeria

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | February 9, 2023

The Coming-of-Age Tale As Societal Critique: Sylvia Plath’s <em>The Bell Jar</em> at 60

The Coming-of-Age Tale As Societal Critique: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar at 60

Heather Clark on One of the Defining Novels of the 20th Century

By Heather Clark | February 9, 2023

On the Uncertain Border Between Writing and Therapy

On the Uncertain Border Between Writing and Therapy

Veronica Esposito Explores the Intersection of Creativity and Trauma

By Veronica Esposito | February 9, 2023

<em>The Lives of the Wives</em>: Carmela Ciuraru on Marriage, Writing, and Equity

The Lives of the Wives: Carmela Ciuraru on Marriage, Writing, and Equity

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 9, 2023

Reveling in the Untranslatable: On the Beauty and Complexity of the German Language

Reveling in the Untranslatable: On the Beauty and Complexity of the German Language

“German is the mirror that I managed to polish to an unusually high shine.”

By Jude Stewart | February 9, 2023

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