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The Story Behind Jonathan Franzen’s New Backlist Book Cover Redesigns

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What Do We Mean When We Call a Character a “Monster”?

What Do We Mean When We Call a Character a “Monster”?

For Jess Zimmerman, One Reader’s Villain is Another’s Hero

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Just How Much is Jane Austen a Precursor to <em>Bridgerton</em>?

Just How Much is Jane Austen a Precursor to Bridgerton?

Robert Morrison on Race, Sex, and Violence in the Regency Era

By Robert Morrison | March 17, 2022

Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan on the Freedom of Writing Anonymously

Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan on the Freedom of Writing Anonymously

The Editors of Anonymous Sex Join the Book Dreams Podcast

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WATCH: NoViolet Bulawayo in Conversation with Novuyo Tshuma

WATCH: NoViolet Bulawayo in Conversation with Novuyo Tshuma

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The Life and Death of a Cutting Edge Literary Journal, c. 1989

The Life and Death of a Cutting Edge Literary Journal, c. 1989

Kurt Hollander on Publishing The Portable Lower East Side

By Kurt Hollander | March 17, 2022

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Remembering Novelist and Teacher Maureen Howard

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“Fabulous Outfits, Breathlessly Described.” A Reading List of Literary “It” Girls

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The Marvelous Grotesquerie of Katherine Dunn's <em>Geek Love</em>

The Marvelous Grotesquerie of Katherine Dunn's Geek Love

“Geek Love may offend; it may repulse; in doing so, however, it speaks directly to what it means to be human.”

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Rare Thoughts on Writing From Cormac McCarthy in This Unlikely Interview

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It Only Took Two Arizona High School Students to Get Answers From the Legendarily Reclusive Author

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Finance Books for People Who Hate Finance: A Reading List

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Mary Childs is Here to Help Ease You Into the Economy

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How <em>Twilight Zone</em> and a Japanese Art Installation Inspired Sequoia Nagamatsu's Novel

How Twilight Zone and a Japanese Art Installation Inspired Sequoia Nagamatsu's Novel

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | March 15, 2022

No Place You’d Want to Go: On Writing About Flint

No Place You’d Want to Go: On Writing About Flint

Kelsey Ronan Considers the Stories of a Home That Broke Her Heart

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