A Great Man Is Hard to Find: On the Literature of Contemporary Fatherhood

A Great Man Is Hard to Find: On the Literature of Contemporary Fatherhood

Janet Manley Considers The Great Man Theory, Raising Raffi, and Dad-as-Author

By Janet Manley | July 18, 2022

Carole Angier on Fact and Fiction in W.G. Sebald’s Work

Carole Angier on Fact and Fiction in W.G. Sebald’s Work

This Week From the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | July 18, 2022

More Than Just Power and Oppression: Six Books About Patriarchs

More Than Just Power and Oppression: Six Books About Patriarchs

Taymour Soomro on Stories of Resistance, Loneliness, and Inheritance.

By Taymour Soomro | July 18, 2022

How Tom Stoppard Became One of the Best-Known Playwrights in the World

How Tom Stoppard Became One of the Best-Known Playwrights in the World

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 18, 2022

Straddling Lusciousness and Social Consciousness in Romance

Straddling Lusciousness and Social Consciousness in Romance

Angelina Lopez Guests on the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | July 18, 2022

Making Change: 10 Books Where Small Changes Add Up to a Big Payoff

Making Change: 10 Books Where Small Changes Add Up to a Big Payoff

Sue Mell on Tayari Jones, Morgan Thomas, and More

By Sue Mell | July 18, 2022

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The Common Sense of Magic Realism and Why The Mermaid of Black Conch is a “Caribbean Novel”

By Keen On | July 18, 2022

From Fleabag to Persuasion, the Rise of the Mussy-Haired, Self-Hating Sarcasm Machine

By Emmeline Clein | July 15, 2022

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WATCH: Paisley Currah and Andrea Long Chu on the Governing of Transgender Identity

WATCH: Paisley Currah and Andrea Long Chu on the Governing of Transgender Identity

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 15, 2022

Burning and Bright: 7 Great Novels About Young Female Friendships

Burning and Bright: 7 Great Novels About Young Female Friendships

Sarah Priscus on the Intimate Bonds Between Young Women

By Sarah Priscus | July 15, 2022

Five Red-Carpet Worthy Novels About the Perils and Pitfalls of (Fictional) Fame

Five Red-Carpet Worthy Novels About the Perils and Pitfalls of (Fictional) Fame

Holly James Recommends Jasmine Guillory, Alison Cochrun, and More

By Holly James | July 15, 2022

B. L. Blanchard on Setting a Murder Mystery in a Never-Colonized America

B. L. Blanchard on Setting a Murder Mystery in a Never-Colonized America

In Conversation with Brenda Noiseux on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | July 15, 2022

Small Rebellions: Erika L. Sánchez on Writing the Characters She Wanted to Read

Small Rebellions: Erika L. Sánchez on Writing the Characters She Wanted to Read

”I rarely found portrayals of anyone like me—bookish and poor and surly and Brown—in the art that I enjoyed.”

By Erika L. Sánchez | July 14, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Rumaan Alam on Elif Batuman, Brandon Taylor on Teddy Wayne, Alexandra Kleeman on K-Ming Chang, and more

By Book Marks | July 14, 2022

Amy B. Reid on Translating the Very Book She Needed to Read

Amy B. Reid on Translating the Very Book She Needed to Read

On Mutt-Lon's The Blunder

By Amy B. Reid | July 14, 2022

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