Monica Youn on PEN, Activism at Literary Awards, and Gaza

Monica Youn on PEN, Activism at Literary Awards, and Gaza

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 23, 2024

“To Become a Poet is to Step Into the Void.” Brian Henry on Slovenian Poet Tomaž Šalamun

“To Become a Poet is to Step Into the Void.” Brian Henry on Slovenian Poet Tomaž Šalamun

With Poems Translated by Brian Henry

By Literary Hub | May 22, 2024

On the Joys of Following Literary Instinct Wherever It Leads

On the Joys of Following Literary Instinct Wherever It Leads

Leah Hager Cohen Asks: “Can anything compare to the wonder of being lost?”

By Leah Hager Cohen | May 22, 2024

Snapshots of Life: Storytelling and Outlaw Culture in Eastern Kentucky

Snapshots of Life: Storytelling and Outlaw Culture in Eastern Kentucky

Bobi Conn Explores Her Appalachian Family’s Long Tradition of Unreliable Narrators and Morally Gray Characters

By Bobi Conn | May 22, 2024

The Cosmic Library on Stories and Sleep

The Cosmic Library on Stories and Sleep

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | May 22, 2024

Oprah’s Book Club and... Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

Oprah’s Book Club and... Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

Cass R. Sunstein Considers the Factors and Trends That Lead to Literary Recognition

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Kevin Kwan on His Love of Classics (Even if He’s Still Never Read Middlemarch)

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“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

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R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

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What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

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Emily C. Bloom on the Impact and Legacy of “The Child Who Never Grew”

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Adelle Waldman on the Lightly Comic

Adelle Waldman on the Lightly Comic

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The Poetry of Chinese Names

The Poetry of Chinese Names

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Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ilyon Woo on Craft Lessons From the Late Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim Gibson

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ilyon Woo on Craft Lessons From the Late Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim Gibson

On Han and Jung and How to Tell a Story

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