• Craft and Criticism

    new books tuesday

    12 new books hitting shelves this week.

    By Katie Yee  November 30, 2021
    The Cosmic Library

    Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

    By The Cosmic Library   November 30, 2021
    First Draft

    EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 30, 2021
    Authors in the Tent

    Shelley Blanton-Stroud On the Different Ways We Mythologize the Past

    By The Virtual Book Channel  November 30, 2021
    Arab Literature

    How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

    By Talya Zax  November 29, 2021
    Graphic Novels

    Mirion Malle: “Let’s Talk About Mental Health Without Pointing Blame”

    By Sophie Yanow  November 29, 2021
    The Writing Life

    On Finally Finding an Authentic Voice (After Writing Several Dozen Books)

    By Mark Scarbrough  November 29, 2021
    Literary History

    Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

    By Francine Prose  November 29, 2021
    #MeToo

    The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

    By Mary K. Holland  November 29, 2021
    Labor

    How My Passion Project Led to Burnout: On the Bittersweet Rewards of Creative Risks

    By Leigh Stein  November 29, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

    By History of Literature  November 29, 2021
    The Maris Review

    “Some People Just Treat Africa Like a Blank Canvas.” Chibundu Onuzo on Making Room for the Real in Fiction

    By The Maris Review  November 25, 2021
    Book Covers

    How to Reframe the Strangeness of The Plague as Sci-Fi Noir

    By Sunra Thompson  November 24, 2021
    Thresholds

    Aimee Bender on Creating Structure to Ward Off Writing Dread

    By Thresholds   November 24, 2021
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Mina Seçkin on Ferrante, Nabokov, and The Phantom Tollbooth

    By Book Marks  November 24, 2021
    FUSE

    Maggie Nelson and Tala Madani on Fear in Artmaking and How Magic Can Save Us All 


    By FUSE: A BOMB Podcast   November 24, 2021
    TV

    What Lovecraft Country Gave to Black Audiences

    By James Andrew Miller  November 24, 2021
    Writing Advice

    If You Want to Write a Novel, Start with a Plan

    By Stephanie Gangi  November 24, 2021
    Reading Lists

    “Territories of the Uncanny.” A Reading List of the Irreal

    By Helen Chau Bradley  November 24, 2021
    Otherppl

    Sarah Hall on Creating Female Characters with Agency

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  November 24, 2021
    New Books Network

    Joanna FitzPatrick on Blending History and Fiction in Her New Book

    By New Books Network  November 24, 2021
    Storytelling

    Why Stories Are Like Taking Drugs

    By Jonathan Gottschall  November 24, 2021
    The Hub

    11 new books to be grateful for this week.

    By Katie Yee  November 23, 2021
    Writing

    Ann Patchett on Creating the Work Space You Need

    By Ann Patchett  November 23, 2021
    Language

    In Search of Words for the Most Obscure Sorrows

    By John Koenig  November 23, 2021
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