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With Violence All Around Us, What Does It <em>Actually</em> Mean For a Book To Be a Crime Novel?

With Violence All Around Us, What Does It Actually Mean For a Book To Be a Crime Novel?

Explore Genre This Season on Literary Disco

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Putting the Macro in Micro: Abby Manzella on World-Building in Microfiction

Putting the Macro in Micro: Abby Manzella on World-Building in Microfiction

In Conversation with Dylan Evers for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | July 22, 2022

The Politics of Craft: Charles Baxter on How His Essays on Writing Respond to a Changing World

The Politics of Craft: Charles Baxter on How His Essays on Writing Respond to a Changing World

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 21, 2022

8 Women Directors from Around the World You Should Be Watching

8 Women Directors from Around the World You Should Be Watching

David Jenkins on Ava DuVernay, Isabel Sandoval, and More

By David Jenkins | July 21, 2022

WATCH: CJ Hauser on Finding Joy in the Not-Knowing

WATCH: CJ Hauser on Finding Joy in the Not-Knowing

The Author of The Crane Wife in Conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 21, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Vauhini Vara: How Fiction Helps Us Understand the Path We’re on Now

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Finding Your True Self in Middle Age: Ten Midlife Coming-of-Age Novels

By Sarah McCraw Crow | July 21, 2022

On Finding the Strangeness in the Mundane, and Vice Versa

By Alanna Schubach | July 21, 2022

How a <em>Lord of the Rings</em> and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened

How a Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened

Ben Riggs on Missed Possibilities in the World of Roleplay Gaming

By Ben Riggs | July 20, 2022

Bad Hollywood: A Reading List to Understand Harvey Weinstein’s Twisted World

Bad Hollywood: A Reading List to Understand Harvey Weinstein’s Twisted World

Ken Auletta Recommends Ronan Farrow, William Goldman, and More

By Ken Auletta | July 20, 2022

How Final Fantasy VII Taught Me to Write

How Final Fantasy VII Taught Me to Write

Jamil Jan Kochai on Character Building, Storytelling, and Cloud Strife

By Jamil Jan Kochai | July 20, 2022

Crystal Hana Kim on Never Knowing the Full Story of People We Love

Crystal Hana Kim on Never Knowing the Full Story of People We Love

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | July 20, 2022

“A Book About Thirst.” In Praise of Josephine Johnson’s 1934 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel

“A Book About Thirst.” In Praise of Josephine Johnson’s 1934 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel

Ash Davidson on Now in November

By Ash Davidson | July 19, 2022

Justin Taylor on Pursuing “Imaginative Empathy” in Memoir

Justin Taylor on Pursuing “Imaginative Empathy” in Memoir

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | July 19, 2022

How Literature Influenced Adolescent Ideas About Love in the 18th Century

How Literature Influenced Adolescent Ideas About Love in the 18th Century

John Wood Sweet on Sex, Love and Rape Culture in Early America

By John Wood Sweet | July 19, 2022

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