How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

Inside a New Volume Reproducing the Original Manuscript
of In Cold Blood

By Ebs Burnough | July 10, 2023

Ruth Madievsky on Burying Her Darlings in a Cemetery of Bangers

Ruth Madievsky on Burying Her Darlings in a Cemetery of Bangers

“My stylish one-liners were a crutch I used to get out of the more difficult decisions a novel requires.”

By Ruth Madievsky | July 10, 2023

How J. Robert Oppenheimer Was Influenced by the <em>Bhagavad Gita</em>

How J. Robert Oppenheimer Was Influenced by the Bhagavad Gita

Alok A. Khorana on the Concept of Dharma, the Manhattan Project, and Oppenheimer's Well-Worn Copy of the Gita

By Alok A. Khorana | July 10, 2023

Beyond Tropes: On Writing Straight Characters While Queer

Beyond Tropes: On Writing Straight Characters While Queer

Molly Dektar Explores the Art of Crafting an Ambiguous Narrative

By Molly Dektar | July 10, 2023

Oliver de la Paz on Absences and Using the Form of the Sonnet to Capture Life in a Diaspora

Oliver de la Paz on Absences and Using the Form of the Sonnet to Capture Life in a Diaspora

The Poet on His New Collection The Diaspora Sonnets

By Literary Hub | July 10, 2023

Therapeutic and Cathartic: On Self-Soothing With Satire

Therapeutic and Cathartic: On Self-Soothing With Satire

Christine Grillo Considers the Healing Potential of Political Humor

By Christine Grillo | July 10, 2023

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Exploring Literary Dublin with Christopher Morash

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Yasmin Azad on Coming-of-Age Stories

By Memoir Nation | July 10, 2023

Elizabeth Graver on Making a Novel Out of Life

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What's the story with this Colleen Hoover fellow?

What's the story with this Colleen Hoover fellow?

By Janet Manley | July 7, 2023

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 Patrick DeWitt, Charlotte Mendelson, Beth Nguyen, and More

By Book Marks | July 7, 2023

Guy Davenport on Ronald Johnson’s Transcendentalist Poetry

Guy Davenport on Ronald Johnson’s Transcendentalist Poetry

“The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world.”

By Guy Davenport | July 7, 2023

Ali Bryan on Finding Community, Authenticity, and Acceptance in a Small Town

Ali Bryan on Finding Community, Authenticity, and Acceptance in a Small Town

“Empathy, after all, comes from paying attention. It’s seeing someone exactly as they are and accepting them.”

By Ali Bryan | July 7, 2023

Visibility and Erasure: Julia Bryan-Wilson on the Artist Louise Nevelson

Visibility and Erasure: Julia Bryan-Wilson on the Artist Louise Nevelson

Jon Raymond in Conversation With the Author of Louise Nevelson's Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face

By Jon Raymond | July 7, 2023

How Nonfiction Writing and Documentary Filmmaking Curate the Truth

How Nonfiction Writing and Documentary Filmmaking Curate the Truth

Chachi D. Hauser on Constructed Realities in Literature and Film

By Chachi D. Hauser | July 7, 2023

Poet Sara Deniz Akant Talks Uncertainty, Turkish Identity, and Embracing Cringe

Poet Sara Deniz Akant Talks Uncertainty, Turkish Identity, and Embracing Cringe

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of Hyperphantasia

By Peter Mishler | July 7, 2023

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