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Reading Books About... People Reading Books?

Reading Books About... People Reading Books?

Alice Jolly Recommends Biblio-Memoirs by Nina Sankovitch, Andy Miller, Jenn Shapland, and More

By Alice Jolly | June 10, 2021

Katherine Heiny on Letting the Character Get What She Wants... in a Roundabout Way

Katherine Heiny on Letting the Character Get What She Wants... in a Roundabout Way

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | June 10, 2021

On the Etymology and Reverberating Human History of the Color Green

On the Etymology and Reverberating Human History of the Color Green

Gillian Osborne Considers Color Theory and William Blake’s “The Ecchoing Green”

By Gillian Osborne | June 9, 2021

On Finding a Little Spark When Your Writing’s Lost Its Heat

On Finding a Little Spark When Your Writing’s Lost Its Heat

What Ron Hogan Learned from Conan, Nanette, Mary Oliver, and More

By Ron Hogan | June 9, 2021

Chasing a Waking Life: On the Pains of Being an Insomniac

Chasing a Waking Life: On the Pains of Being an Insomniac

Aminatta Forna Moves Through a Cultural and Personal History of Sleeplessness

By Aminatta Forna | June 9, 2021

Kristen Arnett: “I Always Want to Write Something Messy. What’s the Fun of Being Clean All the Time?”

Kristen Arnett: “I Always Want to Write Something Messy. What’s the Fun of Being Clean All the Time?”

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | June 9, 2021

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On Leaving and Returning:
A Reading List About Home

By Andy Abramowitz | June 9, 2021

Reading Shades of Gray in Avi’s Nothing But the Truth

By NewberyTart | June 9, 2021

More Craft Than Art: Approaching a Novel As a Carpenter Would

By Brian Hall | June 9, 2021

“My Life is Quite Gay.” A Queer Memoir Reading List

“My Life is Quite Gay.” A Queer Memoir Reading List

John Paul Brammer on LGBTQ+ Stories That Guided
His Life and Writing

By John Paul Brammer | June 8, 2021

Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives

Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives

Samantha Rose Hill Considers the Importance of Marginalia in the Writing Life

By Samantha Rose Hill | June 8, 2021

The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg

The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg

Anne Sebba Reads the Rosenbergs of Plath, Doctorow, Kushner and More

By Anne Sebba | June 8, 2021

The Overwhelming Power of Beauty: Deconstructing Edith Hamilton’s <em>Mythology</em> for Modern Times

The Overwhelming Power of Beauty: Deconstructing Edith Hamilton’s Mythology for Modern Times

Kathryn Lofton on Greek and Roman Classics, Scholarship, and Religion

By Kathryn Lofton | June 8, 2021

20 hot new books coming out this week.

20 hot new books coming out this week.

By Katie Yee | June 8, 2021

On the Cultural Figure—and Lived Reality—of the Blind Writer

On the Cultural Figure—and Lived Reality—of the Blind Writer

M. Leona Godin Considers Homer, Borges, and the Large Gap Between Metaphorical and Practical

By M. Leona Godin | June 7, 2021

Once and For All: Is Drunkenness Actually Good for Art?

Once and For All: Is Drunkenness Actually Good for Art?

Edward Slingerland Considers the History of—and Science Behind—Alcohol as Muse

By Edward Slingerland | June 7, 2021

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