Andrea Long Chu on Liking and Hating

Andrea Long Chu on Liking and Hating

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

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“I now lack the juice to fuel the bluster to conceal that I am a simpleton.” Padgett Powell, Legend

“I now lack the juice to fuel the bluster to conceal that I am a simpleton.” Padgett Powell, Legend

Jean Marc Ah-Sen Talks to the Author of “Edisto”

By Jean Marc Ah-Sen | January 30, 2024

Duncan M. Yoon on the Literary Interplay Between China and Africa

Duncan M. Yoon on the Literary Interplay Between China and Africa

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | January 30, 2024

Wesley Morris on the Disappearing Middle

Wesley Morris on the Disappearing Middle

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

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What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

Aminatta Forna on Over Two Decades of Literary Excavation of Sierra Leone’s Civil War

By Aminatta Forna | January 29, 2024

Collaboration, Not Competition: How Betty Smith Helped Her Fellow Writers

Collaboration, Not Competition: How Betty Smith Helped Her Fellow Writers

Rachel Gordan on the Epistolary Relationships Maintained by the Author of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

By Rachel Gordan | January 29, 2024

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Author as Illusionist: William Maxwell on Literary Magic and Refusing to Give Up as a Writer

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Alec Wilkinson Introduces Maxwell’s Speech at Smith College in 1955

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So Fetch, So Fierce: In Praise of All the Literary Mean Girls

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Brandi Wells is Reading Now and Next

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Am I the Literary Assh*le? Judging Your Bad Bookish Behavior

Am I the Literary Assh*le? Judging Your Bad Bookish Behavior

Introducing a New Column with Kristen Arnett

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Ed Park on Korea’s Past, Real and Imagined

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

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David Cooper on the Czech Manuscripts Hoax

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