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Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial

Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial

"I’m ignorant and confused, even more so than Kafka’s man from the country"

By Ahmed Naji | October 19, 2023

John Freeman and Omar El Akkad on a Literary Magazine’s Final Issue

John Freeman and Omar El Akkad on a Literary Magazine’s Final Issue

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 19, 2023

Justin Torres on the Tricky Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction

Justin Torres on the Tricky Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 19, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"The terror Shibli evokes intensifies slowly, smoldering, until it is shining off the page."

By Book Marks | October 19, 2023

On the Ending of a Literary Journal

On the Ending of a Literary Journal

John Freeman Says Goodbye to Freeman's

By Freeman's | October 18, 2023

John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

On Nomenclature and Common Courtesy

By John Lee Clark | October 17, 2023

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Ye Chun on Bilingualism and Wuwei Writing

By Ye Chun | October 17, 2023

Sally Foreman on Zabel Yesayan

By Lit Century | October 17, 2023

Stories About Myself: The Narratives and Realities of my Childhood in an Urban Commune

By Pamela Newton | October 16, 2023

On Safiya Sinclair, Noreen Masud and Exposing the Sins of Our Fathers

On Safiya Sinclair, Noreen Masud and Exposing the Sins of Our Fathers

Lily Dunn on the Aftermath of Writing a Memoir About Fathers

By Lily Dunn | October 16, 2023

Celia Brayfield on How Anna Sewell Changed Animal Rights

Celia Brayfield on How Anna Sewell Changed Animal Rights

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 16, 2023

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

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

Featuring Bryan Washington, Madonna, Jhumpa Lahiri, Werner Herzog, and More

By Book Marks | October 13, 2023

Dorothea Lasky on the Power of Horror

Dorothea Lasky on the Power of Horror

The Poet Considers Kubrick's The Shining and Sylvia Plath's “Tulips”

By Dorothea Lasky | October 13, 2023

In Praise of Pulp Fiction

In Praise of Pulp Fiction

Isa Arsén on Carving Out a Home in a Bygone Genre

By Isa Arsén | October 12, 2023

Safiya Sinclair on Growing Up Rastafari

Safiya Sinclair on Growing Up Rastafari

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 12, 2023

Rebecca Makkai on Progress, Misogyny, and #MeToo

Rebecca Makkai on Progress, Misogyny, and #MeToo

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By Fiction Non Fiction | October 12, 2023

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