• Craft and Criticism

    new books tuesday

    6 new books to get your hands on this week.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 7, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Idra Novey on Characters Who Hear and Mishear Each Other

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 7, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After Triangle of Sadness

    By Literary Hub  March 7, 2023
    Metaphors

    Erasing Metaphors in the Quest to Fit In

    By Dina Nayeri  March 7, 2023
    News and Culture

    Encounters with a Mad King: Jac Jemc on Finding a Story While Lost in Research

    By Jac Jemc  March 7, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Lydia Conklin on Letting Their Personality Into Their Work

    By I'm a Writer But   March 7, 2023
    Emergence Magazine

    Voices from Ukraine

    By Emergence Magazine  March 7, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Schopenhauer: Pessimist or Secretly Hopeful?

    By History of Literature  March 7, 2023
    Letters

    On the Mundane Letters of John Keats

    By Geoffrey D. Morrison  March 6, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After Women Talking

    By Literary Hub  March 6, 2023
    Origins

    Countries Real and Imagined: Chris McCormick on Creating His Own Armenia

    By Chris McCormick  March 6, 2023
    Influences

    “The Excitement of Influence.” Read Stories by Katherine Mansfield and Christine Schutt

    By NOON senior editors Rachel Chait, Zach Davidson, Madelaine Lucas, Liza St. James   March 6, 2023
    Poets

    ​​José Olivarez on Translation and Transformation in Poetry

    By Literary Hub  March 6, 2023
    Trilogies

    What It’s Like To Write About the Same Characters For Over a Decade

    By Rachel Joyce  March 6, 2023
    Craft

    How a Middle School Piano Lesson Helped Me Write My Book

    By Ilyon Woo  March 6, 2023
    On Teaching

    What If? Lidia Yuknavitch on Her Philosophy of Teaching

    By Lidia Yuknavitch  March 3, 2023
    Reading Lists

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

    By Book Marks  March 3, 2023
    What to Watch

    Can a Movie Both Cause Harm and Have Merit? Reckoning with My Love for The Whale

    By Laura Valenza  March 3, 2023
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Catalyst Press

    By Katie Yee  March 3, 2023
    Politics

    Andrea Dunlop on Why Today is Such a Rage-Inducing Moment to Be a Woman

    By Keen On  March 3, 2023
    Keen On

    Corie Adjmi on Her Guilt at Writing About “Flawed” Jewish Characters

    By Keen On  March 3, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Stephen Marche on the Truth About Writerly Perseverance

    By Stephen Marche  March 3, 2023
    New Books Network

    Personhood, Privilege, and the Virtual: Lavanya Lakshminarayan on Her New Dystopian Novel

    By New Books Network  March 3, 2023
    In Memoriam

    In Memory of a Poet:
    Carolyn Forché Remembers Charles Simic

    By Carolyn Forché  March 2, 2023
    What to Watch

    Of War and Capitalism: The Debate About All Quiet on the Western Front Goes All the Way Back to the Book

    By Bruce Krajewski  March 2, 2023
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