• Craft and Criticism

    Book Covers

    The 13 Best Book Covers of April

    By Emily Temple  April 27, 2023
    Queer Literature

    Literary Lovers: A Sapphic Reading List for Every Mood

    By McKayla Coyle  April 27, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Ralph Yarl, Defunding Libraries, and (Re)Writing Kansas City: On Crafting New Narratives in a Divided City

    By Fiction Non Fiction  April 27, 2023
    Otherppl

    Practice Makes Perfect, and Also Nothing Matters: Emily St. John Mandel on Revision and Recklessness

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  April 27, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Claire Dederer on Embracing Subjectivity

    By The Maris Review  April 27, 2023
    Incarceration

    No Human Contact: On Solitary Confinement’s Origins as a Tool for Handling Mental Illness

    By Pete Earley  April 27, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 27, 2023
    Homesickness

    Between Two Cities: Shubha Sunder on Finding a Place in Fiction

    By Shubha Sunder  April 27, 2023
    Criticism

    Simple, Sparse and Profound: David Sexton on Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go

    By David Sexton  April 26, 2023
    Indian Food

    Finding Words in the Kitchen (Or: How I Stopped Hating Myself and Started Cooking)

    By Diksha Basu  April 26, 2023
    Reading List

    Literal Star-Crossed Lovers: A Reading List of Space Operas with Romance Subplots

    By S. B. Divya  April 26, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Douglas Manuel is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  April 26, 2023
    What (Not) to Watch

    10 Screen Adaptations Much, Much Worse Than The Books They’re Based On

    By Literary Hub  April 25, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Meet the Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize “Winner of Winners” Shortlist

    By Literary Hub  April 25, 2023
    new books tuesday

    17 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 25, 2023
    Motherhood

    Claire Dederer on Doris Lessing and the Divided Mother

    By Claire Dederer  April 25, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Jennifer Egan on the Fascinating Interactions Between Technology and Inner Life

    By Talk Easy  April 25, 2023
    Otherppl

    Claire Dederer on Embracing Ambiguity and Writing for the Good Faith Reader

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  April 25, 2023
    Write-minded

    Writers, Let’s Talk About Money

    By Memoir Nation   April 25, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Courtney Zoffness on Accidentally Writing an Essay Collection 

    By I'm a Writer But   April 25, 2023
    Keen On

    Rishi Dastidar Offers a Post-Apocalyptic Jig and Reel to Dance Around Our Climate Crisis

    By Keen On  April 25, 2023
    The Hub

    Definitive proof that publishing your novel won’t make you happy.

    By Janet Manley  April 24, 2023
    The Hub

    Actual writers shocked to learn that “writing can make you healthier.”

    By Jonny Diamond  April 24, 2023
    The Hub

    Let’s talk about that Great Expectations finale.

    By Janet Manley  April 24, 2023
    Awards

    Announcing the Winners of the 2023 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

    By Lauren Groff  April 24, 2023
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