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Beyond One-Note Nastiness: On Getting Inside the Head of a Despicable Character

Beyond One-Note Nastiness: On Getting Inside the Head of a Despicable Character

Shannon Bowring Shares Her Experience With Writing From an Antagonist’s Point of View

By Shannon Bowring | October 8, 2025

A Cross-Genre Trek: How Translation Improved My Debut Novel

A Cross-Genre Trek: How Translation Improved My Debut Novel

Laura Venita Green Explores How Learning Italian Has Made Her English Writing Better

By Laura Venita Green | October 8, 2025

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Hope

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Hope

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | October 8, 2025

Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

For Devin Thomas O’Shea, This is Pynchon’s USA and We’re Just Living In It

By Devin Thomas O’Shea | October 7, 2025

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

“It is a bummer to me that Proust occupies such a rarefied, even elitist, realm in the culture.”

By Bryan Alistair Charles | October 7, 2025

Why We Write the Extra Details

Why We Write the Extra Details

Kate Cayley on the Intersection of Politics, Art, and the Private Self

By Kate Cayley | October 7, 2025

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Thomas Pynchon, Marisa Meltzer, Chris Kraus, and more: 24 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | October 7, 2025

Ivan Klima, the best Czech novelist of his generation, has died.

By Jonny Diamond | October 6, 2025

Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

By Mark Harman | October 6, 2025

How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing

How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing

Michelle Gurule on Writing About Sex Work

By Michelle Gurule | October 6, 2025

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

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

Featuring Lily King, Mariana Enriquez, Souvankham Thammavongsa, and More

By Book Marks | October 3, 2025

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Andrew Ervin Looks for Answers (to Impossible Questions) in Recent Books by Luke Kemp and Richard Mabey

By Andrew Ervin | October 3, 2025

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

Sarah Viren Talks to the Translator of Laura Vazquez‘s “The Endless Week”

By Sarah Viren | October 3, 2025

“Inhabiting the Poem.” Seven Poetry Collections to Read This October

“Inhabiting the Poem.” Seven Poetry Collections to Read This October

Christopher Spaide Recommends Gbenga Adesina, Cameron Awkward-Rich, and More

By Christopher Spaide | October 3, 2025

Am I the Asshole For Being Sick to Death of All the Mediocre Speculative Fiction Out There?

Am I the Asshole For Being Sick to Death of All the Mediocre Speculative Fiction Out There?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 2, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A magnificent and lovable work—both page-turning and coolly visionary.”

By Book Marks | October 2, 2025

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