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Rebecca Makkai on the Most Underutilized Tool in Fiction: Setting

Rebecca Makkai on the Most Underutilized Tool in Fiction: Setting

“Your setting is so alive, it’s almost a character!”

By Rebecca Makkai | February 24, 2023

Ancient Drama for Modern Readers: Top 5 Greek Plays to Read in Translation

Ancient Drama for Modern Readers: Top 5 Greek Plays to Read in Translation

Claire Heywood Guides You Into the Underworld of the Greek Epic

By Claire Heywood | February 24, 2023

Why Fig Pollination and Literary Criticism Have a Lot in Common

Why Fig Pollination and Literary Criticism Have a Lot in Common

A. V. Marraccini Considers the Critical Gaze, Eroticism, and the Generative Third Body

By A. V. Marraccini | February 24, 2023

Interview with an Indie Press: Split/Lip Press

Interview with an Indie Press: Split/Lip Press

“Small presses often begin with a shoestring and a dream.”

By Katie Yee | February 24, 2023

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Rebecca Makkai, Nona Fernández, Jac Jemc, and More

By Book Marks | February 24, 2023

“There’s No Easy Answer, But I’m Gonna Tell a Story About It.” Rebecca Makkai on Exploring the Gray Areas

“There’s No Easy Answer, But I’m Gonna Tell a Story About It.” Rebecca Makkai on Exploring the Gray Areas

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | February 23, 2023

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | February 23, 2023

Everything You Need to Know About Polarizing British-Irish Filmmaker Martin McDonagh

By Dan Sheehan | February 23, 2023

Delia Cai on the Gift That Immigrant Parents Give Their Children

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 23, 2023

Poet Anthony Anaxagorou on Language and the Interaction of Colonialism and Patriarchy

Poet Anthony Anaxagorou on Language and the Interaction of Colonialism and Patriarchy

The Author of Heritage Aesthetics in Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | February 23, 2023

The Struggle is Real: A Reading List of Messy, (Es)Strange(d), Surreal Families

The Struggle is Real: A Reading List of Messy, (Es)Strange(d), Surreal Families

J.A. Tyler Recommends Tim O’Brien, Peter Markus, Alison Bechdel, and More

By J. A. Tyler | February 23, 2023

London Bookseller James Gilbert on the Art of Recommending Books

London Bookseller James Gilbert on the Art of Recommending Books

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | February 23, 2023

“A Character’s Real Interiority is Often the Fuel.” Rebecca Makkai on Slowing Down to Build Momentum

“A Character’s Real Interiority is Often the Fuel.” Rebecca Makkai on Slowing Down to Build Momentum

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 22, 2023

On <em>Fleishman Is in Trouble</em> and the <em>Sex and the City</em> Problem

On Fleishman Is in Trouble and the Sex and the City Problem

Rebecca Ackermann Considers the Fundamental Conservatism of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Novel and Adaptation

By Rebecca Ackermann | February 22, 2023

From <em>Ghostbusters</em> to H.P. Lovecraft: A Cultural History of Slime

From Ghostbusters to H.P. Lovecraft: A Cultural History of Slime

Susanne Wedlich on the Manifestation of Paranoia in Film and Books

By Susanne Wedlich | February 22, 2023

Untangling the Wolf: Erica Berry on Fairytales, Fear, and Dismantling Narratives

Untangling the Wolf: Erica Berry on Fairytales, Fear, and Dismantling Narratives

Martha Anne Toll Talks to the Author of Wolfish

By Martha Anne Toll | February 22, 2023

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