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Alisa Alering on Being the Mountain

Alisa Alering on Being the Mountain

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But

By I'm a Writer But | August 6, 2024

Boccaccio’s Modern Life: What <em>The Decameron</em> Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety

Boccaccio’s Modern Life: What The Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety

Ed Simon Considers the Act of Storytelling as a Means of Preserving Our Humor and Humanity in Tumultuous Times

By Ed Simon | August 5, 2024

How Catalyst and Iskanchi Press Are Bringing African Writers’ Work to a Wider Audience

How Catalyst and Iskanchi Press Are Bringing African Writers’ Work to a Wider Audience

Jessica Powers and Kenechi Uzor on What Diversity Means, Defining African Literature, and Taking Risks as Publishers

By Jessica Powers | August 5, 2024

Jill Ciment on Struggling With Certainty

Jill Ciment on Struggling With Certainty

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 5, 2024

Lisa Leshne and Kathleen Schmidt Offer Publishing Advice From the Trenches

Lisa Leshne and Kathleen Schmidt Offer Publishing Advice From the Trenches

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

By Memoir Nation | August 5, 2024

We Are All Nobody: Mary Jo Salter on Finding Beauty and Community in Poetry

We Are All Nobody: Mary Jo Salter on Finding Beauty and Community in Poetry

“Let’s try to put our own vanities aside when we write poems, and let’s read the poems by other people that make us feel most alive.”

By Mary Jo Salter | August 3, 2024

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Colm Tóibín on James Baldwin’s Enduring, International Influence

By Caoilinn Hughes | August 2, 2024

Bret Anthony Johnson on Creating a Story’s Foundation

Bret Anthony Johnson on Creating a Story’s Foundation

"In fiction, place is where the writer and reader first collaborate."

By Bret Anthony Johnson | August 2, 2024

Pocket Universes, and a Villainess to Root For: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Pocket Universes, and a Villainess to Root For: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Stack your summer with new reads from Nalo Hopkinson, Madeline Ashby, Beth Revis, and more

By Natalie Zutter | August 1, 2024

Graphic Novels, Multigenerational Epics, and More: 10 Great Children’s Books Out This August

Graphic Novels, Multigenerational Epics, and More: 10 Great Children’s Books Out This August

Caroline Carlson Recommends What To Read With Your Kids This Month

By Caroline Carlson | August 1, 2024

Capturing the Strange Terror of the World: 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This August

Capturing the Strange Terror of the World: 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This August

David Woo Recommends Rae Armantrout, Daniel Borzutzky, Andrea Cohen, and More

By David Woo | August 1, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The idea of Palestinians as ghosts—haunting history, the land, Israelis themselves—runs through Hammad’s novel.”

By Book Marks | August 1, 2024

Elle Everhart and Ellie Palmer on the Rise of Romance

Elle Everhart and Ellie Palmer on the Rise of Romance

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 1, 2024

Taffy Brodesser-Akner on Falling in Love With Life

Taffy Brodesser-Akner on Falling in Love With Life

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | August 1, 2024

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