On Reimagining the Limitless Potential of the Literary Western

On Reimagining the Limitless Potential of the Literary Western

Gordy Sauer Recommends Books by Téa Obreht, Hernan Diaz, and More

By Gordy Sauer | August 27, 2021

On the Art of the Query: How the Best Kinds of Questions Move Beyond Objectivity

On the Art of the Query: How the Best Kinds of Questions Move Beyond Objectivity

Amy Wright Wonders “What We Can Bear to Learn?”

By Amy Wright | August 27, 2021

How Come We Don’t Know More About the Largest Labor Battle in the History of the United States?

How Come We Don’t Know More About the Largest Labor Battle in the History of the United States?

Jeffrey Webb Revisits the Battle for Blair Mountain

By Jeffrey Webb | August 27, 2021

How an Irish Syntactical Peculiarity Helped Me Find My Protagonist’s Voice

How an Irish Syntactical Peculiarity Helped Me Find My Protagonist’s Voice

Kia Corthron on the Challenges of Dialect in Historical Fiction

By Kia Corthron | August 27, 2021

Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Doireann Ní Ghríofa's A Ghost in the Throat

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | August 26, 2021

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

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

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

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Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

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By Emily Temple | August 24, 2021

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

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

Jonathan Walker on the Consequences of Christian Narrative

By Jonathan Walker | August 24, 2021

The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

Arthur Sze, Lia Purpura, and More Writers Choose Their Favorites

By Christopher Cox | August 23, 2021

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

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

Remembering a Dear Friend Through His Work

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

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