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William Dameron On the Tricky Art of Turning Truth Into Fiction

William Dameron On the Tricky Art of Turning Truth Into Fiction

"As authors, we become the ones we love, and we write them into existence."

By William Dameron | August 7, 2023

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Ana Reyes on High-Stakes Fiction

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Ana Reyes on High-Stakes Fiction

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 7, 2023

Exploring Literary New Orleans

Exploring Literary New Orleans

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 7, 2023

Luis Alberto Urrea on How 'Team Urrea' Help Him Craft His Novels

Luis Alberto Urrea on How 'Team Urrea' Help Him Craft His Novels

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 7, 2023

Problems Plus Time: What Creates a Dystopia, Real or Imagined

Problems Plus Time: What Creates a Dystopia, Real or Imagined

Madeline Ashby on G. K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill

By Madeline Ashby | August 4, 2023

In Praise of

In Praise of "Spicy Interpretation": On the Pleasure of Unexpected Translations and Explanations

Jessica Sequeira on Celebrating the Possibilities of New Readings

By Jessica Sequeira | August 4, 2023

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Jimin Han on Letting Your Experiences Simmer

By Jimin Han | August 4, 2023

Nick Harkaway on Not Going All The Way Into The Shadows

By New Books Network | August 4, 2023

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

By Book Marks | August 4, 2023

Dawnie Walton on American Concert Culture and the Summer of Love or Hate

Dawnie Walton on American Concert Culture and the Summer of Love or Hate

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 3, 2023

Jamel Brinkley on the Little Pleasures of Language

Jamel Brinkley on the Little Pleasures of Language

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 3, 2023

Wherefore Art Thou Arthur?: On What Lies Behind Our National Myths and Legends

Wherefore Art Thou Arthur?: On What Lies Behind Our National Myths and Legends

Victoria Gosling Interrogates, Deconstructs, and Reinterprets the Classic Story of King Arthur

By Victoria Gosling | August 3, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Shane McCrae Is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Shane McCrae Is Reading Now and Next

Featuing Ama Codjoe, Renee Gladman, William Empson, and More

By Diana Arterian | August 3, 2023

Becoming Others: Enacting the Transness of Virginia Woolf’s <em>Orlando</em>

Becoming Others: Enacting the Transness of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando

Hannah Bonner on the Utopian Future of Paul B. Preciado’s Orlando, My Political Biography

By Hannah Bonner | August 3, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Tapping into the sticky stuff of humanity, each story is a gift"

By Book Marks | August 3, 2023

J. Vanessa Lyon on Finding Inspiration in the Photography of James Van Der Zee

J. Vanessa Lyon on Finding Inspiration in the Photography of James Van Der Zee

"A good photograph, like a good novel, represents a series of artistic choices."

By J. Vanessa Lyon | August 2, 2023

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