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Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

The Author of “Smothermoss” on Victoria Holt, the Gothic Formula, and Loneliness in Life and Lit

By Alisa Alering | July 17, 2024

How Judy Blume’s <em>Deenie</em> Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

How Judy Blume’s Deenie Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

Rachelle Bergstein on Self-Pleasure and Sex Education in Children's Literature

By Rachelle Bergstein | July 16, 2024

What the <em>New York Times</em> Missed: <br>71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

What the New York Times Missed:
71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

A Non-Boring List

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2024

Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “State of Paradise”

By Jane Ciabattari | July 16, 2024

What Does It Mean to Write Escapist Literature?

What Does It Mean to Write Escapist Literature?

Caroline Carlson on Children’s Books and Escape Artistry

By Caroline Carlson | July 16, 2024

Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

A “Soulful Half-Comic Songbook” of Fiction

By Joy Williams | July 16, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Patrick Radden Keefe on His Abiding Preoccupations

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | July 16, 2024

Barrie Miskin on Plumbing Dark Places

By I'm a Writer But | July 16, 2024

What Nickelodeon’s “Are You Afraid of the Dark” Can Teach Horror Writers

By Jordan Kopy | July 15, 2024

Margaret Juhae Lee on How Secrets Fuel Memoir Writing

Margaret Juhae Lee on How Secrets Fuel Memoir Writing

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

By Memoir Nation | July 15, 2024

Crooked Parallels: On Alice Munro, Andrea Skinner, and My Mother’s Failure to Protect Me

Crooked Parallels: On Alice Munro, Andrea Skinner, and My Mother’s Failure to Protect Me

For Jonny Diamond the Separation of the Art From the Artist Isn’t the Question

By Jonny Diamond | July 12, 2024

Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships

Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships

The Author of "Significant Others" and "The Other Significant Others" in Conversation

By Literary Hub | July 12, 2024

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 Kevin Barry, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Laura Van den Berg, and More

By Book Marks | July 12, 2024

“I Refused to Be a War Bride.” Or, Why I Set My Novels in Nova Scotia

“I Refused to Be a War Bride.” Or, Why I Set My Novels in Nova Scotia

American Howard Norman on Finding His Literary Home in the Canadian Maritimes

By Howard Norman | July 12, 2024

Ayeşgül Savaş on Creating Your Story’s Clock

Ayeşgül Savaş on Creating Your Story’s Clock

“My book ran to the meter of many internal measures of time that make up our routines.”

By Aysegül Savas | July 12, 2024

Robert Petkoff on Finding the Narrative Voice

Robert Petkoff on Finding the Narrative Voice

In conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic

By Behind the Mic | July 12, 2024

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