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My Friend, the Legendary Porn Queen

My Friend, the Legendary Porn Queen

Catherine Gigante-Brown on Jane Kamensky’s Biography of Candida Royalle

By Catherine Gigante-Brown | June 6, 2024

“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

Gina Frangello Considers Her Personal History in Relation to the Neapolitan Quartet

By Gina Frangello | June 6, 2024

Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing

Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing

Claire Kilroy Considers Women’s Work at Home and on the Page

By Claire Kilroy | June 6, 2024

Ten Years Later: Reading Laura van den Berg’s Timeless Classic, <em>The Isle of Youth</em>

Ten Years Later: Reading Laura van den Berg’s Timeless Classic, The Isle of Youth

Kyle Dillon Hertz on the Book That Guided His Ambition to Be a Writer

By Kyle Dillon Hertz | June 6, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Morgan Talty Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Morgan Talty Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Anton Chekhov, Nick Rees Gardner, Joseph Osmundson, Others

By Diana Arterian | June 6, 2024

Akuna Robinson on Going the Distance

Akuna Robinson on Going the Distance

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 6, 2024

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Why are so many adults still obsessed with Busytown?

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“At the Coal Seam of Motherhood.” On Writing About My Kids

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In Defense of Being a Slow Novel Writer

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Appreciating the Understated Complexity of <em>The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing</em>

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Nick Hornby Remembers His Friend and Fellow Author, Melissa Bank

By Nick Hornby | June 5, 2024

Ursula Buchan on John Buchan

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From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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Chasing Storms: Christiana Spens on The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens

Chasing Storms: Christiana Spens on The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens

“Eventually the storm is over. Like any passion or disaster, it must always pass.”

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Morgan Talty on Writing a Native American Novel That Subverts Expectations

Morgan Talty on Writing a Native American Novel That Subverts Expectations

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of "Fire Exit"

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Ferdia Lennon on the Usefulness of Being Lost

Ferdia Lennon on the Usefulness of Being Lost

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Space Smooches and Surreal Short Stories: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

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