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Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

The Author of “Smothermoss” on Victoria Holt, the Gothic Formula, and Loneliness in Life and Lit

By Alisa Alering | July 17, 2024

How Judy Blume’s <em>Deenie</em> Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

How Judy Blume’s Deenie Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

Rachelle Bergstein on Self-Pleasure and Sex Education in Children's Literature

By Rachelle Bergstein | July 16, 2024

What the <em>New York Times</em> Missed: <br>71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

What the New York Times Missed:
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A Non-Boring List

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2024

Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “State of Paradise”

By Jane Ciabattari | July 16, 2024

Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

A “Soulful Half-Comic Songbook” of Fiction

By Joy Williams | July 16, 2024

Crooked Parallels: On Alice Munro, Andrea Skinner, and My Mother’s Failure to Protect Me

Crooked Parallels: On Alice Munro, Andrea Skinner, and My Mother’s Failure to Protect Me

For Jonny Diamond the Separation of the Art From the Artist Isn’t the Question

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Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships

By Literary Hub | July 12, 2024

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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“I Refused to Be a War Bride.” Or, Why I Set My Novels in Nova Scotia

By Howard Norman | July 12, 2024

My Local Indie Won’t Stock My Buzzy Debut and I’m Pissed: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Local Indie Won’t Stock My Buzzy Debut and I’m Pissed: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 11, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Suicide: It’s a sin. Yet the M*A*S*H theme song, at certain moments, seems to drift from this book’s spine.”

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Phil Elwood on Doing PR for All the Worst Humans

Phil Elwood on Doing PR for All the Worst Humans

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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A Painful, Urgent Reimagining: Emily van Duyne on Writing a New History of Sylvia Plath’s Last Years

A Painful, Urgent Reimagining: Emily van Duyne on Writing a New History of Sylvia Plath’s Last Years

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Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

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Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

The Author of "Quickly, While They Still Have Horses" Reflects on a Country's Disappointing Lack of Progress

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