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M.C. Benner Dixon on Creating Persuasive Metaphors

M.C. Benner Dixon on Creating Persuasive Metaphors

“In English, every word, almost, is an efficient little vehicle pointed outward at the wide and literal world.”

By M.C. Benner Dixon | November 17, 2023

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 Michael Cunningham, Willa Cather, Claire Keegan, and More

By Book Marks | November 17, 2023

Beth Kephart on the Eternal Hope of Rare Books

Beth Kephart on the Eternal Hope of Rare Books

"We go to books for solace, and for proof, to begin again at the beginning."

By Beth Kephart | November 16, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“When Cunningham writes like himself, and not like an apostle, he is one of love’s greatest witnesses.”

By Book Marks | November 16, 2023

On Literary Empathy and the Performative Reading of Palestinian Authors

On Literary Empathy and the Performative Reading of Palestinian Authors

Etaf Rum Considers Reading and Writing During Times of Crisis

By Etaf Rum | November 16, 2023

Nina LaCour on Finding a Story in Her Own Backyard

Nina LaCour on Finding a Story in Her Own Backyard

On Long Walks, Routines, and the Strange and Wonderful Joy of Writing a Book

By Nina LaCour | November 16, 2023

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Neill Lochery on Chasing Nazi Treasure After World War II

By Keen On | November 16, 2023

Zeke Caligiuri on the Incarcerated Writers Who Edited An Anthology on Class

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 16, 2023

Ed Park on Panoramic Storytelling

By The Maris Review | November 16, 2023

Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

In Conversation with Ellen Adams in Montréal

By Ellen Adams | November 15, 2023

Archival Romance: On Finding Love in the Papers of an Obscure Medieval Poet

Archival Romance: On Finding Love in the Papers of an Obscure Medieval Poet

"This spring, I fell in love with John Gower, who died in 1408."

By Katherine Churchill | November 15, 2023

Jennifer Homans on the Tumultuous Life of George Balanchine

Jennifer Homans on the Tumultuous Life of George Balanchine

On the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart

By Read Smart | November 15, 2023

Lara Vetter on the Life and Works of H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)

Lara Vetter on the Life and Works of H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | November 15, 2023

Kali Fajardo-Anstine in Praise of Willa Cather and the American Southwest

Kali Fajardo-Anstine in Praise of Willa Cather and the American Southwest

On Death Comes for the Archbishop and Literary Neighbors

By Kali Fajardo-Anstine | November 14, 2023

On the False Promise of Climate Fiction 

On the False Promise of Climate Fiction 

Are We Already Beyond Raising Awareness?

By Emma Pattee | November 14, 2023

My Feral Shelf: On Building a Personal Library of Bad Behavior

My Feral Shelf: On Building a Personal Library of Bad Behavior

Jennifer Lucy Allan on Mischief, Bad Habits, and Lust for Life (in Books)

By Jennifer Lucy Allan | November 14, 2023

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