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One great poem to read today: Elizander Espenschied’s “If Only We Had Medicine Like That Today”

One great poem to read today: Elizander Espenschied’s “If Only We Had Medicine Like That Today”

By Drew Broussard | April 8, 2026

The Power of Narrative: How Stories Help Us Process Our Most Difficult Realities

The Power of Narrative: How Stories Help Us Process Our Most Difficult Realities

Jiyoung Han on the Power of Fiction to Bring Historical Atrocities to Life

By Jiyoung Han | April 8, 2026

How <em>The Great Gatsby</em> Inspired My Debut Literary Thriller

How The Great Gatsby Inspired My Debut Literary Thriller

Amin Ahmad on Putting His Own Immigrant Twist on an American Literary Classic

By Amin Ahmad | April 8, 2026

Sonya Walger on Writing a Multifaceted Novel of Marriage and Adultery

Sonya Walger on Writing a Multifaceted Novel of Marriage and Adultery

“Marriage is, to my mind, the ability to contain two conflicting narratives and hold them in tension.”

By Sonya Walger | April 8, 2026

Catherine Lacey (with Lorrie Moore and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)

Catherine Lacey (with Lorrie Moore and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | April 8, 2026

Where Physics Meets Poetry: On Language and the Power of Metaphor

Where Physics Meets Poetry: On Language and the Power of Metaphor

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Considers Literary and Scientific Ways of Interpreting the World We Live In

By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein | April 7, 2026

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Caro Claire Burke on Tradwives, the Performance of Selfhood, and “The Good Old Days”

By Sara Petersen | April 7, 2026

The International Short Story is Booming

By Rabih Alameddine and John Freeman | April 7, 2026

The Poetics of Repetition: In Praise of the Art of Replication

By Lisa Low | April 7, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Aimee Nezhukumatathil is Reading Now, And Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Aimee Nezhukumatathil is Reading Now, And Next

Featuring Asa Drake, Eve L. Ewing, Isaac Fitzgerald, and More

By Diana Arterian | April 7, 2026

Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Emma Straub, and more: 25 new books out today!

Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Emma Straub, and more: 25 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | April 7, 2026

What If There Could Be... Good Art Friends?

What If There Could Be... Good Art Friends?

A Conversation with Grant Ginder and Lillian Li

By Lillian Li | April 6, 2026

The Responsibility of the Critic: On Art, Honesty, and Introspection

The Responsibility of the Critic: On Art, Honesty, and Introspection

Amie Souza Reilly: “A writer must look inward to determine how their own perceptions might project onto their theorizing.”

By Amie Souza Reilly | April 6, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Maurice Sendak’s <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em> is Published

This Week in Literary History: Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is Published

Your Favorite and Ours

By Literary Hub | April 6, 2026

Correspondence Versus Connection: Raymond de Borja Reflects on Language, Poetry, and Friendship

Correspondence Versus Connection: Raymond de Borja Reflects on Language, Poetry, and Friendship

“I may not be a better poet when I am in love, but I am a far less frustrated one.”

By Gaby Iori | April 6, 2026

Camille T. Dungy on Being a Renaissance Man

Camille T. Dungy on Being a Renaissance Man

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 6, 2026

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