On Memoir, Permission, and the Thorny Terrain of Writing About Family

On Memoir, Permission, and the Thorny Terrain of Writing About Family

Jane Wong: “My father wrote half of me into being, I suppose. My mother wrote the other half.”

By Jane Wong | May 6, 2024

Steve Almond on the Magic and the Craft of Storytelling

Steve Almond on the Magic and the Craft of Storytelling

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 6, 2024

Claire Jiménez on the Hardest Emotion to Write

Claire Jiménez on the Hardest Emotion to Write

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

By Memoir Nation | May 6, 2024

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Rachel Khong, Erik Larson, Karen Valby, and More

By Book Marks | May 3, 2024

Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor on Solidarity, Change, and Our Interconnected World

Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor on Solidarity, Change, and Our Interconnected World

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 2, 2024

Finding a Home in Stories: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in May

Finding a Home in Stories: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in May

Caroline Carlson Recommends Matt Hunt, Julie Flett, Vera Brosgol, and More

By Caroline Carlson | May 2, 2024

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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I Don’t Want to Talk to My Coworker About Their Stupid Writing: Am I the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | May 2, 2024

Professors, Priests, Provosts, Manholes, and More: 7 Poetry Books to Read This May

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | May 2, 2024

Boel Westin on Tove Jansson

Boel Westin on Tove Jansson

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 2, 2024

Paul Auster has died at age 77.

Paul Auster has died at age 77.

By Jonny Diamond | May 1, 2024

Hero of a Cult of One: On Loving Cormac McCarthy’s Early Work

Hero of a Cult of One: On Loving Cormac McCarthy’s Early Work

Jason K. Friedman Considers the Enduring Creative Influence of a Now-Beloved American Writer

By Jason K. Friedman | May 1, 2024

Zombies, Zmora, and Zo Much More: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Zombies, Zmora, and Zo Much More: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Contemporary Fantasy and Climate Change Futures from Veronica Roth, Peter S. Beagle, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, and More

By Natalie Zutter | May 1, 2024

Lorrie Moore! Drew Gilpin Faust! Gay lit galore! 27 books out in paperback this May.

Lorrie Moore! Drew Gilpin Faust! Gay lit galore! 27 books out in paperback this May.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 1, 2024

The Cosmic Library Reads Nathaniel Hawthorne's

The Cosmic Library Reads Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Wakefield"

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | May 1, 2024

Rachel Khong on the Power and Potential of Not Knowing

Rachel Khong on the Power and Potential of Not Knowing

Nicole Chung Talks to the Author of “Real Americans”

By Nicole Chung | April 30, 2024

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