The Annotated Nightstand: What Mai Nguyen Is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mai Nguyen Is Reading Now and Next

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On <em>Journey to the West</em>’s Capacity for Reinvention Across Centuries

On Journey to the West’s Capacity for Reinvention Across Centuries

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

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Bathhouse Sex, DIY Sestinas, Steamy Surrealism, and Sonnets: New Poetry Coming in July

Bathhouse Sex, DIY Sestinas, Steamy Surrealism, and Sonnets: New Poetry Coming in July

“Let’s be clear: this is no light ‘beach read’ stack.”

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | July 6, 2023

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

Brian K. Goodman Traces the Origins of the Term “Kafkaesque”

By Brian K. Goodman | July 5, 2023

Grifter Princesses, Sci-Fi Romance, and Unchosen Ones: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Grifter Princesses, Sci-Fi Romance, and Unchosen Ones: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Summer SFF adventures and romances from Vajra Chandrasekera, Nina Croft, Tracy Wolff, and many more

By Natalie Zutter | July 5, 2023

Adrienne Brodeur on Using Summer 2016 as a Setting for <em>Little Monsters</em>

Adrienne Brodeur on Using Summer 2016 as a Setting for Little Monsters

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Showing Myself in My Author Photo—Gray Hair and All

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Translator Johnny Lorenz reads from Itamar Vieira Junior’s <em>Crooked Plow</em>

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Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

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