Sarah Thankam Mathews on Her Brush with Mortality and the “Sourdough Starter of Ego Death”

Sarah Thankam Mathews on Her Brush with Mortality and the “Sourdough Starter of Ego Death”

In Conversation with Guest Host Mira Jacob on Thresholds

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Kathy Fagan on the Poetic Power of “Misusing” Language

Kathy Fagan on the Poetic Power of “Misusing” Language

Peter Mishler Talks With the Author of Bad Hobby and Sycamore

By Peter Mishler | March 15, 2023

30 Books Critics Think You Should Read Right Now

30 Books Critics Think You Should Read Right Now

NBCC Board Members Review This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists

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How To Find a Charming Narrator in a Self-Conscious Age

How To Find a Charming Narrator in a Self-Conscious Age

Cathleen Schine on Framing Narratives and Trusting the Reader

By Cathleen Schine | March 14, 2023

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

In Conversation With Victor LaValle, Szilvia Molnar, Cecile Pin, and More

By Teddy Wayne | March 14, 2023

“The Unknown Became the Central Part.” Matthew Vollmer on His New Memoir

“The Unknown Became the Central Part.” Matthew Vollmer on His New Memoir

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

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Talking to Joyce Carol Oates on the Way to the Airport About Fiction’s Blurry Borders

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Jesse Lee Kercheval Tries to Figure Out Where Life Ends and Fiction Begins

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The Female Philosophers Unjustly Excluded from the Canon

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The Transcendence of the Clock: On Finding Clarity in Fiction and in Life

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Samuel Ligon Explores the Function of Time in Worlds Real and Imagined

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Jean Hanff Korelitz on Philip Roth, <em>The Human Stain</em>, and a Novelist’s Right to Tell Other People’s Stories

Jean Hanff Korelitz on Philip Roth, The Human Stain, and a Novelist’s Right to Tell Other People’s Stories

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9 Must-Reads for Lovers (and Haters) of <em>The Last of Us</em>

9 Must-Reads for Lovers (and Haters) of The Last of Us

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In Honor of International Women’s Day: 8 Ways to Love <em>Little Women</em>

In Honor of International Women’s Day: 8 Ways to Love Little Women

Jess deCourcy Hinds on a Lifetime of Reading the Girlhood Classic  

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