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The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

J. Nicole Jones on the Writers Who Create Literary Puzzles and the Readers Who Solve Them

By J. Nicole Jones | May 20, 2024

Susan Kiyo Ito on the Raw Truth of Exposure

Susan Kiyo Ito on the Raw Truth of Exposure

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

By Memoir Nation | May 20, 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 Claire Messud, Adam Higginbotham, Miranda July, Hari Kunzru, and More

By Book Marks | May 17, 2024

Better in the Middle: Eight Writing Hacks From a Mid-List Author

Better in the Middle: Eight Writing Hacks From a Mid-List Author

Anna Dorn Offers Some Subjective Tidbits For Writers At Any Stage of Their Journey

By Anna Dorn | May 17, 2024

Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

“I want narrative propelled by questions, not by the need to provide each answer.”

By Anna Noyes | May 17, 2024

A Mouth Holds Many Things: On the Magic of Hybrid Writing

A Mouth Holds Many Things: On the Magic of Hybrid Writing

Dao Strom Enters a State of Slippage

By Dao Strom | May 17, 2024

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Signs, Symbols, and Omens: A Reading List of Books Featuring Superstitions

By Jessie Rosen | May 17, 2024

Curtis Sittenfeld on Love and Comedy

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | May 17, 2024

I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | May 16, 2024

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

Jonny Diamond on the Timeless Genius of Canada’s Greatest Writer

By Jonny Diamond | May 16, 2024

Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory

Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 16, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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“Ms. Munro has created tales that limn entire lifetimes in a handful of pages.”

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We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

Carolyn Kuebler Recommends Kathryn Davis, Linda Legarde Grover, Jon McGregor, and More

By Carolyn Kuebler | May 16, 2024

The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

Jordan Landsman Remembers the Writer Admired by Jorge Luis Borges, Alberto Manguel, and Others

By Jordan Landsman | May 16, 2024

Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 16, 2024

The Yinzers of Glasgow: On the Scottish Origins of Pittsburgh’s Unique Dialect

The Yinzers of Glasgow: On the Scottish Origins of Pittsburgh’s Unique Dialect

Ed Simon Demystifies and Reclaims Pittsburghese

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