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Katie Kitamura on the Power of Voice in Uzodinma Iweala’s <em>Beasts of No Nation</em>

Katie Kitamura on the Power of Voice in Uzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation

Revisiting the Novel 20 Years Later

By Katie Kitamura | August 21, 2025

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

Natalie Bakopoulos Shares Lessons From Translating Her Aunt’s Novel

By Natalie Bakopoulos | August 21, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Khadijah Queen Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Khadijah Queen Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Linda Hogan, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Sinclair Lewis, and Others

By Diana Arterian | August 21, 2025

Nicholas Boggs on James Baldwin’s Love Stories

Nicholas Boggs on James Baldwin’s Love Stories

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 21, 2025

Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

“The language of poetry speaks to all our senses... It can speak, privately, to all of us. It is visceral.”

By Ilya Kaminsky | August 20, 2025

A Talent for Trouble: A Brief History of Paddington Bear

A Talent for Trouble: A Brief History of Paddington Bear

Michael Horowitz on the Gentle Refugee (and Best Bear of Them All?)

By Daniel Horowitz | August 20, 2025

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Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Ed Simon Considers the Enduring Impact of the Atomic Bomb on Artistic and Literary Production

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A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

The Author of "Strong Roots" Paints a Portrait of Her Ancestral Land in the Wake of Russia's Invasion

By Olia Hercules | August 15, 2025

Nancy Reddy on Finding the Plot in Your Own Life

Nancy Reddy on Finding the Plot in Your Own Life

“The most moving memoirs are the ones in which you see someone transformed.”

By Nancy Reddy | August 15, 2025

“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

Huda Fakhreddine: “A real poem is never only of the moment. A real poem defeats time, every time.”

By Nima Hasan | August 15, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The author is a professional contrarian, which pretty much means she can bounce off others to naysay whenever so moved.”

By Book Marks | August 14, 2025

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

The Author of “The Island of Last Things” Visits Alcatraz and Offers an Antidote to Doomerism

By Emma Sloley | August 14, 2025

The Night the Warring Poet Clans of NYC Came Together in Peace

The Night the Warring Poet Clans of NYC Came Together in Peace

Nathan Kernan on James Schuyler’s First Public Poetry Reading

By Nathan Kernan | August 14, 2025

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