Divine Intervention: 6 Books About Women Leaving Strict Religious Communities and Finding Themselves

Divine Intervention: 6 Books About Women Leaving Strict Religious Communities and Finding Themselves

Jaye Viner Recommends Narratives of Personal Exodus

By Jaye Viner | August 26, 2021

WATCH: Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett in Conversation with Joshua Henkin

WATCH: Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett in Conversation with Joshua Henkin

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 26, 2021

10 Short Stories with Great Dialogue That Aren’t “Hills Like White Elephants”

10 Short Stories with Great Dialogue That Aren’t “Hills Like White Elephants”

Do You Believe in Life After Hemingway?

By Emily Temple | August 25, 2021

On Finally Being Old Enough<br> to Love Proust

On Finally Being Old Enough
to Love Proust

Adam Bonislawski Finds Peace in Entropy at the Heart of a Literary Classic

By Adam Bonislawski | August 25, 2021

Breaking news: Men still don't know how to write women.

Breaking news: Men still don't know how to write women.

By Vanessa Willoughby | August 24, 2021

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

(A Flowchart)

By Emily Temple | August 24, 2021

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JRR Tolkien Invented the Term “Eucatastrophe.” What Does It Mean?

By Jonathan Walker | August 24, 2021

The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

By Christopher Cox | August 23, 2021

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

By Francine Prose | August 23, 2021

Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life

Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life

Steve Edwards on Kathryn Schulz, Donald Hall, and the Things We Miss

By Steve Edwards | August 23, 2021

A Tribute to Roberto Calasso

A Tribute to Roberto Calasso

Friends and Colleagues Remember the Late Writer and Legendary Publisher

By Literary Hub | August 23, 2021

How Reading and the Thirst for Knowledge is at the Heart of Mary Shelley’s <em>Frankenstein</em>

How Reading and the Thirst for Knowledge is at the Heart of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Heather Cass White on the Almost Sinful Allure of Self-Enlightenment

By Heather Cass White | August 23, 2021

My Year of Mourning: Mapping the Full Cycle of the Loss of My Father

My Year of Mourning: Mapping the Full Cycle of the Loss of My Father

Merissa Nathan Gerson’s Notes on Grief

By Merissa Nathan Gerson | August 23, 2021

Meet <em>Granta</em>’s Next Generation of Important Spanish Novelists

Meet Granta’s Next Generation of Important Spanish Novelists

Tobias Carroll Talks to Guest Editor Valerie Miles

By Tobias Carroll | August 23, 2021

How David Foster Wallace Used Compromise Aesthetics to Sell <em>Infinite Jest</em>

How David Foster Wallace Used Compromise Aesthetics to Sell Infinite Jest

Rachel Greenwald Smith on the Treacherous Common Territories of Literary Culture and Capitalism

By Rachel Greenwald Smith | August 20, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Nightboat Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Nightboat Books

On Publishing Difficult-to-Classify Books

By Corinne Segal | August 20, 2021

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