• Craft and Criticism

    The Craft of Writing

    Gerald Stern on the Accidental Beginnings of Poems

    By Gerald Stern  January 6, 2023
    Keen On

    Why 2023 Probably Won’t Bring an End to the War in Ukraine

    By Keen On  January 6, 2023
    New Books Network

    Annalee Newitz on Writing Stories That Reveal a Pathway Out of Dark Times

    By New Books Network  January 6, 2023
    Keen On

    Midnight in America? Why the Coming Crisis in the Republic Offers Hope For a Better Future

    By Keen On  January 6, 2023
    Criticism

    On War, Fatherhood, and the Half-Life of Cormac McCarthy’s Literary Fission

    By Will Cathcart  January 5, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 5, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Kashana Cauley on How the Black Panthers Inspired Our Modern Gun Control Movement

    By The Maris Review  January 5, 2023
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    Life Advice for Book Lovers: “My husband is really not into reading books.”

    By Dorothea   January 5, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Brotherless Night & Friends: V.V. Ganeshananthan with Curtis Sittenfeld and Whitney Terrell on Editing A Work in Progress

    By Fiction Non Fiction  January 5, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Parini Shroff is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  January 5, 2023
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023

    By Natalie Zutter  January 4, 2023
    The Hub

    Elon Musk misunderstands fictional dystopias (and his role in our real dystopia).

    By Jonny Diamond  January 4, 2023
    On Translation

    On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

    By Yardenne Greenspan  January 4, 2023
    Serialized Novels

    Bill McKibben on the Joys of Writing a Serialized Novel

    By Bill McKibben  January 4, 2023
    Home

    Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

    By Ken Babstock  January 4, 2023
    On Writing

    Why I Had to Get Older to Write About Youth

    By Allegra Goodman  January 4, 2023
    Historical Fiction

    On Transforming Oral History Into Historical Fiction

    By Aanchal Malhotra  January 4, 2023
    On Craft

    On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

    By V.V. Ganeshananthan  January 4, 2023
    First Draft

    Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 4, 2023
    Otherppl

    “It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 4, 2023
    Keen On

    The Tech Community Needs To Be Humble to Survive What Will Be a Challenging 2023

    By Keen On  January 4, 2023
    Keen On

    Remembering a London of 1946 in which Fearsome Female Gangsters Ran the Show

    By Keen On  January 4, 2023
    Keen On

    The Ponzi Boys: What Makes Bernie Madoff and Sam Bankman-Fried the Same Type of Monstrous Human-Being?

    By Keen On  January 4, 2023
    new books tuesday

    12 new books to kick off your 2023 reading.

    By Katie Yee  January 3, 2023
    Grief

    How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

    By Tracey Rose Peyton  January 3, 2023
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