On the Historical Fiction That Lives in the Space Between History and Myth

On the Historical Fiction That Lives in the Space Between History and Myth

Phong Nguyen Recommends Books by Naguib Mahfouz, C Pam Zhang, and More

By Phong Nguyen | September 1, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

On New Novels by James Hannaham, Stephen King, A.M. Homes, and More

By Book Marks | September 1, 2022

Does Our Desire for Social Rank Determine Taste, Identity, Art, and Fashion?

Does Our Desire for Social Rank Determine Taste, Identity, Art, and Fashion?

W. David Marx in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 1, 2022

Giving People What They Want: A. Natasha Joukovsky on Her Debut Novel

Giving People What They Want: A. Natasha Joukovsky on Her Debut Novel

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | August 31, 2022

Timothy Willis Sanders on Why It’s Difficult to Write From a Child’s Perspective

Timothy Willis Sanders on Why It’s Difficult to Write From a Child’s Perspective

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | August 31, 2022

Who Is <em>The Great Gilly Hopkins</em> for?

Who Is The Great Gilly Hopkins for?

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | August 31, 2022

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How to Write a Book Without Getting in Your Own Way

By Evan Puschak | August 30, 2022

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Three Thousand Years of Longing Grants Few Wishes

By Jonathan Russell Clark | August 30, 2022

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

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On Saintliness and Despair in Ford Madox Ford’s <em>Parade’s End</em>

On Saintliness and Despair in Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End

Brian Hall Guests on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | August 30, 2022

Fetishizing Violence: Juniper Fitzgerald on Unlearning the Gothic Narrative

Fetishizing Violence: Juniper Fitzgerald on Unlearning the Gothic Narrative

Against Humbert Humberts, Draculas, and Vincents

By Juniper Fitzgerald | August 30, 2022

Anthony Marra on How Research Leads to Narrative Shape

Anthony Marra on How Research Leads to Narrative Shape

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | August 30, 2022

From Nabokov to Erdrich: Reading Complex Portraits of Criminality

From Nabokov to Erdrich: Reading Complex Portraits of Criminality

Rebecca Bernard on Learning from Criminal Stories

By Rebecca Bernard | August 29, 2022

Pizza Hut For Dinner: An Ode to the “Book It” Program

Pizza Hut For Dinner: An Ode to the “Book It” Program

Deborah Liu on the Programs That Inspire a Life of Learning

By Deborah Liu | August 29, 2022

All Things Are Possible: Mario Vargas Llosa on the Eternal Youth of Flaubert’s Writing

All Things Are Possible: Mario Vargas Llosa on the Eternal Youth of Flaubert’s Writing

"If we are to be honest, the true creator of the modern novel was Flaubert."

By Mario Vargas Llosa | August 29, 2022

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