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What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

Rónán Hession on Writing a Reflective, Digressive, and Quiet Novel

By Rónán Hession | May 10, 2021

A Writer From the Future: Who Was Sci Fi Iconoclast Izumi Suzuki?

A Writer From the Future: Who Was Sci Fi Iconoclast Izumi Suzuki?

Andrew Ridker on the Brief and Brilliant Life of a Truly Unique Artist

By Andrew Ridker | May 7, 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib on Censoring the Desires of Whiteness in Storytelling

Hanif Abdurraqib on Censoring the Desires of Whiteness in Storytelling

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | May 7, 2021

Remembering Eric Jerome Dickey’s Grace, Talent, and Warmth

Remembering Eric Jerome Dickey’s Grace, Talent, and Warmth

Sara Camilli on a Great Literary Visionary

By Sara Camilli | May 7, 2021

On the Power of Fiction: 8 Novels About Little-Known Historical Events

On the Power of Fiction: 8 Novels About Little-Known Historical Events

Chanel Cleeton Recommends Zeyn Joukhadar, Vanessa Riley, and More

By Chanel Cleeton | May 7, 2021

Deborah Lindsay Williams on Asking Better Questions About the Status Quo

Deborah Lindsay Williams on Asking Better Questions About the Status Quo

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | May 7, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

On James Baldwin’s Unflinching Exposé of American Greed and Racial Terror

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | May 6, 2021

Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

By The Maris Review | May 6, 2021

Celia C. Peréz on Creating the Zines She Couldn’t Find in the 90s

By NewberyTart | May 6, 2021

Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us <br>Reclaim Joy

Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us
Reclaim Joy

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | May 5, 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | May 5, 2021

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

Charlotte Whittle Considers Notes from a Childhood and the Role of Perspective

By Charlotte Whittle | May 5, 2021

Chloe Fergusson-Tibble Recommends Māori Literature

Chloe Fergusson-Tibble Recommends Māori Literature

This Week on the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | May 5, 2021

Death and the River: Close Reading a Classic Scots’ Border Ballad

Death and the River: Close Reading a Classic Scots’ Border Ballad

Why Ryan Bradley Can’t Stop Listening to “Annan Water”

By Ryan Bradley | May 5, 2021

The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

; vs. — vs. , vs. . vs. !

By Emily Temple | May 4, 2021

23 new books to dig into this week.

23 new books to dig into this week.

By Katie Yee | May 4, 2021

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