• Craft and Criticism

    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 21, 2022
    Literary History

    Imagining the Lives of the Aviators Who Inspired William Faulkner

    By Taylor Brown  April 21, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Colleen Kinder and Friends Present Letter to a Stranger

    By The Virtual Book Channel  April 21, 2022
    On Translation

    Asadollah Amraee and Arezoo Salari on the Process of Translating The Elephant of Belfast and Its Resonance in Iran

    By S. Kirk Walsh  April 21, 2022
    Colonialism

    On Fictionalizing the Long-Suppressed and Complicated Histories of Holland and Indonesia

    By Anne Lazurko  April 21, 2022
    Otherppl

    Zac Smith: What’s the Point of Writing if You’re Not Having Any Fun?

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  April 21, 2022
    Just the Right Book

    Has Our Thinking About Regret Been All Wrong?

    By Just the Right Book   April 21, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Austin Kleon on Asking the Right Questions

    By Book Dreams  April 21, 2022
    The Hub

    Lauren Groff has won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

    By Emily Firetog  April 20, 2022
    Illustrations

    Alan Lee on Illustrating J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

    By Alan Lee  April 20, 2022
    On Racism

    How the Book Industry Turns Its Own Racism into a Marketable Product

    By Tajja Isen  April 20, 2022
    Thresholds

    N. Scott Momaday on Landscape, Emily Dickinson, and the Fellowship That Changed His Life

    By Thresholds   April 20, 2022
    Inspiration

    Jesymn Ward on Discovering for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

    By Jesmyn Ward  April 20, 2022
    Dictation

    Talking to Myself: How Dictation Software Helped Me Navigate Pandemic Pain

    By Kim Beil  April 20, 2022
    Gentrification

    What Does Gentrification Have to Do With Writing Place?

    By Jendella Benson  April 20, 2022
    Loneliness

    How the Pandemic Has Changed the Way We Think About Solitude and Loneliness

    By Natalie Eve Garrett  April 20, 2022
    Keen On

    Why the Evil Legacy of Nazi Billionaires Remains Very Much Alive in Germany Today

    By Keen On  April 20, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    On Writing a Social Novel, Giving Clear Feedback, and Outlasting Doubt

    By Literary Hub  April 20, 2022
    Keen On

    On the Paradoxes of American Patriotism in the Black Community

    By Keen On  April 20, 2022
    Keen On

    Why Most of Us Are Terrified of Being Creative

    By Keen On  April 20, 2022
    new books tuesday

    22 new books to keep an eye out for this week.

    By Katie Yee  April 19, 2022
    Climate Fiction

    Writing Climate Fiction Showed Me That a Different Life is Possible

    By Rebecca Scherm  April 19, 2022
    In Conversation

    Emily St. John Mandel on the Narrative Possibilities of Time Travel

    By Jane Ciabattari  April 19, 2022
    Shakespeare

    How Did Shakespeare Kill (And Heal) His Characters?

    By Kathryn Harkup  April 19, 2022
    On Grief

    Adrienne Celt on Losing Her Creative “Rival” Too Soon

    By Adrienne Celt  April 19, 2022
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