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In Praise of Pulitzer Prize-Winner Jayne Anne Phillips

In Praise of Pulitzer Prize-Winner Jayne Anne Phillips

Jonathan Corcoran on the Teacher Who Taught Him That Writing Begins Far From the Page

By Jonathan Corcoran | May 8, 2024

Soil As Archive: On the Work of Recognizing Alternate Forms of Sentience

Soil As Archive: On the Work of Recognizing Alternate Forms of Sentience

Angie Sijun Lou Considers the Many Conceptions of Time

By Angie Sijun Lou | May 8, 2024

Punished for Pregnancy: On the Radical Power of <em>The Millstone</em> by Margaret Drabble in a Post-Roe World

Punished for Pregnancy: On the Radical Power of The Millstone by Margaret Drabble in a Post-Roe World

Carrie Mullins Recommends a 1960s British Novel for Present-Day America

By Carrie Mullins | May 8, 2024

Why Are So Many Mexican Novels Set in Cantinas?

Why Are So Many Mexican Novels Set in Cantinas?

Nicolás Medina Mora Considers the Role of the Neighborhood Watering Hole in Mexican Literature and Culture

By Nicolás Medina Mora | May 8, 2024

Justin Taylor on Weird Fiction

Justin Taylor on Weird Fiction

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | May 8, 2024

Bookshelves for Your Book Selves: Monica Wood on Why She Organizes Books by Emotion

Bookshelves for Your Book Selves: Monica Wood on Why She Organizes Books by Emotion

The Author of “How to Read a Book” Shares Style Advice for Bibliophiles' Bookcases

By Monica Wood | May 7, 2024

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Floral Consciousness: Zoë Schlanger on What the Intelligence of Plants Can Teach Us About Ourselves

By Lucy McKeon | May 7, 2024

Writing With “Sprezz.” On the Art of Saying Just Enough

By Magdalena Zyzak | May 7, 2024

Colm Tóibín! Jamaica Kincaid plus Kara Walker! Lily Dancyger! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 7, 2024

What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America

What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America

Ariel Dorfman Has Some Recommendations for Culturally Illiterate Presidents and Autocrats

By Ariel Dorfman | May 6, 2024

A Daughter Becomes a Mother: On Inhabiting Both Roles in Fiction and in Life

A Daughter Becomes a Mother: On Inhabiting Both Roles in Fiction and in Life

Heidi Reimer: “A mother is also a daughter. A daughter may eventually become a mother. Then, forever, she is both."

By Heidi Reimer | May 6, 2024

How Jon Fosse Teaches Us to Acknowledge Our Own Vulnerability

How Jon Fosse Teaches Us to Acknowledge Our Own Vulnerability

Sarah Cameron Sunde on Translating the Nobel Laureate's Complex Silences for American Audiences

By Sarah Cameron Sunde | May 6, 2024

On Memoir, Permission, and the Thorny Terrain of Writing About Family

On Memoir, Permission, and the Thorny Terrain of Writing About Family

Jane Wong: “My father wrote half of me into being, I suppose. My mother wrote the other half.”

By Jane Wong | May 6, 2024

Steve Almond on the Magic and the Craft of Storytelling

Steve Almond on the Magic and the Craft of Storytelling

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 6, 2024

Claire Jiménez on the Hardest Emotion to Write

Claire Jiménez on the Hardest Emotion to Write

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

By Memoir Nation | May 6, 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 Rachel Khong, Erik Larson, Karen Valby, and More

By Book Marks | May 3, 2024

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