• Craft and Criticism

    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Elizabeth Crane Talks to Leslie Jamison About Divorce, Transformation, and More

    By The Virtual Book Channel  August 23, 2022
    What to Watch

    Reading Proust in a Black and White World

    By Catherine Nichols  August 23, 2022
    Keen On

    Forget Politics: Why a Novelist’s First Priority Is To Tell a Good Story

    By Keen On  August 23, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Shane Kowalski on Creating the Comedic Pivots in His Work

    By I'm a Writer But   August 23, 2022
    The Writing Life

    Whose Lives Can We Plunder? Or: How to Base a Character on Yourself

    By Jincy Willett  August 23, 2022
    Write-minded

    Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is

    By Write-minded   August 23, 2022
    So Many Damn Books

    Tom Scharpling on Legacy, Being Forgotten, and His Latest Paperback Release

    By So Many Damn Books  August 23, 2022
    Film History

    Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour

    By Marguerite Duras  August 22, 2022
    Publishing

    What Five Years with a Predatory Vanity Press Taught Me About Art and Success

    By Alexa T. Dodd  August 22, 2022
    In Memoriam

    Eileen Myles Remembers Bobby Byrd

    By Eileen Myles  August 22, 2022
    The Internet

    Kristine Langley Mahler on How Online Rabbit Holes Fuel Creativity

    By Kristine Langley Mahler  August 22, 2022
    Keen On

    How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

    By Keen On  August 22, 2022
    First Draft

    Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 22, 2022
    Keen On

    What the Slenderman Stabbing Tragedy Tells Us About the State of Mental Illness and Criminal Justice in America

    By Keen On  August 22, 2022
    Emergence Magazine

    Monotomy and Greed, as Revealed By Andri Snær Magnason’s Latest Short Story

    By Emergence Magazine  August 22, 2022
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: And Other Stories

    By Corinne Segal  August 22, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Why The Lorax is More Important Than Ever to Teach Our Kids About Ecological Destruction

    By History of Literature  August 22, 2022
    The Hub

    Abusive soccer star Ryan Giggs is also responsible for the worst “love” poem ever written.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 19, 2022
    What to Watch

    Art Doesn’t Care If You Like It: Gabrielle Bellot on The Sandman Adaptation

    By Gabrielle Bellot  August 19, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  August 19, 2022
    The Craft of Writing

    Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

    By Mary Gaitskill  August 19, 2022
    Keen On

    If Nietzsche Was a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity

    By Keen On  August 19, 2022
    Trauma

    The Books That Help Beth Macy Find Threads of Hope While Writing About Trauma

    By Beth Macy  August 19, 2022
    Keen On

    The Prophet of the Andes: A Latin American Journey to the Promised Land

    By Keen On  August 19, 2022
    Keen On

    On Carlos Ghosn and the Limits of Davos Man and the Globalized Neoliberal Order

    By Keen On  August 19, 2022
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