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Mastering the Art of the Lockdown Book Recommendation

Mastering the Art of the Lockdown Book Recommendation

With Lockdown Libraries, Clemmie Jackson-Stops Asks Readers to Think Beyond Genre and Taste

By Tyler Wetherall | February 8, 2021

Chigozie Obioma: ‘I Really Do Believe That Fiction Should Say More Than One Thing’

Chigozie Obioma: ‘I Really Do Believe That Fiction Should Say More Than One Thing’

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | February 8, 2021

How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

Lara Vergnaud Navigates Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

By Lara Vergnaud | February 8, 2021

On the Complexity of Using the Mango as a Symbol in Diasporic Literature

On the Complexity of Using the Mango as a Symbol in Diasporic Literature

Urvi Kumbhat Maps a Personal Genealogy of the Fruit

By Urvi Kumbhat | February 8, 2021

On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

Rosalind Miles Considers Progress, Change, and "Lady Novelists"

By Rosalind Miles | February 5, 2021

<em>Egyptian Nights and Other Tales of Romance and Imagination</em> by Alexander Pushkin, Read by Stefan Rudnicki

Egyptian Nights and Other Tales of Romance and Imagination by Alexander Pushkin, Read by Stefan Rudnicki

Explore Classic Stories of Russian Literature

By Behind the Mic | February 5, 2021

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What Does It Mean to Write a Political Novel?

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The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

Philip Metres Seeks Unoccupied Spaces for Conversation

By Philip Metres | February 3, 2021

Lauren Oyler: Twitter has gotten so crazy... What if my book isn’t crazy enough?

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The Author of Fake Accounts Talks to Kyle Chayka

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Reading My Way Through a Pandemic with Post-Apocalyptic Literature

Reading My Way Through a Pandemic with Post-Apocalyptic Literature

Maria Andreu: "Books really do prepare you for the worst, even if it’s not always in the way you think."

By Maria E. Andreu | February 3, 2021

How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

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<em>Reading Women</em> Recommends Books That Center Black Joy

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Featuring Leah Johnson, Alecia McKenzie, and Lupita Nyong'o

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What Can an Intellectual Do? On Wallace Shawn’s <em>The Designated Mourner</em>

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What Richard Wollheim Taught Us About the ‘Finished State’ of a Person

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