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This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Island on Fire</em> by Tom Zoellner

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Island on Fire by Tom Zoellner

Carlin Romano on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Carlin Romano | March 9, 2021

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | March 9, 2021

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Leora Fridman on Takis Würger’s Controversial Novel, Stella

By Leora Fridman | March 8, 2021

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into<br> Sublime Horror

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into
Sublime Horror

Eugene Thacker on the 1907 Novella The Willows

By Eugene Thacker | March 8, 2021

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List

Megan Nolan Recommends Jeffrey Eugenides, John Irving,
Oyinkan Braithwaite, and More

By Megan Nolan | March 8, 2021

Writing Through the Microscope: Intimate Versus Epic Narration

Writing Through the Microscope: Intimate Versus Epic Narration

Gabriela Houston on Finding the Right Scale in Fiction

By Gabriela Houston | March 8, 2021

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Betina González on Economic Precarity, End Times, and
Killer Deer

By Yuri Herrera | March 8, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Nicole R. Fleetwood

By J. Howard Rosier | March 8, 2021

The Publisher Who Transformed the Careers of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams

By Alan M. Klein | March 5, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Homie</em> by Danez Smith

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Homie by Danez Smith

Diego Báez on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Diego Báez | March 5, 2021

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

Chris Whitaker Recommends Harper Lee, Angie Thomas, and More

By Chris Whitaker | March 4, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Stranger Faces</em> by Namwali Serpell

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Stranger Faces by Namwali Serpell

Jane Ciabattari on One of the Finalists for Criticism

By Jane Ciabattari | March 4, 2021

Two of my favorite writers died this day. Here’s why you should read them.

Two of my favorite writers died this day. Here’s why you should read them.

By Jonny Diamond | March 3, 2021

The Limits of Representation: Huda Awan Finds Herself in <em>Portnoy’s Complaint</em>

The Limits of Representation: Huda Awan Finds Herself in Portnoy’s Complaint

“How much can fictional representation actually achieve in acting as a foundation for self-respect?”

By Huda Awan | March 3, 2021

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

Forsyth Harmon Recommends Raven Leilani, Makenna Goodman, and More

By Forsyth Harmon | March 3, 2021

Fernanda Melchor on the Complicities of Fairy Tales and Femicide

Fernanda Melchor on the Complicities of Fairy Tales and Femicide

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | March 3, 2021

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